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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138 › l › - Concrete Foundations That Have Deteriorated Due to the Presence of Pyrrhotite › Section 8-444. - Special homeowner advocate in Department of Housing. Responsibilities.

There shall be a special homeowner advocate within the Department of Housing. Said advocate shall be responsible for: (1) Coordinating the efforts of the state to provide assistance to owners of residential buildings with concrete foundations that have deteriorated due to the presence of pyrrhotite, (2) working with the federal government regarding any support provided by the federal government to the owners of such residential buildings, (3) advising and assisting the owners of such residential buildings in making claims for financial assistance pursuant to section 38a-91vv, (4) assisting the owners of such buildings in accessing any other available assistance or support, (5) referring the owners of such residential buildings to any entity that provides assistance or support, (6) assisting in the resolution of complaints concerning the operations of the captive insurance company established pursuant to section 38a-91vv, (7) filing a report, not less than annually, with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance, finance, planning and development, housing and public safety describing any trends in the complaints described in subdivision (6) of this section and making recommendations to improve the efficiency, fairness or operations of the captive insurance company established pursuant to section 38a-91vv, and (8) testifying at any hearing held by one or more committees of the General Assembly regarding the report described in subdivision (7) of this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 347.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138a - Rental and Other Assistance › Section 8-345a. (Formerly Sec. 17b-813). - Emergency rental assistance for families eligible to participate in the temporary family assistance program.

The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall provide emergency rental assistance for families eligible for assistance under the temporary family assistance program living in hotels and motels as a component of the program for rental assistance established under section 8-345.
(P.A. 87-455, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 9, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 89, 165; P.A. 13-234, S. 50.)
History: P.A. 93-262 replaced commissioner of housing with commissioner of social services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 8-345a transferred to Sec. 17b-813 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 13-234 substituted reference to Commissioner of Housing for reference to Commissioner of Social Services and added “in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services”, effective July 1, 2013; Sec. 17b-813 transferred to Sec. 8-345a in 2015.
Cited. 214 C. 256.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138a - Rental and Other Assistance › Section 8-345b. (Formerly Sec. 17b-812a). - Modification of the rental assistance program subsidy.

The Commissioner of Housing shall modify the rental assistance program subsidy for eligible recipients with earned income in order to operate the program within available appropriations. The Commissioner of Housing shall have the authority to adopt policies or procedures to implement the provisions of this section pending the adoption of the policy or procedure in regulations, provided notice of intent to adopt regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation of the policy or procedure.
(P.A. 95-351, S. 17, 30; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-351, S. 17 effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Social Services were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013; Sec. 17b-812a transferred to Sec. 8-345b in 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138a - Rental and Other Assistance › Section 8-345c. (Formerly Sec. 17b-815). - Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program. Internet publication requirements when accepting new applications.

