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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37t. - State's consolidated plan for housing and community development.

The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, shall prepare the state's consolidated plan for housing and community development in accordance with 24 CFR Part 91, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 79-598, S. 7; P.A. 86-129, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-257, S. 15, 17; P.A. 91-362, S. 4; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 99-94, S. 2; P.A. 11-124, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 86-129 extended period for advisory plan from three years to five years and changed dates for submission and commencement of plan; P.A. 90-257 organized the section into subsections and in new Subsec. (a) specified the content of the plan and in new Subsec. (b) required that the plans be submitted in 1993, deleting obsolete reference to 1987; P.A. 91-362 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (3) requiring that the report contain information on affirmative fair marketing activities; 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. 99-94 replaced five-year advisory plan with long-range housing plan, expanded the contents of plan by requiring inclusion of data on households served, information on fair housing marketing, specific goals and strategies to meet housing needs, and identification of resources for affordable housing programs, and required submission of an annual action plan; P.A. 11-124 replaced former Subsecs. (a) and (b) re preparation of long-range state housing plan with provision re preparation of state's consolidated plan for housing and community development; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development”, effective July 1, 2013.
See chapter 134 re the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37v. - Research activities.

The Commissioner of Housing is authorized to undertake and carry out research activities, including, but not limited to, examination of housing needs and means of meeting those needs; investigation of techniques and opportunities for reducing housing costs, preserving neighborhoods and reducing energy consumption; testing of innovative housing technologies; the use of mobile and modular housing; and such other activities as he deems necessary to aid the state, its municipalities and the housing industry in meeting housing and community development needs.
(P.A. 79-598, S. 9; 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 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37w. - Model ordinance and procedures for regulation of land development.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall develop and publish a model ordinance and model procedures which may be adopted by municipalities in regulating the development of land, which ordinance and procedures shall provide for: (1) The utilization of a single consolidated application form for use by all municipal agencies having jurisdiction to review and approve such development; (2) coordination of staff review and communications between staff and the applicant; (3) the elimination of separate public hearings by review agencies whenever practicable and if requested by the applicant; and (4) the concurrent running of all applicable time limits for decisions by approval agencies.
(b) The Commissioner of Housing shall submit any model ordinances or procedures developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the General Assembly for its approval prior to publishing or promulgating any such ordinances or procedures.
(P.A. 81-233, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37aa. - Income-grouped housing: Definitions.

As used in sections 8-37bb to 8-37dd, inclusive, “housing agency” means the Department of Housing, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and the Connecticut Housing Authority, and “income group” means one of the following household groups, adjusted for family size and based on the appropriate area median income established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: (1) Households with incomes twenty-five per cent or less than the area median income; (2) households with incomes more than twenty-five per cent but not more than fifty per cent of the area median income; (3) households with incomes more than fifty per cent but not more than eighty per cent of the area median income; (4) households with incomes more than eighty per cent but not more than one hundred per cent of the area median income; and (5) households with incomes more than one hundred per cent of the area median income.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 11, 17; 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 Department of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Department of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37cc. - Housing agencies to serve households with incomes less than fifty per cent of area median income and to promote fair housing choice and racial and economic integration.

(a) Each housing agency, as defined in section 8-37aa, shall, within available resources and to the extent practicable, serve households with incomes less than fifty per cent of the area median income, including households with incomes less than twenty-five per cent of the area median income. In administering its programs each housing agency shall attempt to serve households in the lower range of the income group for which the housing program was developed.
(b) Each housing agency shall affirmatively promote fair housing choice and racial and economic integration in all programs administered or supervised by such housing agency.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 13, 17; P.A. 91-362, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 91-362 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) establishing an affirmative duty for housing agencies to promote fair housing choice and racial and economic integration in their programs.
Subsec. (b):
Trial court properly determined that there is no private right of action pursuant to Subsec; its purpose is made clear by legislature's placement of directive in an administrative chapter; that purpose is not consistent with an implied right of action, instead legislative directive is linked to strong reporting requirements that enable legislative and executive oversight for compliance. 277 C. 238.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37dd. - Retention of housing assisted by housing agencies.

