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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-209a. - State aid for relocation of buildings.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any project that is eligible for state financial aid for demolition of buildings shall be eligible to apply for state financial aid under the same program such project was eligible for demolition for the costs of moving one or more buildings that are a part of such project from one location to another, provided (1) the subject buildings currently contain or will be renovated to contain one or more dwelling units per building, and (2) the total cost of relocating the subject buildings does not exceed by more than five per cent the total of all costs associated with the demolition of such buildings, including, but not limited to: The costs of preparing the buildings for demolition, including the costs of abatement of asbestos and other hazardous materials; the actual costs of taking the buildings down; the relocation of residents, including the costs of relocation assistance; utility relocation; environmental remediation after the buildings have been demolished; removal of the foundations; the filling of the site with clean fill; and any other costs associated with the demolition of the buildings or the return of the sites to a condition suitable for future development, provided any costs which would be incurred regardless of whether the subject buildings are moved or demolished shall not be included in such comparison in any way, and (3) the entity requesting state financial aid can demonstrate to the agency providing state financial aid the benefits to the neighborhood or municipality of preserving the character of the area by retaining the subject buildings.
(b) Any relocation of a building eligible for relocation assistance under subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to be a rehabilitation of such building for the purposes of determining the eligibility of the building or the project of which it is a part for any state program of financial assistance.
(c) Any building that is moved in accordance with this section shall comply with the separate standards within the State Building Code for the rehabilitation of buildings.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude any agency from providing for the costs of relocating a building under circumstances that do not meet the provisions of this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 78, 131; P.A. 03-19, S. 21.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective May 12, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-210a. - Bond issue.

The State Bond Commission may authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in the aggregate amount of four million dollars for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 8-210.
(1969, P.A. 588, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-213. - Housing site development agencies.

Section 8-213 is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 16; 1971, P.A. 75; 1972, P.A. 268, S. 1; P.A. 73-173, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-70, S. 1; 77-614, S. 293, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 14; P.A. 80-483, S. 28, 186; P.A. 88-280, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-213a. - Apportionment and abatement of taxes on acquisition of property by redevelopment or housing site development agency.

In any case where a redevelopment agency or housing site development agency acquires real property, municipal taxes on such property may be apportioned in accordance with prevailing local practice in the transfer of property as of the day title vests in the grantee and the authority authorized under the provisions of section 12-124 to abate taxes in the municipality wherein such real property is situated may abate the taxes on such property from the date title so vests.
(1969, P.A. 555, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-214. - State financial assistance for housing site development projects.

Section 8-214 is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 17; P.A. 73-173, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-51; P.A. 77-70, S. 2; 77-614, S. 294, 610; P.A. 78-164, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-598, S. 15; P.A. 80-188; P.A. 81-68; P.A. 85-49; P.A. 87-378, S. 7; P.A. 88-280, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-214a. - 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 three million 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 housing site development in accordance with section 8-213a and section 8-216b.
(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. 86-396, S. 11, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 7, 26; P.A. 88-280, S. 7; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000; P.A. 88-280 made technical change to Subsec. (b); 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 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-214b. - Housing land bank and land trust program: Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 8-214c to 8-214e, inclusive:
(1) “Limited equity cooperative” means a nonprofit corporation organized for the purposes of owning and operating housing for low and moderate income families and qualifying as a limited equity cooperative, as defined in section 47-242;
(2) “Very low, low and moderate income families” means families or individuals who lack the amount of income necessary to rent or purchase adequate housing without financial assistance, as defined by such income limits as may be adopted by an appropriate agency or instrumentality of the state or federal government for the purposes of determining eligibility under any programs aimed at providing housing for very low, low and moderate income families or persons;
(3) “Nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of section 8-214d; and
(4) “Real property” includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and rights, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such liens.
(P.A. 87-441, S. 1, 5; P.A. 90-238, S. 29, 32; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 174, 209; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 90-238 revised the term “low and moderate income families” to “very low, low and moderate income families” and added a definition of “real property”; 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. 96-256 amended the definition of “nonprofit corporation” to replace reference to “chapter 600” with “chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto”, effective January 1, 1997; 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. (3), effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-214c. - Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund.