At least two weeks before any entity in the state that administers vouchers under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 USC 1437f(o), opens its waiting list for the acceptance of new applications for such vouchers, such entity shall notify, in writing or by electronic mail, the operator of an Internet web site designated by the Department of Housing, of (1) the date of the opening of such waiting list, (2) the manner in which applicants may apply, and (3) the date, if any, on which the waiting list will be closed. The operator of said web site shall make such information available, by electronic means or otherwise, to Infoline of Connecticut, other organizations and the public.
(P.A. 04-258, S. 14; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-258 effective July 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Department of Social Services was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Department of Housing, effective June 19, 2013; Sec. 17b-815 transferred to Sec. 8-345c in 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138a - Rental and Other Assistance › Section 8-345d. - Disclosure of program participants prohibited. Exceptions.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “person” means (1) any employee of a public agency, as defined in section 1-200, or (2) any contractor that has entered into a contract with any such public agency.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no person shall solicit, disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of, any list of the names of, or any information concerning, individuals applying for or receiving assistance from the Department of Housing or individuals participating in a program administered by said department, that is (1) directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the state or any political subdivision or agency of the state, or (2) acquired in the course of the performance of the official duties of any such agency or political subdivision.
(c) The prohibition set forth in subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to (1) any solicitation, disclosure, receipt or use of, or authorization for use of, such list or information made for purposes directly connected with the administration of programs of the Department of Housing and in accordance with any regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Housing, or (2) data that does not directly or indirectly identify individual program applicants or participants, provided such data is used for research or investigatory purposes authorized by the Commissioner of Housing or the General Assembly.
(P.A. 17-177, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-177 effective July 10, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138a - Rental and Other Assistance › Section 8-346. (Formerly Sec. 17b-814). - Rental assistance for low-income families living in newly created rental housing. Pilot program. Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish and implement a five-year pilot program of rental assistance for low-income families living in newly created privately-owned rental housing. For the purposes of this section, a low-income family is one whose income does not exceed sixty per cent of the area median income adjusted for family size in which such family lives, as determined by the commissioner. The commissioner shall provide such rental assistance in order to encourage the creation of additional rental housing.
(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with the owner or developer of new rental housing to provide rental assistance linked to a specific number of units in such housing which shall be set aside for low-income families. Each contract to provide rental assistance for units set aside for occupancy by low-income families under this section shall be for a period not to exceed fifteen years and may provide that the state shall receive an equity interest in such rental housing. The commissioner shall not provide rental assistance for more than five hundred new rental housing units under the pilot program.
(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. Such regulations shall establish maximum income eligibility guidelines for such rental assistance and criteria for determining the amount of rental assistance which shall be provided.
(P.A. 88-187; P.A. 93-262, S. 10, 87; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 93-262 replaced commissioner of housing with commissioner of social services and deleted Subsec. (d) re report to general assembly, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 8-346 transferred to Sec. 17b-814 in 1995; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Social Services were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013; Sec. 17b-814 transferred to Sec. 8-346 in 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138a - Rental and Other Assistance › Section 8-347. (Formerly Sec. 17b-804). - Rent bank program.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish and administer a rent bank program of grants to ensure housing for families whose income does not exceed sixty per cent of the median income in the state, including those receiving temporary family assistance, who are either at risk of becoming homeless or in imminent danger of eviction or foreclosure.
(b) To be eligible for assistance under this section, a family shall document, as appropriate, loss of income or increase in expenses including, but not limited to, loss of employment, medical disability or emergency, loss or delay in receipt of other benefits, natural or man-made disaster, substantial and permanent change in household composition or any other condition which the commissioner determines constitutes a severe hardship and is not likely to recur.
(c) No family shall receive financial assistance under this section in excess of three thousand five hundred dollars during any eighteen consecutive months.
(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to determine eligibility standards for grants under this section and to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 4, 17; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 84, 165; P.A. 03-25, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 22-118, S. 482.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-619 transferred to Sec. 17b-804 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced references to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-25 eliminated references to “loans” and “repayment”, deleted former Subsec. (c) re repayment terms for financial assistance under program and redesignated existing Subsecs. (d) and (e) as Subsecs. (c) and (d); pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Social Services was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing in Subsec. (a), effective June 19, 2013; Sec. 17b-804 transferred to Sec. 8-347 in 2015; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re participation in assessment and mediation program and made a conforming change, and amended Subsec. (c) by increasing financial assistance from $1,200 to $3,500, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138a - Rental and Other Assistance › Section 8-347a. (Formerly Sec. 17b-805). - Assessment and mediation program.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish and administer an assessment and mediation program for families at risk of becoming homeless or in imminent danger of eviction or foreclosure whose income does not exceed sixty per cent of the median income in the state.
(b) After evaluation of the causes of the risk of becoming homeless or the imminent danger of eviction or foreclosure and after attempting mediation, the commissioner shall assist eligible participants with application to appropriate resources.
(c) No family shall be eligible for grants under the rent bank program established under section 8-347 without prior referral to the assessment and mediation program.
(d) The commissioner may enter into regional contracts with local or regional nonprofit corporations or social service organizations having expertise in landlord-tenant mediation to implement the program established under this section.
(e) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 3, 17; P.A. 93-262, S. 48, 87; P.A. 03-25, S. 2; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 93-262 replaced references to commissioners of income maintenance and human resources with commissioner of social services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-620 transferred to Sec. 17b-805 in 1995; P.A. 03-25 amended Subsec. (c) to eliminate reference to “loans”; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Social Services were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing in Subsecs. (a) and (e), effective June 19, 2013; Sec. 17b-805 transferred to Sec. 8-347a in 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138a - Rental and Other Assistance › Section 8-348. - Residence mobility counseling program.

