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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-46. - Penalty for false statement.

Any person who makes a false statement concerning any of the eligibility requirements for a public housing project, as defined in subsection (b) of section 21a-278a, in an application for admission to or continued occupancy of such public housing may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 930, 952; 1949, 1953, S. 441d; 1957, P.A. 667, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 24, S. 2; P.A. 99-245, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 99-245 expanded prohibition against false statements from those concerning family income to any eligibility requirements.
See Sec. 8-72 re penalty for false statement with respect to moderate income rentals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-47. - Considerations in fixing income limits.

In fixing maximum income limits under section 8-45, the authority and the Commissioner of Housing shall take into consideration (1) the latest average wage as computed by the Labor Commissioner for the city or town served by the authority, (2) the number of vacancies in the projects under the authority's control, and (3) the number of applications for admission to tenancy which are refused because of income disqualification.
(1957, P.A. 399, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-48. - Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid.

In the cases of any tenants who are the recipients of one hundred per cent social services aid from the Department of Social Services of the state or any municipality and who have no income from any other source, rentals shall be fixed by each housing authority for the ensuing rental year established by the authority based on one-half of the costs and expenses set forth in subsection (a) of section 8-45, plus the full amount of costs and expenses set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of said section as set forth in the operating statements of the authority for the preceding fiscal year, which total amount shall be divided by the total number of rooms contained in all low-rent housing projects operated by such housing authority to establish the rental cost per room per annum for such tenants, from which figure shall be computed the rent per month per room. Said rentals shall govern for said rental year.
(September, 1957, P.A. 24, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 41; 615, S. 27; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: 1959 acts provided costs and expenses be as set forth in operating statements of authority for preceding fiscal year rather than as set forth in annual budgets of the authority and deleted a termination date of June 30, 1959, for section; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of department of income maintenance for welfare department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of social services department for income maintenance department, effective July 1, 1993.
Cited. 213 C. 354.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-49. - Cooperation of housing authorities.

Any authority or authorities may join or cooperate with one another or with the Commissioner of Housing in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and the giving of security therefor, planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area within which one or more of such authorities are authorized to exercise their powers. For such purpose any cooperating authority may, by resolution, prescribe and authorize said commissioner or any authority so joining and cooperating with it to act in its behalf in the exercise of any of such powers or the cooperating authorities may, by resolution, appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full powers to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any of their powers as prescribed by resolution of such authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 931, 964; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-144, S. 1–3, 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development and P.A. 78-144 authorized commissioner to act on behalf of authority upon authorization by authority to do so; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-50. - Eminent domain.

An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it deems necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of such real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority, in its own name and at its own expense and cost, may prefer a petition and exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in section 48-12 and acts supplementary thereto. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired, provided no real property belonging to the municipality, the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.
(1949 Rev., S. 932.)
Only real property may be acquired under section; not proper to add damages for loss of business. 139 C. 73. Cited. 145 C. 196.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-51. - Zoning and building laws.

Each housing project of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which such project is situated.
(1949 Rev., S. 933.)
Cited. 213 C. 354; 216 C. 112.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-54. - Remedies of an obligee of authority.

An obligee of an authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: (a) By mandamus or other proceeding in the Superior Court, to compel such authority and the commissioners, officers, agents or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of such authority with or for the benefit of such obligee and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements of such authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon such authority by this chapter and (b), by suit or other proceeding in the Superior Court, to enjoin the performance of any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the rights of such obligee of such authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 936.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-55. - Additional remedies conferrable by authority.

An authority shall have power, by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract, to confer upon any trustee or any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights otherwise conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit or other proceeding in the Superior Court: (a) To cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee; (b) to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of such authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom, and, if such receiver is appointed, he may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part thereof and operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues or other charges thereafter arising therefrom and keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of such authority as the court directs; and (c) to require such authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were trustees of an express trust.
(1949 Rev., S. 937.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-56. - Aid from federal and state governments.

In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the state or federal government for or in aid of any housing project within its area of operation and to take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government, and to comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases or agreements as may be necessary or desirable therefor. It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance or operation of any housing project by such authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 938; P.A. 84-493, S. 2, 9.)
History: P.A. 84-493 provided for state financial assistance.
Cited. 213 C. 354.
Cited. 11 CS 465.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-56a. - Public hearing prior to construction by authority or developer of HUD-assisted projects.