There is established a fund to be known as the “Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund”. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held in trust separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year next succeeding. Said fund shall be used to encourage the development of decent and affordable housing for low and moderate income families by providing grants-in-aid to nonprofit corporations pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-214d.
(P.A. 87-441, S. 2, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-214g. - Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund.

(a) The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued for the purposes of sections 8-214f to 8-214h, inclusive, authorized pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, and of any notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be required for such purposes shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the “Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund”, which fund shall be used to provide the financial assistance authorized by subsections (c) and (d) of section 8-214f. Payments from the Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund to nonprofit corporations pursuant to said subsections shall be made by the State Treasurer on certification of the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with the contract for financial assistance between the state and such nonprofit corporation.
(b) Subject to the approval of the Governor, any administrative or other costs or expenses incurred by the state in carrying out the provisions of sections 8-214f to 8-214h, inclusive, including but not limited to hiring employees and entering into contracts, may be paid from the Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund.
(P.A. 87-417, S. 8, 10; P.A. 90-238, S. 18, 32; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 90-238 revised provisions re allocation of moneys to housing funds; 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 Subsec. (a), effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-214h. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 8-214f and 8-214g.
(P.A. 87-417, S. 9, 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 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-215. - Tax abatement for housing for low or moderate-income persons.

Any municipality may by ordinance provide for the abatement in part or in whole of real property taxes on any housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families and may by ordinance classify the property on which such housing is situated as property used for housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families. Such tax abatement shall be used for one or more of the following purposes: (1) To reduce rents below the levels which would be achieved in the absence of such abatement and to improve the quality and design of such housing; (2) to effect occupancy of such housing by persons and families of varying income levels within limits determined by the Commissioner of Housing by regulation; or (3) to provide necessary related facilities or services in such housing. Such abatement shall be made pursuant to a contract between the municipality and the owner of any such housing, which contract shall provide the terms of such abatement, that moneys equal to the amount of such abatement shall be used for any one or more of the purposes herein stated, and that such abatement shall terminate at any time when such housing is not solely for low or moderate-income persons or families.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 18; P.A. 73-642, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 295, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 16; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 73-642 allowed municipalities to classify property as solely for use for housing for low and moderate-income families by ordinance; P.A. 77-614 specified commissioner of economic development, previously “commissioner” referred to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; 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.
Cited. 170 C. 556.
Tax abatement constitutes subsidy to landlord supporting conclusion that activities of landlord are “state action” re federal constitution. 33 CS 15.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-216a. - Capitalized value of net rental income, basis for property valuation.

(a) The provisions of any other general statute or special act to the contrary notwithstanding, the present true and actual value of the real property classified as property used for housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families pursuant to section 8-215, on which rents or carrying charges are limited by regulatory agreement with, or otherwise regulated by, the federal or state government or department or agency thereof, shall be based upon and shall not exceed the capitalized value of the net rental income of the housing project. For purposes of sections 8-215, 8-216 and this section, such net rental income means the gross income of the project as limited by the schedule of rents or carrying charges, less reasonable operating expenses and property taxes.
(b) Any modification, amendment, or replacement of a contract already in existence on or before October 1, 1973, shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section without the mutual consent of the parties thereto.
(P.A. 73-642, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-217. - Community housing development corporations.