Not more than six months after July 1, 1990, each housing agency shall adopt written policies concerning the extent to which housing assisted by such agency shall be retained on a long-term basis for members of the income group for which the housing was developed.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 14, 17; P.A. 95-296, S. 3, 5; P.A. 97-156, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 95-296 added new Subsec. (b) re retention of housing in distressed municipalities developed or rehabilitated by community housing development corporations, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 97-156 deleted Subsec. (b) re retention of housing developed or rehabilitated by community housing development corporations in distressed municipalities and removed Subsec. (a) designator, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37ee. - Establishment of affirmative duty for entities participating in programs assisted or supervised by state housing agencies to promote fair housing.

(a) Each entity participating in any program administered by a housing agency, as defined in section 8-37aa, under this title shall have an affirmative duty to promote fair housing in each housing development that is assisted or supervised under any provision of this title.
(b) Any entity applying for financial assistance under any program administered by a housing agency established by this title shall submit an affirmative fair housing marketing plan to such housing agency for its approval. Such plan shall have provisions for recruitment of an applicant pool that includes residents of municipalities of relatively high concentrations of minority populations. The housing agency shall periodically review each plan to assure that to the extent practicable such an applicant pool is created and may require that a plan be revised by the entity submitting it.
(P.A. 91-362, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37ff. - Maintenance of comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing.

The Department of Housing shall develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing, as defined in section 8-30g, in the state. The inventory shall identify all existing assisted rental units by type and funding source, and include, but not be limited to, information on tenant eligibility, rents charged, available subsidies, occupancy and vacancy rates, waiting lists and accessibility features. In order to assist the department in the completion of the inventory, all owners of such housing units, both public and private, shall report accessible housing units to the database established and maintained under section 8-119x.
(P.A. 05-239, S. 3; P.A. 13-234, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 05-239 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Department of Housing” for “Department of Economic and Community Development” and deleted “Not later than July 1, 2006,”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37jj. - Electric resistance as primary source of heat.

(a) The Department of Housing may not approve electric resistance as the primary heat source in new, subsidized housing except where justified by a life-cycle cost analysis whose methodology has been approved by the division of the Office of Policy and Management responsible for energy matters.
(b) If the Department of Housing or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority uses electric resistance space heating as the primary heating source in any new construction, it shall construct the unit in such a way as to be eligible for any available energy conservation incentives provided by the electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, or the municipal utility furnishing electric service to such unit.
(P.A. 90-219, S. 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 14-134, S. 44.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Department of Housing, effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (b) by changing “electric company” to “electric distribution company”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37kk. - Preference to loans for energy efficient projects.

The Department of Economic and Community Development, the Department of Housing and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall give preference to loans for energy efficient projects in all grant and loan programs.
(P.A. 90-219, S. 11; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 13-234 added “the Department of Housing”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37mm. - Homelessness prevention and response fund. Grants to capitalize operating and replacement reserves in supportive housing units. Bonds.

(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 thirty million dollars, provided fifteen million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2016.
(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 purposes of a homelessness prevention and response fund to provide grants to capitalize operating and replacement reserves in supportive housing units.
(c) The Department of Housing may use not more than five per cent of the total allocation for administrative purposes.
(d) 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 Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 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 State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 57; P.A. 22-118, S. 333.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provisions re forgivable loans and landlord renovation of multifamily homes, funding of ongoing maintenance and repairs and participation in rapid rehousing program or abatement of rent, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37tt. - Administrative oversight charges.

