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Sec. 8-201. Declaration of policy. It is found and declared that improvement of the conditions and quality of urban life is one of the most serious responsibilities facing this state. The persistence of slums and blight; the critical need for additional and improved housing and community facilities and services arising from rapid expansion of the state's urban population; the inadequacy of sites for industrial and commercial growth; the concentration of persons of low income in the older urban areas of the state; the persistence of poverty, unemployment, underemployment, educational deprivation, crime and delinquency, and physical and mental illness; all these have resulted in a marked deterioration of the quality of the environment and the lives of large numbers of Connecticut citizens, while the state as a whole prospers. It is further found and declared that the municipalities of this state do not have adequate resources to deal effectively with these physical, economic, and human resource problems and that financial and technical assistance by the state, in addition to that now authorized, and the granting of new powers and authority to municipalities, are essential to enable the municipalities to plan, develop and conduct physical, economic and human resource programs for effective community development. It is further found and declared that the accomplishment of these objectives requires effective concentration and coordination of federal, state, regional and local public and private efforts and resources and that such concentration and coordination of efforts can best be achieved through the creation of an Office of Policy and Management.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 590, 609, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 119, 136.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted office of policy and management for department of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979, and in Sec. 609 repealed section; P.A. 78-303 removed section from repeal provision in Sec. 609 of P.A. 77-614.

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Sec. 8-202. Definitions. As used in this chapter:

(a) Repealed by P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610;

(b) “Human resource development agency” means a human resource development agency as defined in section 17b-852;

(c) “Housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families” means housing, the construction or rehabilitation of which is aided or assisted in any way by any federal or state statute, which housing is subject to regulation or supervision of rents, charges or sale prices and methods of operation by a governmental agency under a regulatory agreement or other instrument which restricts occupancy of such housing to persons or families whose incomes do not exceed prescribed limits;

(d) “Municipality” means town, city or borough;

(e) “Governing body” means, for towns having a town council, the council; for other towns, the selectmen; for cities, the common council or other similar body of officials; and for boroughs, the warden and burgesses.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

History: P.A. 77-614 repealed Subsec. (a) which had defined “commissioner” as commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979.

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Secs. 8-203 to 8-205. Department of Community Affairs; commissioner. Advisory Council on Community Affairs. Duties of council. Sections 8-203 to 8-205, inclusive, are repealed.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 3, 5, 6; 1969, P.A. 28; P.A. 73-8, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

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Sec. 8-206. Duties of Commissioner of Housing. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall (1) administer and direct the operations of the Department of Housing; (2) advise and inform municipal officials, local housing authorities, the Connecticut Housing Authority, public development agencies and other agencies and groups about housing, redevelopment, urban renewal and community development and shall collect and disseminate information pertaining thereto, including information about federal, state and private assistance programs and services pertaining thereto; (3) inquire into the utilization of state government resources, coordinate federal and state activities for assistance in and solution of problems of housing, redevelopment, urban renewal and community development and shall inform and advise the Governor about and propose legislation concerning such problems; (4) conduct, encourage and maintain research and studies relating to housing, redevelopment, urban renewal and community development problems; (5) prepare and review model ordinances and charters relating to these areas; (6) maintain an inventory of data and information and act as a clearing house and referral agency for information on state and federal programs and services relative to housing and community development; (7) conduct, encourage and maintain research and studies and advise municipal officials concerning forms of intergovernmental cooperation and cooperation between public and private agencies designed to advance programs of housing, redevelopment, urban renewal and community development; (8) promote and assist the formation of local housing authorities and other agencies or organizations appropriate to the purposes of this chapter; and (9) inform the public regarding the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants as provided in chapters 830, 831 and 832 and respond to any inquiries from the public on such matters.

(b) The commissioner may determine the qualifications of personnel or consultants to be engaged in connection with the provision of any state assistance or administration provided by the Department of Housing.

(c) The Commissioner of Housing may make available technical and financial assistance and advisory services to any municipality, municipal agency, local housing authority, human resource development agency, regional council of governments, housing sponsor, prospective housing sponsor or other appropriate agency, or the Connecticut Housing Authority, for any activity pertinent to the development, preservation, repair or rehabilitation of housing or for urban renewal, redevelopment or community development activities as defined in chapter 130, provided any financial assistance to a regional council of governments shall have the prior approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his or her designee. Financial, technical or advisory assistance shall be rendered upon such contractual arrangements as may be agreed upon by the commissioner and any such municipality, agency, authority, council or sponsor in accordance with their respective needs.