A community housing development corporation may qualify for assistance under section 8-218 provided: (1) It shall be organized for purposes other than to make a profit or gain for itself and shall not be controlled or directed by persons or firms seeking to derive profit or gain therefrom; (2) it shall be organized to finance, acquire, construct or rehabilitate housing as defined in this section; (3) except for any corporation specially chartered by the General Assembly, it shall be designated by the governing body of a municipality or by a joint resolution of the governing bodies of two or more municipalities to enter into contracts with the state as provided for in section 8-218. Any municipality which has designated any such corporation pursuant to a joint resolution with any other municipality may, at any time, rescind such designation, provided no such rescission shall affect any projects actually under construction or contract. As used in this section and section 8-218, “housing” means dwelling units, and includes any incidental commercial units located on the first floor of any multistory mixed use building, acquired, constructed or rehabilitated and sold or leased under any provisions of any statute of the United States or this state which restricts ownership or occupancy to families or individuals whose incomes do not exceed limits prescribed by such statute or by regulatory agreement.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 683, S. 1; P.A. 77-483, S. 1; P.A. 81-126, S. 1; 81-133.)
History: 1969 act deleted requirement that housing development corporation be “organized as a nonstock corporation pursuant to chapter 600”, excluded corporations specially chartered by legislature from provision concerning contracts with state and redefined “housing” by substituting “dwelling units” for “housing” and by deleting references to federal Housing Acts of 1937 and 1961; P.A. 77-483 amended Subdiv. (2) to require corporation to “be organized to” provide housing; P.A. 81-126 included incidental commercial units in definition of housing, and required corporation to be organized to “finance, acquire, construct or rehabilitate” housing rather than to “provide” housing; P.A. 81-133 provided for joint action by two or more municipalities.
Cited. 170 C. 556.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-218c. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of sections 8-218, 8-218a and 8-218b.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. 13, 17; P.A. 87-376, S. 4, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-376 added reference to Sec. 8-218; 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 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-218d. - State financial assistance to community housing development corporations for administrative expenses. Regulations. Report.

Section 8-218d is repealed.
(P.A. 85-461, S. 2, 4; P.A. 86-405, S. 10, 12; P.A. 87-482, S. 2, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-218e. - State financial assistance for provision of technical assistance and management training.

The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with the community housing development corporation, as defined in section 8-217, which has been specially chartered by the General Assembly pursuant to section 8-218f, for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid to enable such corporation to provide technical assistance and management training in the financing, acquisition, construction and rehabilitation of housing, as defined in said section 8-217, to families (1) whose incomes do not exceed eighty per cent of the median household income for the area in which the families reside and (2) who wish to establish limited equity cooperatives, as defined in section 47-242, or housing cooperatives in which persons participate in the construction or rehabilitation of their own dwellings. Any such grant shall only be made to said community housing development corporation if it has resources from other sources in an amount equal to or greater than one hundred per cent of the proposed grant. Such other sources may include, but shall not be limited to, other governmental agencies, the private sector, private foundations and charitable organizations.
(P.A. 86-405, S. 2, 12; 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 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-218f. - Community housing development corporations.

Co-Opportunity, Inc., the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the Connecticut Housing Investment Fund, Inc., Co-Op Initiatives, Inc., Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund, Inc., and Nutmeg Housing Development Corp. are hereby specially chartered as community housing development corporations pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (3) of section 8-217 and shall have the power (1) to finance, acquire, construct and rehabilitate housing, as defined in said section, and (2) to provide technical assistance and management training in the financing, acquisition, construction and rehabilitation of such housing to families (A) whose incomes do not exceed eighty per cent of the median household income for the area in which the families reside and (B) in the case of families assisted by Co-Opportunity, Inc., who wish to establish limited equity cooperatives, as defined in section 47-242, or housing cooperatives in which persons participate in the construction or rehabilitation of their own dwellings. As community housing development corporations, Co-Opportunity, Inc. and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation may qualify for assistance under sections 8-218 and 8-218e. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 8-218, 8-218a and 8-218b and any regulations adopted thereunder, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation shall not be required to be organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto to qualify for financial assistance under sections 8-218 and 8-218e.
(P.A. 86-405, S. 1, 12; P.A. 88-138, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-241, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-256, S. 177, 209; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 82, 131.)
History: P.A. 88-138 substituted Co-Opportunity, Inc. for El Hogar del Futuro, Inc.; P.A. 93-241 added provision specially chartering the Local Initiatives Support Corporation as a community housing development corporation and exempting it from the requirement of organization under Chapter 600 of the general statutes to qualify for financial assistance under Secs. 8-218 and 8-218e, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 96-256 replaced reference to “chapter 600” with “chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto”, effective January 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 added Connecticut Housing Investment Fund, Co-op Initiatives, Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund and Nutmeg Housing Development Corp. as community housing development corporations, effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-218g. - Determination of interest rate on loans to housing development corporations.