(a) The Department of Housing shall, within existing resources of the department, establish a residence mobility counseling program to assist individuals or families in relocating their residences to higher opportunity areas through education and support services. The commissioner may contract with one or more nonprofit corporations to provide such residence mobility counseling. Individuals and families eligible for the residence mobility counseling program shall currently have a certificate or voucher from either: (1) The federal Housing and Urban Development Section 8 program, or (2) the state rental assistance program. For purposes of this subsection, “opportunity areas” means those areas designated as such using opportunity mapping analysis that includes census tract level assessment of educational, economic and neighborhood characteristics, including education data and crime rates. The Department of Housing shall make such opportunity mapping analysis available on the Internet web site of the Department of Housing.
(b) Counseling provided pursuant to this section shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) providing information regarding communities, schools, employment opportunities and community services available in various areas, (2) assisting with locating rental housing that meets the individual's or family's needs, (3) facilitating a relocation by negotiating with the current landlord about the transfer of rental assistance certificates or vouchers, and with the new landlord about security deposits, rental payments and acceptance of rental assistance certificates or vouchers, and (4) acting as a liaison between the individual or family and the landlord to encourage a successful transition and housing stability.
(c) Annually, the Commissioner of Housing shall submit a report on the program to the General Assembly, in accordance with section 8-37qqq.
(P.A. 15-153, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons › Section 8-355. - Definitions.

As used in sections 8-355 to 8-359, inclusive:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing.
(2) “Community housing development corporation” means a corporation which has qualified for assistance under section 8-217.
(3) “Homeless person” means any person who does not have overnight shelter or sufficient income or resources to secure such shelter.
(4) “Nonprofit corporation” shall be construed as defined in section 8-39.
(5) “Utility allowance” means the average monthly amount a person or family spends for heat and other utilities, excluding telephone, which is not supplied or paid for by the owner of the dwelling unit rented by the person or family.
(P.A. 85-485, S. 1; P.A. 87-309, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-309 made a technical change in the reference contained in Subdiv. (4); P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing in Subdiv. (1), effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons › Section 8-356. - State financial assistance to community housing development corporation, municipal developer or nonprofit corporation for emergency shelters or rooming houses for homeless persons or mobile manufactured homes for use as transitional housing.

The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a community housing development corporation, a municipal developer or a nonprofit corporation providing emergency shelter services for homeless persons for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid, loan, deferred loan, loan guarantee or interest subsidy for the cost of acquisition, construction, rehabilitation or renovation of emergency shelters or rooming houses for homeless persons or for the cost of acquisition of mobile manufactured homes for use as transitional housing. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.
(P.A. 85-485, S. 2; P.A. 87-309, S. 2; 87-436, S. 20, 23; P.A. 92-166, S. 23, 31; P.A. 93-309, S. 27, 29; 93-435, S. 80, 95; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 06-93, S. 19; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-309 made technical changes and provided for assistance for emergency shelters and mobile manufactured homes to be used as transitional housing; P.A. 87-436 added provisions authorizing state to enter into contracts with municipal developers; P.A. 92-166 amended the section to make deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and further provided that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time; P.A. 93-309 designated the existing section as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to “July 1, 1994,” re the deadline for the receipt by the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-93 deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations and application to program repealed by the same act and made a conforming change; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons › Section 8-358. - Rental payments. Regulations.