Whenever a developer or a housing authority intends to construct a public housing project which is subject to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development site and neighborhood standards for public housing placement pursuant to 24 CFR 941.202, such developer or housing authority shall: (1) Publish a description of the project plan, including but not limited to, a physical description of the project, a description of the families to be served by the project, a description of existing neighborhood support services, a projection of the impact of the project on existing services, and a description of such developer's or authority's plan to introduce new services or to upgrade or increase existing services in order to successfully integrate the project and its residents into the neighborhood; such description shall be published at least twice, once not less than thirty days prior to the hearing required by this section, and once not less than fourteen days prior to such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which such project is planned, and a sign shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the property on which such project is planned, stating the date and time of such public hearing; (2) hold a public hearing for residents in the neighborhoods affected by the proposed public housing project; and (3) identify the specific activities to be provided in meeting its obligation under federal law to assure that the housing will be accessible to social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and services and other municipal facilities and services equivalent to neighborhoods with unassisted standard housing. If a public hearing required by federal or state law is conducted which meets the requirements of this section, such public hearing shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this section.
(P.A. 99-258.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-57. - Agreements to secure federal assistance.

In addition to the powers conferred by law upon any housing authority or the Commissioner of Housing, any such authority or said commissioner, in any contract with the federal government for annual contributions or other financial assistance, may obligate itself or the state, as the case may be, which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and shall not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other laws, to convey to the federal government the housing project to which such contract relates, upon the occurrence of a substantial default with respect to the covenants or conditions to which such authority or the state is subject. Such contract may further provide that, in case of such conveyance, the federal government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey or otherwise deal with the housing project in accordance with the terms of such contract, provided the contract shall require that, as soon as practicable after the federal government is satisfied that all defaults by reason of which it acquired the housing project have been cured and that the housing project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of the contract, the federal government shall reconvey to such authority or the state the housing project as then constituted.
(1949 Rev., S. 960; 1961, P.A. 508, S. 10; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: 1961 act amended first sentence to include in reference to contracts with federal government “other financial assistance”; 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-58. - Exemption from taxes and Uniform Securities Act. Payments in lieu of taxes.

Bonds of any authority or of any agency or instrumentality designated or appointed by an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with interest and income thereon, shall be exempt from taxes and from the Connecticut Uniform Securities Act. The property of an authority or of any agency or instrumentality designated or appointed by an authority shall be exempt from all local and municipal taxes, except that when any commercial facility is included in a housing project, such facility shall be subject to assessment and taxation in the same manner as other taxable property in the municipality. A municipality may (a) fix a sum, and such sum shall be paid to it annually by the authority, in respect of each project; or (b) agree that the authority shall not pay or be liable to pay any sum whatsoever in respect of a project or projects for any year or years; or (c) agree with an authority or the federal government upon the sum to be paid by the authority for any year or years in respect of a project or projects, or accept or agree to accept a fixed sum or other consideration in lieu of such payment.
(1949 Rev., S. 939; P.A. 73-158, S. 2; P.A. 83-339, S. 5, 9.)
History: P.A. 73-158 provided that commercial facility in housing project is not exempt from taxation; P.A. 83-339 provided for tax exemption for bonds of agencies and instrumentalities of an authority and provided for an exemption for all bonds from the State Uniform Securities Act.
Cited. 216 C. 112.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-59. - Contracts for payments to state public body.

In connection with any housing project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may contract with a housing authority or the federal government with respect to the sum or sums, if any, which the housing authority or the federal government may agree to pay, during any year or period of years, to the state public body for the improvements, services and facilities to be furnished by it for the benefit of such housing project or the persons residing on or occupying such premises, but in no event shall the amount of such payments exceed the estimated cost to the state public body of the improvements, services or facilities to be so supplied; provided the absence of a contract for such payments shall not relieve any state public body from the duty to furnish, for the benefit of such housing project and the persons residing on or occupying such premises, customary improvements and such services and facilities as such state public bodies furnish customarily without a service fee.
(1949 Rev., S. 940.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-60. - Cooperation in undertaking housing projects.

