Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17b - Social Services › 802 - Security Deposit Program › Section 17b-802-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in to 17b-802-12, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Applicant" means a person age eighteen or older who has completed, signed and submitted an application to the department or to any entity so designated under section 17b-802-5 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to obtain a security deposit guarantee or security deposit grant that, if approved, will allow the person to move into a dwelling unit;
(2) "Application" means a form prescribed by the commissioner to be used by an applicant to apply for a security deposit guarantee or a security deposit grant. Such form shall contain information that the commissioner or the commissioner's designee deems necessary to determine an applicant's eligibility for a security deposit guarantee or security deposit grant;
(3) "Administrative hearing" means a formal review of a decision of the Commissioner of Social Services pursuant to section 17b-60 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(4) "Catastrophic event" means a situation that arises due to a natural or manmade disaster that results in destruction or loss of housing, as determined by appropriate local or state officials or by the department;
(5) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Social Services;
(6) "Current income status" means the household's gross income for, at a minimum, the 30 days immediately preceding the date of application;
(7) "Department" means the Department of Social Services;
(8) "Departmental review" means an informal review by the department of a reimbursement claim made by a landlord for damages if requested by the tenant in accordance with section 17b-802-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(9) "Designee" means an individual appointed by the commissioner to act on behalf of the commissioner;
(10) "Dwelling unit" means any house or building, including a mobile manufactured home in a mobile manufactured home park, as such terms are defined in section 21-64 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or portion thereof, that is occupied, is designed to be occupied, or is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied as a home or residence of one or more persons;
(11) "Emergency housing" means a temporary residential facility, other than an emergency shelter, such as a state institution or shelter for victims of domestic violence. Emergency housing includes, but is not limited to, a hotel, motel or the private residence of a friend or relative that temporarily houses individuals or families displaced due to an eviction, catastrophic event or domestic violence;
(12) "Emergency shelter" means a privately or publicly supported structure designed to shelter homeless persons on a temporary basis pending relocation to permanent housing;
(13) "Eviction" means one of the following:
(A) An applicant is forced to relocate after receiving a legal notice to quit;
(B) An applicant is sharing a dwelling unit with a lessee and the lessee has received a legal notice to quit or has been evicted through court action;
(C) An applicant is an owner or a tenant of a dwelling unit and is being forced to relocate as a result of a foreclosure judgment in a foreclosure action completed in court; or
(D) An applicant is illegally locked out of a dwelling unit by the landlord and the applicant has filed a complaint with the police concerning such lockout;