(a) As used in this section, “administrative oversight charge” means any fee payable to the Department of Housing from sources other than (1) the proceeds from the sale of the state's general obligation bonds, or (2) the housing repayment and revolving loan program established pursuant to subsection (e) of section 8-37qq, that is imposed to pay all or a portion of the costs and expenses of the Department of Housing in monitoring facilities developed with financial assistance pursuant to any bond-financed state housing program as defined in subsection (a) of section 8-37qq, and ensuring compliance with requirements and restrictions applicable to such facilities.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any regulations adopted thereunder, the amount of the administrative oversight charge per unit shall be as follows: (1) For the period from July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, not more than twelve dollars, and (2) on and after July 1, 1998, not more than five dollars.
(P.A. 94-156, S. 1, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-189, S. 1, 3; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 98-154, S. 1, 2; P.A. 06-93, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 94-156 effective July 1, 1994; 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. 96-189 added Subsec. (c) specifying amount of charge per unit, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 98-154 amended Subsec. (c) to delete maximum $7 charge for period from July 1, 1998, to June 30, 1999, to delete provision requiring no charge on and after July 1, 1999, and to add provision establishing, on and after July 1, 1998, maximum $5 charge, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 06-93 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), deleted former Subsec. (b) re adoption of regulations and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (b); pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Department of Housing in Subsec. (a), effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37uu. - Transfer of housing loan portfolio to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, the Office of Policy and Management and the State Treasurer, shall arrange for the transfer of the housing loan portfolio of said department or any portion thereof, to said authority.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 16.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 effective July 1, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37ww. - Demonstration program for energy-efficient and environmentally safe housing.

(a) As used in this section, “eligible building” means a two to six-family building that was built prior to 1950 and has wooden windows, and “commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.
(b) The commissioner may establish a demonstration program in one or more municipalities to promote energy efficiency and environmentally safe housing by providing matching grants to owners of eligible buildings to repair or replace wooden windows in such buildings. Such demonstration program may be funded from moneys allocated to the program established by section 8-37pp or from any moneys available to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development from other sources. Of the first three municipalities in which such demonstration program is established, at least two shall have a population of one hundred thousand or more and at least one shall have a population of less than one hundred thousand. No such grant shall exceed one hundred dollars for each window to be repaired or replaced. The commissioner may contract with one or more entities to operate the program.
(c) The demonstration program shall end on June 30, 2008. On or before February 1, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing as to the number of eligible buildings for which assistance was provided, the costs involved, the effectiveness of the demonstration program and the commissioner's recommendation as to whether the demonstration program should be expanded and made permanent.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 18; P.A. 05-132, S. 1; P.A. 06-93, S. 21.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 05-132 amended Subsec. (c) by extending the program's termination from June 30, 2005, to June 30, 2008, and changing the due date for the report on the program from February 1, 2005, to February 1, 2008, effective June 24, 2005; P.A. 06-93 deleted former Subsec. (d) re adoption of regulations, effective May 30, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37xx. - State-assisted housing sustainability: Definitions.

As used in sections 8-37yy to 8-37aaa, inclusive:
(1) “Eligible housing” means the housing that is in the housing loan portfolio that was transferred from the Department of Economic and Community Development to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority pursuant to section 8-37uu;
(2) “Financial assistance” means grants, loans, deferred loans, no interest and low interest loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and similar financings; and
(3) “Fund” means the State-Assisted Housing Sustainability Fund established pursuant to section 8-37yy.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 103; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 substituted “Finance Authority” for “Finance Department” in Subdiv. (1) and made a technical change, effective October 6, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37aaa. - Grants for physical needs assessment of eligible housing.