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it determines: (a) Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its interest in any property or grant easements, licenses or any other rights or privileges therein to a housing authority or the federal government; (b) cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; (c) provide for, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake; (d) plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of such state public body, any city or borough to have authority to change its map to conform thereto; (e) cause services to be furnished to the housing authority of the character which such state public body is otherwise empowered to furnish; (f) enter into agreements with respect to the exercise by such state public body of its powers relating to the repair, closing or demolition of unsafe, insanitary or unfit dwellings; (g) enter into agreements, extending over any period, with a housing authority or the federal government respecting the exercise by such state public body of any of the powers herein granted; and (h) execute all instruments and agreements and do all other things necessary or convenient to carry out or exercise the powers herein granted, and incur, in connection with any public improvements made by it in exercising the powers herein granted, the entire expense thereof. With respect to any housing project which a housing authority has acquired or taken over from the federal government and which the housing authority by resolution has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation and other protection, no state public body shall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to such construction.
(1949 Rev., S. 941.)
Cited. 213 C. 354.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-61. - Advances to housing authority; bonds and notes issued to finance housing projects.

When any housing authority created for any municipality becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers therein, the governing body of such municipality shall immediately have the power to make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of such housing authority during the first year thereafter and to appropriate such amount to the authority out of any moneys in the treasury of such municipality not appropriated for other purposes. The moneys so appropriated shall be paid to the authority as a donation. Any municipality located within the area of operation of a housing authority shall have the power to lend money or donate money or real estate, improved or unimproved, from time to time, to the authority for any of the authority's purposes, or to agree to take such action. To obtain funds for the temporary and definitive financing of any housing project, a municipality may, in addition to other action authorized under this chapter or other law, issue and sell its temporary notes, bonds or other obligations. Such temporary notes shall be issued for a period of not more than three years but notes issued for a shorter period of time may be renewed by the issue of other notes, provided the period from the date of the original note to the maturity of the last notes issued in renewal thereof shall not exceed three years, and the provisions of section 7-373 shall be deemed to apply thereto. Any such bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with such statutory and other legal requirements as govern the issuance of obligations generally by the municipality except that such bonds may remain outstanding for up to forty years and may provide for payment of principal and interest in substantially equal annual installments. The housing authority, when it has money available therefor, shall make reimbursements for all advances made to it by way of loans pursuant to the terms of an agreement or agreements between it and the municipality.
(1949 Rev., S. 942; 1949, S. 442d; P.A. 79-593, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 79-593 authorized issuance and sale of temporary notes, bonds and other obligations to finance housing project as provided in section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-62. - Procedure for state public body.

The exercise by a state public body of the powers herein granted may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such state public body adopted by a majority of the members thereof present at a meeting of such governing body. Each resolution shall take effect immediately from its passage and need not thereafter be laid over or published or posted.
(1949 Rev., S. 943.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-63. - Reports.

At least once a year an authority shall file with the clerk a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations with reference to additional legislation or other action in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter. All such reports and recommendations shall be kept as permanent records, open to public inspection.
(1949 Rev., S. 944.)
Cited. 216 C. 112.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-64. - Disposal of property by a housing authority.

A housing authority shall have the power, in addition to its other powers, to sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of its real or personal property or any interest therein.
(1949 Rev., S. 945.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-64b. - Nondisclosure of tenant Social Security and bank account numbers.

(a) No entity purchasing a housing project or a portion of a housing project from a housing authority shall disclose to the public the Social Security number or a bank account number of a tenant of said project that is contained in the tenant's lease agreement.
(b) No housing authority may disclose to any private person, except a purchaser of a housing project owned by the authority, the Social Security number or bank account number of any tenant of said project without the permission of such tenant.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.
(P.A. 04-119, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 04-119 effective May 21, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-65. - Exemption of property from execution sale.

All real and personal property, including choses in action, of a housing authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against a housing authority be a charge or lien upon its real property; provided the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of a housing authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by a housing authority on its rents, fees or revenues.
(1949 Rev., S. 946.)
Provisions of Sec. 16-262f which do not provide exemption for public housing authorities had to prevail over this statute since it was enacted later. 191 C. 514.
Cited. 18 CA 393.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-66. - Administration of projects established for housing war workers.