(d) The Commissioner of Housing is authorized to do all things necessary to apply for, qualify for and accept any federal funds made available or allotted under any federal act for any activities which may be pertinent to the purposes of this chapter and chapters 128, 129, 130, 135 and 136 and said commissioner shall administer any such funds allotted to the department in accordance with federal law. The commissioner may enter into contracts with the federal government concerning the use and repayment of such funds under any such federal act, the prosecution of the work under any such contract and the establishment of and disbursement from a separate account in which federal and state funds estimated to be required for plan preparation or other eligible activities under such federal act shall be kept. Said account shall not be a part of the General Fund of the state or any subdivision of the state. Unless otherwise required by federal law or regulation, any federal housing assistance funding made available at the state level shall be allocated in accordance with the state's consolidated plan for housing and community development prepared pursuant to the provisions of section 8-37t. Such allocation shall, to the maximum extent possible, reflect the types and distribution of housing needs in all parts of the state and the resources required by the department, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or other appropriate agencies to meet those needs.

(e) The powers and duties enumerated in this section shall be in addition to and shall not limit any other powers or duties of the Commissioner of Housing contained in any other law.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 436, S. 1; P.A. 73-679, S. 35, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 49, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 290, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 10, 131, 136; P.A. 79-257; 79-598, S. 5; P.A. 86-281, S. 7; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 11-124, S. 5; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; 13-247, S. 285.)

History: 1969 act amended Subsec. (b) to allow aid to housing code enforcement agencies, regional planning agencies and regional councils of elected officials, and to require that financial aid to regional planning agency or regional council of elected officials be approved by director of planning of office of state planning; P.A. 73-679 substituted managing director, planning and budgeting, department of finance and control or his designee for director of planning; P.A. 75-537 substituted commissioner of planning and energy policy for managing director; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of planning and energy policy and, effective January 1, 1979, substituted commissioner of economic development for commissioner of community affairs and eliminated redundant references to municipal government and municipal programs and to human resource development and programs; P.A. 78-303 made technical changes; P.A. 79-257 allowed aid to tenant councils under Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development, throughout section, added to duties listed the administration of department of housing and duties re landlord/tenant rights and responsibilities and substituted “community” for “industrial and commercial” development and programs in Subsec. (a), deleted Subdivs. (A) and (B), formerly in Subsec. (a) and designated Subdiv. (C) as new Subsec. (b), relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly, amended Subsec. (c), formerly (b), to expand list of agencies to which assistance is available and to rewrite list of activities for which aid is available, and amended Subsec. (d), formerly (c), to allow application for federal funds to fulfill purposes of chapters listed and added provision concerning allocation of federal funds; P.A. 86-281 inserted “Connecticut housing authority” in Subsecs. (a) and (c) and made technical changes; 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. 11-124 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “housing plan” with “state's consolidated plan for housing and community development”; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing and Department of Housing, respectively, effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting references to “regional planning agency” and “regional council of elected officials” and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2015 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (c), a reference to “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Housing” to conform with changes made by P.A. 13-234).

See Secs. 7-606 and 47a-56j re rent receivership.

See Sec. 8-44a re social and supplementary services for housing projects, rehabilitation and energy conservation.

See Sec. 8-154f re grants-in-aid not subject to repayment by municipalities.

See Sec. 8-190 et seq. re planning and special planning grants.

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Sec. 8-206a. Transfer of certain powers and duties to the Commissioner of Community Affairs, and then to the Commissioner of Housing. (a) In accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, all powers and duties delegated to the Public Works Commissioner under the provisions of chapters 128, 129 and 130 shall be transferred to the Commissioner of Community Affairs, and where the words “Public Works Commissioner” are used in said chapters, the words “Commissioner of Community Affairs” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.