(a) The Department of Housing shall design and administer a program of grants to owners of eligible housing to pay the cost of a comprehensive physical needs assessment for each eligible housing development. The final design of this program shall be subject to review by the State-Assisted Housing Sustainability Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 8-37zz. Such assessment may be a twenty-year life cycle analysis covering all physical elements, adjusted for observed conditions, and shall include, at a minimum, an evaluation of (1) dwelling units; building interiors and building envelopes; community buildings and amenities; site circulation and parking; site amenities such as lots; mechanical systems, including an analysis of technological options to reduce energy consumption and pay-back periods on new systems that produce heat and domestic hot water; and site conditions, (2) compliance with physical accessibility guidelines under Title II of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, and (3) hazardous materials abatement, including lead paint abatement. The costs of such needs assessments shall be paid from the fund.
(b) A copy of each completed comprehensive physical needs assessment shall be submitted to the Department of Housing in a format prescribed by the department. The format shall be designed by the department so that a baseline of existing and standardized conditions of eligible housing can be prepared and annually updated to reflect changes in the consumer price index and annual construction costs.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 106; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Department of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37lll. - Certification of affordable housing units within certified historic structures. Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall review applications for tax credits submitted to the Department of Housing pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10-416b or subsection (d) of section 10-416c. Upon determination that an application contains affordable housing, the commissioner shall issue a certificate to that effect. The commissioner shall monitor projects certified under this section to ensure that the affordable housing units are maintained as affordable for a minimum of ten years and may require deed restrictions or other fiscal mechanisms designed to ensure compliance with project requirements. In addition to the fee imposed by the Department of Economic and Community Development pursuant to subsection (h) of section 10-416c, the commissioner may impose a fee in an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars to cover the cost of reviewing applications and monitoring projects that qualify for affordable housing tax credits pursuant to subsections (a) to (j), inclusive, of section 10-416b or subsections (b) to (i), inclusive, of section 10-416c.
(b) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations, pursuant to chapter 54, for monitoring of projects that qualify for affordable housing tax credits pursuant to subsections (a) to (j), inclusive, of section 10-416b or subsections (b) to (i), inclusive, of section 10-416c by the Department of Housing, or by local housing authorities, municipalities, other public agencies or quasi-public agencies, as defined in section 1-120, designated by the department. Such regulations shall include provisions for ensuring that affordable units developed under subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of section 10-416b or subdivision (3) of subsection (d) of section 10-416c are maintained as affordable for a minimum of ten years and may require deed restrictions or other fiscal mechanisms designed to ensure compliance with project requirements.
(P.A. 07-250, S. 22; P.A. 10-188, S. 16; P.A. 11-48, S. 127; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 14-217, S. 166.)
History: P.A. 07-250 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-188 made technical changes, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-48 deleted “, in consultation with the Commission on Culture and Tourism,” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; 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; P.A. 14-217 added references to provisions of Sec. 10-416c and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37mmm. - Visitable housing.

(a) For purposes of this section, “visitable housing” means one-to-four family residential construction that includes three basic architectural features to allow persons with disabilities to easily visit: (1) Interior doorways that provide a minimum thirty-two inch wide unobstructed opening, (2) an accessible means of egress, as defined in Appendix A to 28 CFR Part 36, and (3) a full or half bathroom on the first floor that is compliant with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, 42 USC 12101.
(b) The Department of Housing, in consultation with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, may establish a program to encourage the development of visitable housing in the state. The program shall (1) provide a single point of contact for any person seeking financial or technical assistance from the state to construct visitable housing, (2) identify financial incentives for developers who construct visitable housing, and (3) include public education about such housing. The department shall submit a report on the status of the program, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing not later than October 1, 2012.
(c) The Department of Housing shall establish, within available appropriations, an informational web page in a conspicuous place on such department's Internet web site with a list of links to available visitable housing resources.
(P.A. 10-56, S. 2; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Department of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37ooo. - Deputy Commissioner of Housing. Appointment. Duties.

The Commissioner of Housing may appoint a Deputy Commissioner of Housing who shall be qualified by training and experience for the duties of the office of commissioner and shall, in the absence, disability or disqualification of the commissioner, perform all the functions and have all the powers and duties of said office. The position of the Deputy Commissioner of Housing shall be exempt from the classified service.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 13-234 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37rrr. - Annual report re rental assistance.