(a) The maximum amount which a person or family residing in a dwelling unit in a project receiving financial assistance under sections 8-355 to 8-359, inclusive, shall pay as its contribution to the total rent for the dwelling unit shall be thirty per cent of the adjusted monthly income, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, of the household in which the person resides or of the family, less the amount of such household's or family's utility allowance.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 (1) defining adjusted monthly income, (2) establishing criteria for determining the utility allowance of a person or family, (3) establishing criteria for determining which projects shall be eligible for financial assistance under sections 8-356 and 8-357 and (4) establishing procedures for the operation of the programs under said sections.
(P.A. 85-485, S. 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 58.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references to sections “17b-115 to 17b-138, inclusive” and “17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive,” were changed editorially by the Revisors to sections “17b-116 to 17b-138, inclusive” and “17b-689, 17b-689b” respectively, to reflect the repeal of the relevant sections by the June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said sections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re rental payments made to recipients of general assistance and the amount of any such payments.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons › Section 8-359b. (Formerly Sec. 17b-800a). - Shelters and services for homeless children and families. Relief from income garnishment orders. Duties of Department of Education.

(a) The Department of Housing, in consultation with appropriate state agencies and within available appropriations, shall (1) allocate existing funding and resources to ensure the availability of homeless shelters that accept intact families or that assist families to find adequate alternative arrangements that allow the family to remain together; and (2) review program eligibility requirements and other policies to ensure that unaccompanied homeless children have access, to the fullest extent practicable, to critical services that such children might otherwise have been prevented from receiving due to age or guardianship requirements.
(b) The Department of Social Services, in consultation with appropriate state agencies and within available appropriations, shall work, in accordance with state and federal law, to seek relief from income garnishment orders through the appropriate judicial authority if it is deemed appropriate to be in the best interests of children and families.
(c) The Department of Education, in consultation with appropriate departments, shall seek full utilization of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to protect children falling into homelessness from school failure and dropping out of school and to improve access to higher education.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 4; P.A. 13-234, S. 48.)
History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting reference to Department of Housing for reference to Department of Social Services and deleting former Subdiv. (3) re relief from income garnishment orders, added new Subsec. (b) re relief from income garnishment orders and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2013; Sec. 17b-800a transferred to Sec. 8-359b in 2015.
See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons › Section 8-359d. (Formerly Sec. 17b-806). - Homefinders program.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall establish and administer a homefinders program, which includes participation by housing authorities, to assist families including recipients of temporary family assistance who are homeless or in imminent danger of eviction or foreclosure. The commissioner shall administer the program within available appropriations.
(b) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 5, 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 53, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 85, 165; P.A. 13-234, S. 49.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended Subsec. (a) to require that program be administered within available appropriations; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-621 transferred to Sec. 17b-806 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting reference to Commissioner of Housing for reference to Commissioner of Social Services and adding “in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services”, and amended Subsec. (b) by substituting reference to Commissioner of Housing for reference to Commissioner of Social Services, effective July 1, 2013; Sec. 17b-806 transferred to Sec. 8-359d in 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons › Section 8-359e. - Information on trauma-informed care and related services for homeless children and youths.

Not later than January 1, 2016, the Department of Housing, in collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the State Department of Education, shall make available information on trauma-informed care and related services for homeless children and youths to homeless shelter providers in the state that receive financial assistance from the Department of Housing. Such homeless shelter providers shall, to the extent feasible, (1) refer homeless children or youth to such services as necessary, and (2) make efforts to ensure that such homeless children or youths have access to such services.
(P.A. 15-242, S. 69.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons › Section 8-360. - Nondisclosure of location of housing for domestic violence victims.