(b) In accordance with the provisions of said section 4-38d, all powers and duties delegated to the Connecticut Development Commission under the provisions of sections 8-124 to 8-154e, inclusive, and 8-160 to 8-162, inclusive, shall be transferred to the Commissioner of Community Affairs, and where the words “Connecticut Development Commission” are used in said sections, the words “Commissioner of Community Affairs” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.

(c) In accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, all powers and duties heretofore delegated to the State Office of Economic Opportunity shall be transferred to the Commissioner of Community Affairs, and wherever the term “director of the State Office of Economic Opportunity” is used it shall mean the commissioner.

(d) Unless specifically otherwise provided in this chapter, whenever, pursuant to law in effect prior to July 1, 1967, reports, certifications, applications or requests were required or permitted to be made to the department, department head, board, division, commission, office or officer, whose powers and duties are assigned or transferred by this chapter, such reports and certifications shall be filed with, and such applications or requests shall be made to, the department, department head, officer or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder.

(e) Whenever the term “Connecticut Development Commission” occurs or any reference is made thereto in any regulation, contract or document concerning housing, redevelopment, urban renewal or urban planning grants at the municipal level of government, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Community Affairs.

(f) Whenever the term “Public Works Commissioner” occurs or any reference is made thereto in any regulation, contract or document concerning housing adopted or entered into under chapters 128, 129 and 130, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Community Affairs.

(g) In accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, all powers and duties transferred to the Commissioner of Community Affairs by this section are transferred to the Commissioner of Housing.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 9, 10; P.A. 77-313, S. 7; 77-614, S. 594, 610; P.A. 78-373, S. 7; P.A. 79-598, S. 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 18, 42; 95-309, S. 11, 12; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 6.)

History: 1971 act changed sections referred to in Subsec. (b) from “8-124 to 8-162, inclusive” to “8-124 to 8-154, inclusive, and 8-160 to 8-162, inclusive”; P.A. 77-313 replaced Sec. 8-154 with Sec. 8-154e in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-614 added Subsec. (g) transferring duties from commissioner of community affairs to commissioner of economic development, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-373 amended Subsec. (g) to limit transfer of duties to economic development commissioner to Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) to (f), inclusive, and to transfer duties in Subsec. (c) to commissioner of human resources; P.A. 79-598 added Subsec. (h) transferring certain duties of economic development commissioner to commissioner of housing; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 amended Subsec. (g) to replace Commissioner of Economic Development with Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and deleted Subsec. (h); P.A. 95-309 changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (g) by substituting “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development”, effective July 1, 2013.

Cited. 222 C. 414.

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Sec. 8-206b. Emergency fuel assistance program. Eligibility requirements. Participation in weatherization program. Section 8-206b is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.

(P.A. 78-184, S. 1, 2; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-5, S. 1, 5; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 10, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 59.)

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Sec. 8-206c. Effective date of Secs. 8-206b and 16a-45. Sections 8-206b and 16a-45 shall take effect November 20, 1979, except that this law shall only remain in effect until June 30, 1980.

(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-5, S. 5.)

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Sec. 8-206d. Emergency fuel assistance program for group homes, halfway houses, housing authorities and municipalities. Regulations. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall administer an emergency fuel assistance program to provide: (1) Emergency fuel assistance on behalf of private, nonprofit group homes and halfway houses receiving state aid and licensed by or under contract with the Department of Public Health, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Correction or the Department of Developmental Services, provided no group home or halfway house shall receive emergency fuel assistance in excess of one thousand dollars unless the commissioner finds additional assistance is necessary to protect the health and safety of the residents of such group home or halfway house; (2) grants to municipalities for emergency fuel assistance to receivers of rents appointed pursuant to section 47a-56a, to prevent and respond to abandonment by landlords of tenant-occupied dwelling units, provided no municipality shall receive an amount in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars for each receivership established within such municipality unless the commissioner finds additional assistance is necessary to protect the health and safety of the residents of such dwelling units; and (3) emergency fuel assistance to housing authorities for state-financed housing projects, for fuel costs incurred after October 1, 1979. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing eligibility criteria for the distribution of state funds appropriated to the Department of Economic and Community Development for such program. The commissioner may, in his discretion and based on his determination of need, allocate any funds appropriated for the purposes of this section among group homes and halfway houses, municipalities and housing authorities.