Not later than January 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioners of Social Services, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Developmental Services, shall submit a report, in accordance with the requirements of section 11-4a, on the number of departmental clients and the number who have been recipients of rental assistance certificates to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, housing, human services and public health. Such report shall detail the utilization of the rental assistance vouchers issued pursuant to sections 8-345 to 8-346a, inclusive, and establish targets to ensure that rental assistance program resources are allocated in accordance with legislative intent.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 69; P.A. 14-26, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 13-234 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-26 deleted “the Department of” re Developmental Services.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions › Section 8-37sss. - Term “commissioner” to be substituted for “secretary”. Term “Housing” to be substituted for “the Office of Policy and Management”, “Economic and Community Development” and “Social Services”.

(a) Wherever in sections 4-66h, 8-13m to 8-13s, inclusive, 8-13u to 8-13x, inclusive, and 12-170e the term “secretary” is used, the term “commissioner” shall be substituted in lieu thereof, and wherever the term “the Office of Policy and Management” is used, the term “Housing” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.
(b) Wherever the term “Economic and Community Development” is used in the following general statutes, the term “Housing” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4b-21, 7-392, 8-37v, 8-37w, 8-37y, 8-37aa, 8-37jj, 8-37pp, 8-37qq, 8-37rr, 8-37tt, 8-37vv, 8-37zz, 8-37aaa, 8-37
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(c) Wherever the term “Social Services” is used in the following general statutes, the term “Housing” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 8-339, 8-345, 8-345b, 8-345c, 8-346, 8-346a, 8-347, 8-347a and 8-359c.
(d) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 13-234 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 8-38. - Finding and declaration of necessity.

It is declared: (a) That there exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that families of low and moderate income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which families of low and moderate income can afford and that such families are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that such conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values; that such conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities; (b) that slum areas cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for families of low and moderate income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects for families of low and moderate income would, therefore, not be competitive with private enterprise; (c) that the clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for families of low and moderate income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
(1949 Rev., S. 923; 1949, 1955, June, 1955, S. 435d; November, 1955, S. N13.)
See Sec. 8-69 for declaration of policy re moderate rental and moderate cost housing.
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 8-39a. - “Affordable housing” defined.

As used in this title, “affordable housing” means housing for which persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of their annual income, where such income is less than or equal to the area median income for the municipality in which such housing is located, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(P.A. 88-13, S. 2, 3.)
Cited. 37 CA 303; 42 CA 94.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-40. - Creation of housing authorities.

In each municipality of the state there is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “housing authority” of the municipality; provided such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until the governing body of the municipality by resolution declares that there is need for a housing authority in the municipality, provided it shall find (1) that insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the municipality or (2) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the municipality available to families of low income at rentals they can afford or (3) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the municipality available to families of moderate income at rentals they can afford. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary, said governing body may take into consideration the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air, space and access available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations, the size and arrangement of the rooms, the sanitary facilities and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes. The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may create a regional housing authority, which shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities conferred upon housing authorities by this chapter and chapter 130. The area of operation of such authority shall include the municipalities for which such authority is created. Such authority shall act through a board of commissioners composed of two representatives from each municipality appointed for terms of four years in the manner provided in section 8-41.
(1949 Rev., S. 925; 1949, S. 437d.)
Cited. 133 C. 546. Hartford Housing Authority is a distinct corporate entity and the city is not responsible for its debts. 143 C. 338. Cited. 208 C. 161; 213 C. 354; 216 C. 112.
Cited. 38 CA 175.
Cited. 11 CS 465. Local housing authorities are corporations established pursuant to state statutes, with delegated authority to regulate rent subsidy programs; activities of landlord of low cost housing development constitute “state action” re federal constitution; informal hearing required before summary process eviction may be instituted. 33 CS 15.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-41a. - Liability of authority for actions of commissioners and employees.

Each housing authority shall protect and save harmless any commissioner or any full-time or part-time employee of such authority from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence, or for alleged infringement of any person's civil rights, on the part of such commissioner or such employee while acting in the discharge of his duties.
(P.A. 81-168; P.A. 05-53, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-53 extended protections to part-time employees of housing authorities.
Cited. 208 C. 161.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-42. - Commissioners and executive or managerial employees to have no interest in project. Limitation on employment of former commissioners.