Nothing in sections 1-200, 1-205, 1-206, 1-210 to 1-213, inclusive, 1-225 to 1-232, inclusive, 1-240 and 19a-342 shall be construed to require a public agency, as defined in section 1-200, to disclose any information indicating the location of a shelter or transitional housing for victims of domestic violence.
(P.A. 89-38, S. 1, 2.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 references to “sections 1-15, 1-18a, 1-19 to 1-19b, inclusive, and 1-21 to 1-21k, inclusive,” were changed editorially by the Revisors to the corresponding section numbers in Ch. 3 and Sec. 19a-342, reflecting the transfer of those sections).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons › Section 8-361 and 8-362. - Pilot program for acquisition and rehabilitation of abandoned property into single room occupancy housing for homeless persons. Abatement of real property taxes.

Sections 8-361 and 8-362 are repealed, effective October 1, 2006.
(P.A. 93-401, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 179, 209; P.A. 06-93, S. 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138c - Grants to Municipalities for Financing of Low and Moderate Income Rental Housing › Section 8-365. - State financial assistance to municipalities with programs for financing of low and moderate income rental housing.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall make grants-in-aid to any municipalities which have created programs to provide for the financing of new construction or substantial rehabilitation of dwelling units in projects in which a majority of the tenants shall be low and moderate income families if such municipal programs meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
(b) In order to be eligible for grants made pursuant to this section, a municipal program must: (1) Provide for a separate and distinct fund for any moneys received for or dedicated to such program, which fund shall not lapse at the end of the municipal fiscal year; (2) allow for unrestricted direct contributions from private persons, municipal funds and federal funds to such fund; and (3) include a mechanism to guarantee that a majority of the tenants in any project financed by such program shall be low and moderate income families.
(c) Any grant made by the commissioner shall be in an amount equal to fifty per cent of all such funds deposited in a municipal fund from private persons.
(d) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 86-306, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-506, S. 1, 9; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-506 allowed for contributions of municipal and federal funds to a fund; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing in Subsecs. (a) and (d), effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138c - Grants to Municipalities for Financing of Low and Moderate Income Rental Housing › Section 8-366. - Choice of municipalities.

Section 8-366 is repealed.
(P.A. 86-306, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-506, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138c - Grants to Municipalities for Financing of Low and Moderate Income Rental Housing › Section 8-367. - Bond issue.

(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred thousand five hundred dollars.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Housing for the purpose of grants-in-aid made pursuant to section 8-365.
(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Housing and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(P.A. 86-306, S. 3, 4; P.A. 87-506, S. 2, 9; P.A. 89-331, S. 10, 30; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-506 removed reference to repealed Sec. 8-366 and removed bond authorization deadline of June 30, 1987; P.A. 89-331 decreased the bond authorization from $1,000,000 to $100,500; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing and Department of Housing, respectively, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138c - Grants to Municipalities for Financing of Low and Moderate Income Rental Housing › Section 8-367a. - Financial assistance for tenant management organizations. Pilot program. Regulations. Report.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a pilot program to provide financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid for expenses incurred in the establishment of a tenant management organization in a state-assisted or federally-assisted housing project, including the cost of technical assistance and training designed to teach tenants how to manage and maintain public housing. The pilot program shall provide such assistance in up to three municipalities. Such grants-in-aid shall be awarded in accordance with such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe.
(b) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. The regulations shall establish the criteria for awarding the grants-in-aid authorized under this section and the terms and conditions of such grants.
(c) Not later than January 15, 1989, the Commissioner of Housing shall submit a report containing an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program authorized under this section to the joint standing committee on planning and development.
(P.A. 87-406, S. 3, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138d - Rental Housing Assistance Trust Fund (Repealed) › Section 8-370 to 8-375. - Rental Housing Assistance Trust Fund.

Sections 8-370 to 8-375, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 86-395, S. 1, 2, 5–8, 10; P.A. 87-377, S. 4, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138e - Housing Development Zones › Section 8-376. - Designation of housing development zones.

Any municipality which is a distressed municipality as defined in subsection (b) of section 32-9p, on October 1, 1987, may apply to the Commissioner of Housing to designate an area of such municipality as a housing development zone. Any such area shall consist of one or two contiguous United States census tracts or a portion of an individual census tract as determined in accordance with the most recent United States census. At least twenty-five per cent of the designated area shall be zoned or allow for multifamily residential dwellings.
(P.A. 87-378, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138e - Housing Development Zones › Section 8-377. - Plan of development and rehabilitation.