Any loans originated by the state pursuant to sections 8-218 and 8-218a shall bear interest at a rate to be determined in accordance with subsection (t) of section 3-20.
(P.A. 87-416, S. 8, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-219. - State grants-in-aid for relocation costs of persons, businesses and farms displaced by governmental action.

Section 8-219 is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 24; 1969, P.A. 594, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-219a. - Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund.

There is established a “Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund”. The fund shall be used to make low interest loans or deferred loans authorized by sections 8-219b and 8-219c, and for expenses incurred by the Commissioner of Housing in the implementation of the program established by this section and sections 8-219b and 8-219c. 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. 87-494, S. 1, 5; P.A. 92-166, S. 16, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 92-166 made 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. 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 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-219c. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, providing for financial qualifications of grant and loan recipients, requirements to ensure that grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans awarded under sections 8-219a and 8-219b are used only for repairs or rehabilitation necessary to permit continued use of the dwelling for residential purposes, requirements and limitations as to adjustments of terms and conditions of repayment of loans, funding priorities and such additional requirements as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the purposes of said sections 8-219a and 8-219b.
(P.A. 87-494, S. 4, 5; P.A. 92-166, S. 18, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 92-166 made technical change adding provision re deferred loans, consistent with 1992 public acts; 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 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-221a. - Commissioner of Human Resources to assume responsibilities for human resources development programs under Sec. 8-221.

Section 8-221a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 593, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-224, 8-225 and 8-225a. - Municipal powers; joint action. Limitation on aid to a municipality. Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to approve certain aid for municipalities under Sec. 8-225.

Sections 8-224, 8-225 and 8-225a are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 29, 30; 1969, P.A. 317, S. 2; 348, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 73, S. 1; P.A. 73-616, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 593, 596, 597, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-631, S. 109, 111.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-226. - Use of prior bond proceeds for redevelopment and urban renewal.

The proceeds from such bonds and notes as are authorized to be issued, or any proceeds from such bonds and notes as may have been issued, under the provisions of section 8-154b but which, on July 1, 1967, are uncommitted and unallocated or which may subsequently become uncommitted or unallocated, shall be used for any of the purposes authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154f, 8-208, 8-209, 8-210, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220, 17b-752, 17b-853 and 47a-56j.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 31; P.A. 77-614, S. 598, 610; P.A. 79-631, S. 13, 111; P.A. 88-280, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced “this chapter” with reference to specific sections, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-631 deleted reference to repealed Secs. 8-207 and 8-207a; P.A. 88-280 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 8-214.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-227. - Regulations.

Section 8-227 is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 32; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 599, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-631, S. 109, 111.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-228 to 8-238. - Relocation assistance.

(a) Sections 8-228 to 8-238, inclusive, are repealed except that for any payment or matter, due or pending, pursuant to said sections 8-228 to 8-238, inclusive, shall be paid or handled in accordance with said sections, or regulations or procedures promulgated pursuant thereto.
(b) All rights or liabilities now existing under sections 8-228 to 8-238, inclusive, and under regulations or procedures pursuant thereto shall not be affected by the repeal of such sections or portions thereof under subsection (a) of this section.
(1969, P.A. 594, S. 1–11; 1971, P.A. 523; 838, S. 17.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-239. - Other powers of department or commissioner unaffected.