(a) No commissioner or an executive or managerial employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project. If any commissioner or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, he shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Failure so to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office. Occupancy of a dwelling unit owned by the housing authority or enrolled in a program of housing authority assistance to low-income families in private accommodations shall not be deemed an interest in any project or in a contract for materials or services or in property included in any project for the purposes of this section.
(b) No person who has served as a commissioner of an authority shall be employed by such authority for a period of two years after leaving office. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a commissioner who has served for more than twenty years for a housing authority which does not have an executive director.
(1949 Rev., S. 927; P.A. 75-415, S. 2; P.A. 83-483, S. 2; P.A. 93-401, S. 3; P.A. 12-161, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 75-415 excluded occupancy from consideration as “an interest in any project or in a contract for materials or services or in property included in any project”; P.A. 83-483 inserted Subsec. (b) concerning employment of former commissioners; P.A. 93-401 amended Subsec. (b) to exempt commissioners who have served more than 20 years for a housing authority without an executive director from the employment prohibition; P.A. 12-161 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “an executive or managerial” re employee of authority, effective June 15, 2012.
Tenant may not serve as commissioner of the housing project in which he lives. 164 C. 247.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects › Section 8-43. - Removal of commissioners; subpoenas.

A commissioner of an authority may be removed by the appointing power for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but a commissioner shall be removed only after opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel before the appointing power, at least ten days prior to which he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk. Such appointing power, for its purposes under this section, may subpoena any books, papers, records, accounts, contracts, deeds, regulations or documents. Any person who wilfully refuses to produce such books, papers, records, accounts, contracts or documents shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 928; 1949, 1951, S. 439d; 1967, P.A. 124, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act made slight change in wording.
Cited. 208 C. 161; 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 8-45a. - Consideration of criminal record, alcohol abuse and status as registered sexual offender of applicant or proposed occupant.

A housing authority, as defined in subsection (b) of section 8-39, in determining eligibility for the rental of public housing units may establish criteria and consider relevant information concerning (1) an applicant's or any proposed occupant's history of criminal activity involving: (A) Crimes of physical violence to persons or property, (B) crimes involving the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution or use of, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, use or distribute, a controlled substance, as defined in section 21a-240, or (C) other criminal acts which would adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of other tenants, (2) an applicant's or any proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern of abuse, of alcohol when the housing authority has reasonable cause to believe that such applicant's or proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern of abuse, of alcohol may interfere with the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents, and (3) an applicant or any proposed occupant who is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under section 54-252 on account of being convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a sexually violent offense. In evaluating any such information, the housing authority shall give consideration to the time, nature and extent of the applicant's or proposed occupant's conduct and to factors which might indicate a reasonable probability of favorable future conduct such as evidence of rehabilitation and evidence of the willingness of the applicant, the applicant's family or the proposed occupant to participate in social service or other appropriate counseling programs and the availability of such programs.
(1969, P.A. 133; P.A. 95-247, S. 7; P.A. 99-157, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 95-247 replaced prior provisions that had prohibited a housing authority from refusing to rent a dwelling accommodation to an otherwise qualified applicant on the ground that any of the proposed occupants has a criminal record with provisions that authorize a housing authority to establish criteria and consider relevant information concerning an applicant's or any proposed occupant's history of criminal activity, that specify types of criminal activity that may be considered, that require the housing authority to give consideration to the time, nature and extent of the applicant's or proposed occupant's conduct and to factors which might indicate a reasonable probability of favorable future conduct and that specify examples of such factors; P.A. 99-157 designated existing provisions re criminal activity as Subdiv. (1), redesignating Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3), re types of crimes, as Subparas. (A), (B) and (C), respectively, and added new Subdiv. (2) re alcohol abuse and new Subdiv. (3) re lifetime registration as a sexual offender.
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 8-45b. - Waiver of regulations.

Section 8-45b is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 96; P.A. 13-234, S. 155.)