Projects established under sections 116g to 124g, inclusive, of the 1943 supplement to the general statutes to provide housing for persons engaged in war industries or activities shall be administered for the purposes and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, provided, in the case of a housing authority acting as agent for the federal government or administering such a project leased from the federal government, the area of operation may include the area within the territorial boundaries of any other city or town if no authority has been established for such other city or town, and the governing body of such other city or town, by resolution, consents to such inclusion.
(1949 Rev., S. 947.)
See part V re housing for military and defense workers.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-67. - Injury on housing authority property.

Any person injured in person or property within boundaries of property owned or controlled by an authority, for which injury such authority is or may be liable, may bring an action within two years after the cause of action therefor arose to recover damages from such authority, provided written notice of the intention to commence such action and of the time when and the place where the damages were incurred or sustained has been filed with the chairman or the secretary of the authority within six months after the cause of action therefor arose.
(1955, S. 478d; 1959, P.A. 403; P.A. 83-483, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act removed notice requirement; P.A. 83-483 inserted two-year limitation on bringing of action and six-month notice provision.
Annotations to former statute:
Provision in lease absolving authority from liability owing to lack of repairs held ineffective as defense. 16 CS 106. Notice requirement is a condition subsequent and lack of notice is a matter of defense; covers both negligence and nuisance actions. 21 CS 65. Demurrer sustained to a complaint which recited notice given to authority for notice did not contain any description whatsoever of the injury. Id., 132.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 213 C. 354.
Cited. 38 CA 175. Employee of housing authority or its insurance carrier cannot waive the requisite notification to the housing authority. 63 CA 617. Letter sent to housing authority addressed “To Whom It May Concern” does not satisfy notice requirement and is not properly filed for purposes of section absent any evidence to demonstrate chairman or secretary received the letter. 148 CA 591.
Cited. 45 CS 136.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68. - Housing research and studies.

In addition to its other powers, any housing authority, within its area of operation, or the Commissioner of Housing may undertake and carry out studies and analyses of the housing needs and of the meeting of such needs, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof according to income groups, the amount and quality of available housing and its distribution according to rentals and sale prices, employment, wages and other factors affecting the local housing needs and the meeting thereof; may make the results of such studies and analyses available to the public and the building, housing and supply industries, and may engage in research and disseminate information on the subject of housing.
(1949 Rev., S. 959; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68a. - State grants for community centers.

The state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with the housing authority of any municipality maintaining a housing project, for which state assistance has been provided, for a state grant equivalent to fifty per cent of the cost of establishing a community center in such municipality, subject to a finding by said commissioner that such municipality will establish a continuing program for such center. In anticipation of final payment of such grant, the state, acting by and through said commissioner and in accordance with such contract, may make advances to the authority for preliminary planning expense or other development cost of such center.
(February, 1965, P.A. 630, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68b. - Bond issue.

For the purposes of section 8-68a the State Treasurer is authorized and directed, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of section 3-20, to issue bonds of the state, from time to time, in an amount which shall not in the aggregate exceed ....* dollars. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of said section 3-20 and the full faith and credit of the state is pledged for the payment of the interest on said bonds as the same become due and the payment of the principal thereof at maturity. Such bonds shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates and be subject to such redemption privileges with or without premium as may be fixed and determined by the State Bond Commission. Such portion of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds and of any notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be required for such purpose shall be applied to the payment of the principal of any such notes then outstanding and unpaid and the remaining proceeds of any such sale shall be used for the payment of grants and advances under the provisions of section 8-68a. Such payments shall be made by the State Treasurer on certification of the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with the contract between the state and the authority. The Treasurer may invest in direct obligations of the United States of America such of the proceeds of such sale as he deems available for such purpose.
(February, 1965, P.A. 630, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
*Note: Act passed with no figure inserted.
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68d. - Housing authority annual report.