Nothing in sections 8-228 to 8-239, inclusive, shall be construed to limit, restrict or derogate from any power, right or authority of the department or the commissioner existing under or pursuant to any other general statute or special act.
(1969, P.A. 594, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-239a. - Powers and duties under Secs. 8-228 to 8-239, inclusive, transferred to Department and Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.

The powers and duties of the Department of Community Affairs and the Commissioner of Community Affairs under sections 8-228 to 8-239, inclusive, are transferred to the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 606, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 21; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 79-598 substituted department and commissioner of housing for department and commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs › Section 8-240. - Interagency model cities committee.

Section 8-240 is repealed.
(1969, P.A. 550, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-338, S. 41, 94; P.A. 77-313, S. 8; 77-614, S. 522, 610.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133a - Community Economic Development Program › Section 8-240k. - Community economic development program. Establishment of entity.

(a) As used in this section and section 8-240l, “low and moderate income individuals” means individuals earning not more than the state median income, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The state, acting by and through the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in conjunction with other relevant state agencies and quasi-public agencies, as defined in section 1-20, shall establish a community economic development program in public investment communities, as defined in section 7-545, in targeted investment communities, as defined in section 32-222, and state-wide to assist low and moderate income individuals in establishing, maintaining and expanding businesses. The purpose of the program shall be to strengthen neighborhoods by maintaining or creating employment for neighborhood residents, generating tax revenues and stemming physical deterioration and the social problems resulting from deterioration by providing (1) access to credit, (2) facilitation of financing for community development activities, and (3) technical assistance.
(b) The secretary shall establish an entity to accomplish the program. The entity may, without limitation, be owned and governed, in whole or in part, by parties other than the state, any agency of the state or any quasi-public agency.
(P.A. 93-404, S. 1, 6; P.A. 03-93, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-404 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 03-93 amended Subsec. (a) to define “low and moderate income individuals”, to expand the community economic development program to provide assistance to such individuals on a state-wide basis and to make a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133a - Community Economic Development Program › Section 8-240m. - Financial assistance.

(a) The state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, may provide financial assistance, including, without limitation, financial assistance in the form of grants, loans and the purchase of capital stock, for the program established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-240k, upon the execution of a financial assistance agreement containing such terms and conditions as the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall deem necessary and appropriate to fulfill the purposes of sections 8-240k to 8-240n, inclusive. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-66c, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may provide such financial assistance from the proceeds of bonds authorized for the Department of Economic and Community Development pursuant to said section 4-66c.
(b) Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated may provide financial assistance, including, without limitation, financial assistance in the form of grants, loans and the purchase of capital stock, for the program established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-240k, upon the execution of a financial assistance agreement containing such terms and conditions as Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall deem necessary and appropriate to fulfill the purposes of sections 8-240k to 8-240n, inclusive.
(c) The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority may provide financial assistance, including, without limitation, financial assistance in the form of grants, loans and the purchase of capital stock, for the program established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-240k, upon the execution of a financial assistance agreement containing such terms and conditions as the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall deem necessary and appropriate to fulfill the purposes of sections 8-240k to 8-240n, inclusive.
(P.A. 93-404, S. 3, 6; P.A. 95-250, S. 19, 42; 95-309, S. 11, 12; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152.)
History: P.A. 93-404 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 deleted former Subsec. (a) re provision of financial assistance by the Commissioner of Housing, relettering the Subsecs. accordingly, and replaced references to the Commissioner of Economic Development with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-309 changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “Connecticut Development Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133a - Community Economic Development Program › Section 8-240n. - Annual report.