Any municipality which applies for designation of an area of the municipality as a housing development zone shall submit to the commissioner a plan for the development and rehabilitation of housing in the area. Such plan shall include evidence of the commitment of financial assistance that will be made for housing development in the area by private persons, the municipality, state agencies or agencies of the United States government.
(P.A. 87-378, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138e - Housing Development Zones › Section 8-378. - Approval of designation. Priority financial assistance. Removal of designation.

The Commissioner of Housing may approve the designation of up to three areas in the state as housing development zones, provided the commissioner shall not approve the designation of more than one housing development zone in any municipality. Proposals for financial assistance received by the commissioner from eligible developers, as defined in section 8-39, for programs or projects authorized pursuant to chapter 128, 130 or 133 which will be located in a housing development zone shall be accorded a high priority to receive financial assistance from the commissioner. The commissioner may remove the designation of any area which has been approved as a housing development zone if such area no longer meets the criteria for designation as such a zone set forth in sections 8-376 and 8-377 or in regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-381, provided no such designation shall be removed less than ten years from the original date of approval of such zone.
(P.A. 87-378, S. 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” and deleted reference to Ch. 138, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138e - Housing Development Zones › Section 8-379. - Waiver of percentage limitations on financial assistance.

The commissioner may waive the limitations on the amount of state financial assistance provided pursuant to section 8-216b for housing and community development projects undertaken in a housing development zone.
(P.A. 87-378, S. 4; P.A. 88-280, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 88-280 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138e - Housing Development Zones › Section 8-380. - Fixing of assessments in housing development zones.

Any municipality which includes an area which has been designated as a housing development zone pursuant to section 8-378 shall provide, by ordinance, for the fixing of assessments on all commercial and residential property in such zone which is improved during the period when such area is designated a housing development zone and, in the case of residential property, is occupied by families whose income is less than one hundred fifty per cent of the median family income of the municipality. Such fixed assessments shall be for a period of eleven years from the time of such improvement and the municipality shall defer any increase in assessment attributable to such improvements according to the following schedule:
Year
Percentage
Of Increase Deferred
First
100
Second
100
Third
90
Fourth
80
Fifth
70
Sixth
60
Seventh
50
Eighth
40
Ninth
30
Tenth
20
Eleventh
10
(P.A. 87-378, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138e - Housing Development Zones › Section 8-381. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish such additional qualifications for designation as a housing development zone and such other requirements as necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(P.A. 87-378, S. 6; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138f - State and Regional Housing Planning, Policy and Development › Section 8-385. - Housing Advisory Committee.

Section 8-385 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 87-550, S. 3, 10; P.A. 89-126, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 5; P.A. 94-138, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-68, S. 4; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 155; 13-247, S. 286; 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138f - State and Regional Housing Planning, Policy and Development › Section 8-388. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purpose of section 8-387. Such regulations shall establish terms and conditions for the award of the grants-in-aid and loans authorized under subsection (b) of said section, requirements and limitations as to adjustments of loan terms and conditions of repayment, funding priorities and such additional requirements as the commissioner deems necessary and reasonable.
(P.A. 87-550, S. 7, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138f - State and Regional Housing Planning, Policy and Development › Section 8-389. - Priority financial or technical assistance in connection with regional fair housing compact.

Upon the incorporation of a successfully negotiated regional fair housing compact into a regional plan of conservation and development by a regional planning agency pursuant to section 8-386, the Commissioner of Housing and the Connecticut Housing Authority may give priority to any application for financial or technical assistance made by a municipality, housing authority or eligible developer as defined in subsection (u) of section 8-39 in connection with any project located in a municipality which has approved the regional fair housing compact pursuant to section 8-386.
(P.A. 88-334, S. 3, 7; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 08-182, S. 13; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 08-182 changed “regional plan of development” to “regional plan of conservation and development”; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.