Each housing authority shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Housing and the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the authority is located not later than March first, annually. The report shall contain (1) an inventory of all existing housing owned or operated by the authority, including the total number, types and sizes of rental units and the total number of occupancies and vacancies in each housing project or development, and a description of the condition of such housing, (2) a description of any new construction projects being undertaken by the authority and the status of such projects, (3) the number and types of any rental housing sold, leased or transferred during the period of the report which is no longer available for the purpose of low or moderate income rental housing, and (4) such other information as the commissioner may require by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 88-267, S. 1, 4; 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.
Cited. 213 C. 354.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68e. - Financial assistance to housing authorities for rehabilitation of uninhabitable dwelling units.

The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a housing authority for state financial assistance, within available funds, in the form of a grant-in-aid for the rehabilitation of uninhabitable dwelling units, provided the housing authority is receiving financial assistance for such units from the federal government. Such units may be operated and managed under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 88-280, S. 13; P.A. 90-257, S. 8, 17; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 90-257 deleted provision prohibiting grants after June 30, 1990, and authorized grants from all agency funds, eliminating the restriction to appropriations; 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.
Cited. 213 C. 354.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68f. - Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations.

Each housing authority which receives financial assistance under any state housing program, and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary when said authority or subsidiary is the successor owner of housing previously owned by a housing authority under part II or part VI of this chapter, shall, for housing which it owns and operates, (1) provide each of its tenants with a written lease, (2) adopt a procedure for hearing tenant complaints and grievances, (3) adopt procedures for soliciting tenant comment on proposed changes in housing authority policies and procedures, including changes to its lease and to its admission and occupancy policies, and (4) encourage tenant participation in the housing authority's operation of state housing programs, including, where appropriate, the facilitation of tenant participation in the management of housing projects. If such housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary operates both a federal and a state-assisted housing program, it shall use the same procedure for hearing tenant grievances in both programs. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish uniform minimum standards for the requirements in this section.
(P.A. 89-113, S. 2, 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 00-173; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 94; 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. 00-173 required written lease and adoption of procedures for tenant complaints and for tenant participation, and required the commissioner to adopt regulations; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 applied provisions of section to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or subsidiary, effective July 1, 2004; 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 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68g. - Developer's fees charged by eligible developers.

The Commissioner of Housing may, in accordance with regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, permit any eligible developer to charge a developer's fee in connection with the construction, renovation or rehabilitation of low and moderate income housing for which the eligible developer applies to the commissioner for state financial assistance under any program administered by the commissioner. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any regulations adopted thereunder, the developer's fee charged by a community housing development corporation for a project pursuant to subsection (b) of section 8-218 shall be ten per cent of the cost of the project except that the commissioner, in his discretion, may authorize, by regulations, a fee in excess of such amount.
(P.A. 89-300, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-296, S. 2, 5; 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; P.A. 95-296 added provision establishing amount of developer's fee charged by a community housing development corporation, effective July 6, 1995, and applicable to applications pending on said date or filed on and after said date; 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 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68i. - Emergency housing in projects.

A housing authority, created under section 8-40, may allow one or more vacant units in housing projects operated by the authority to be used as emergency housing on a temporary basis. As used in this section “emergency” means a loss of a residence or domicile due to a fire, flood or other act of God or a violation of the Building Code which renders the residence or domicile uninhabitable or a serious or terminal illness of any resident which prevents such resident from meeting his obligation under a mortgage or lease and “temporary” means the period of time needed to find housing, not exceeding thirty days.
(P.A. 95-197, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 95-197 effective June 28, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-68j. - Financially distressed development. Transfer to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing;
(2) “Connecticut Housing Finance Authority” means the authority created and operating pursuant to the provisions of chapter 134;
(3) “Financially distressed development” means a housing development owned by a housing authority and subject to an asset that was transferred from the Department of Housing to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority pursuant to section 8-37u or subdivision (3) of section 32-11; and
(4) “Housing authority” means a local housing authority owning a financially distressed development.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a housing authority may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Housing, quit claim or otherwise transfer its interest in a financially distressed development to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. The commissioner may grant such approval upon an express finding that: (1) The housing authority is financially unable to maintain the development; (2) there is no reasonable prospect that the housing authority will be able to maintain the property in the future; (3) the housing authority has requested to transfer the development; and (4) the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority is prepared to accept the transfer.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 51; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 92; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective August 20, 2003; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by making technical changes, effective May 12, 2004; 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.