On or before the second Wednesday after the convening of each regular session of the General Assembly, beginning with the 1995 regular session, the entity created pursuant to subsection (b) of section 8-240k shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to local economic development which sets forth for the year ending the preceding December thirtieth, (1) plans to address the goals of the entity established in subsection (b) of section 8-240k; (2) activities in achieving the goals for the preceding year; and (3) a strategy for the upcoming year to achieve the goals, including adoption of specific targets. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, an annual financial statement, the name and address of each recipient of financial assistance and certification by the recipient that all applicable laws and labor regulations and fair trade practices were complied with, and the number of jobs and the types of employment provided to the unemployed, underemployed and persons receiving public assistance.
(P.A. 93-404, S. 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 93-404 effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133a - Community Economic Development Program › Section 8-240o. - Definitions.

As used in sections 8-240p to 8-240s, inclusive, and 32-235:
(1) “Community Economic Development Fund” means the entity established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 8-240k to accomplish the community economic development program;
(2) “Microenterprise” means any business, new or existing, with ten or fewer employees and annual gross revenues of less than five hundred thousand dollars, including home-based and owner-operated businesses;
(3) “Program” means the microloan program for microenterprises established in section 8-240p.
(P.A. 06-166, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-166 effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133a - Community Economic Development Program › Section 8-240p. - Pilot microloan program for microenterprises.

There is established a pilot microloan program for microenterprises under which the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall make grants to the Community Economic Development Fund or any other regional revolving loan programs within the state. Said fund shall use such grants to support the growth and development of microenterprises.
(P.A. 06-166, S. 2; P.A. 10-190, S. 4; P.A. 11-104, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-166 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 10-190 allowed grants to be made to other regional revolving loan programs within the state, effective June 9, 2010; P.A. 11-104 made a technical change, effective July 8, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133a - Community Economic Development Program › Section 8-240q. - Eligible activities for grants under pilot microloan program for microenterprises.

The grants provided under section 8-240p shall be used to:
(1) Identify appropriate microloan applicants state-wide;
(2) Evaluate the need for a prospective microloan applicant's business in the community in which the microenterprise is or would be located;
(3) Evaluate community support for a prospective microloan applicant's business in the community in which the microenterprise is or would be located;
(4) Work in conjunction with other community-based nonprofit organizations, state and federal agencies and with the Community Economic Development Fund or any other regional revolving loan programs within the state to assist prospective microloan applicants in preparing and finalizing business plans;
(5) Assist prospective microloan applicants in identifying and accessing other appropriate business resources, including those providing business management training;
(6) Track client data, level of service and outcome of services provided; and
(7) Promote microenterprises and coordinate the delivery of services by microenterprise support organizations to microenterprises.
(P.A. 06-166, S. 3; P.A. 10-190, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 06-166 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 10-190 amended Subdiv. (4) to include other regional revolving loan programs within the state, effective June 9, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133a - Community Economic Development Program › Section 8-240r. - Criteria for grants to microloan generating organizations.

The Community Economic Development Fund or any other regional revolving loan programs within the state shall consider the following criteria in making a grant to a microloan generating organization:
(1) Sources and sufficiency of operating funds for the microloan generating organization;
(2) The ability of the microloan generating organization to provide the services required under section 8-240q; and
(3) The proven ability of the microloan generating organization to identify and prepare successful applicants to economic assistance programs similar to the program established in section 8-240q.
(P.A. 06-166, S. 4; P.A. 10-190, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 06-166 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 10-190 added “or any other regional revolving loan programs within the state”, effective June 9, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 133a - Community Economic Development Program › Section 8-240s. - Report.

Not later than June 30, 2007, the Community Economic Development Fund shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, on the status and results of sections 8-240o to 8-240q, inclusive, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to economic development.
(P.A. 06-166, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 06-166 effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 134 - Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Act › Section 8-241. - Short title: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Act.

This chapter may be known and cited as the “Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Act”.
(1969, P.A. 795, S. 1; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 9.)
History: 1972 act changed name from Connecticut Mortgage Authority Act to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Act.