(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-2, S. 1, 3; P.A. 80-92; 80-369, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 12, 39; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a).)

History: P.A. 80-92 substituted alcohol and drug abuse commission for alcohol and drug abuse council; P.A. 80-369 deleted formula for allocating emergency fuel assistance and added provision for allocating funds at commissioner's discretion; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner and department of health services and executive director and Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with commissioner and department of public health and addiction services and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health and replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007.

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Sec. 8-206e. Housing assistance and counseling demonstration program. Assisted living demonstration program in HUD Section 202 and Section 236 elderly housing developments. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall, within available appropriations, establish a demonstration housing assistance and counseling program to offer advice on matters concerning landlord and tenant relations and the financing of owner-occupied and rental housing purchases, improvements and renovations. The program shall provide: (1) Educational services designed to inform landlords and tenants of their respective rights and responsibilities; (2) dispute mediation services for landlords and tenants; (3) information on securing housing-related financing, including mortgage loans, home improvement loans, energy assistance and weatherization assistance; and (4) such other housing-related counseling and assistance as the commissioner shall provide by regulations.

(b) The Commissioner of Housing may, within available appropriations, enter into a contract or contracts to provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid to nonprofit corporations, as defined in section 8-39, to carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(d) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a demonstration program in up to four United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Section 202 or Section 236 elderly housing developments to provide assisted living services.

(e) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish criteria for making disbursements under the provisions of subsection (d) of this section which shall include, but are not limited to: (1) Size of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Section 202 and Section 236 elderly housing developments; (2) geographic locations in which the developments are located; (3) anticipated social and health value to the resident population; (4) each Section 202 and Section 236 housing development's designation as a managed residential community, as defined in section 19a-693; and (5) the potential community development benefit to the relevant municipality. Such criteria may specify who may apply for grants, the geographic locations determined to be eligible for grants, and the eligible costs for which a grant may be made. For the purposes of the demonstration program, multiple properties with overlapping board membership or ownership may be considered a single applicant.

(f) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of this section.

(P.A. 87-406, S. 1, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 99-279, S. 33, 45; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 9, 53; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 36, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 39; 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. 99-279 amended Subsec. (a) to require the establishment of the program “within available appropriations” and amended Subsec. (b) to authorize the entering into of contracts to provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid to nonprofit corporations “within available appropriations”, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 amended Subsec. (c) to add reference to subsections (a) and (b) of this section, eliminated obsolete provisions in former Subsec. (d) requiring submission of report re evaluation of operation and effectiveness of demonstration program, substituted provisions in Subsec. (d) requiring establishment of an assisted living demonstration program in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Section 202 and Section 236, elderly housing developments, added Subsec. (e) requiring commissioner to establish criteria for making disbursements under the provisions of Subsec. (d), and added Subsec. (f) authorizing commissioner to adopt regulations to implement provisions of Subsecs. (d) and (e); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 amended Subsec. (d) to require commissioner to establish assisted living demonstration programs in up to four, in lieu of two, Section 202 or Section 236 elderly housing developments, deleting phrase “for persons who are residents of the state”, and amended Subsec. (e) to make a technical change and to provide for purposes of the demonstration program, multiple properties with overlapping board membership or ownership may be considered a single applicant, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (e)(4) by replacing “section 19-13-D105 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies” with “section 19a-693”; 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.

See title 47a re landlord-tenant relationship.

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Sec. 8-206f. Designation of HUD Section 202 or Section 236 elderly housing development as demonstration program. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8-206e, the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may designate as a demonstration program one or more established United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 202 or Section 236 elderly housing development that is licensed to provide assisted living services, for the purpose of qualifying otherwise eligible residents for payment for such services as authorized under a 1915c Medicaid waiver or the state-funded portion of the Connecticut Home Care Program for the Elderly established pursuant to section 17b-342.

(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 88; P.A. 13-234, S. 67.)

History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” and substituted “one or more” for “an” re designation of demonstration program, effective July 1, 2013.

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Secs. 8-207 and 8-207a. Community development action plan. State financial assistance for implementing, reviewing and revising community development action plan. Sections 8-207 and 8-207a are repealed.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 478; 757, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 759, S. 2, 4; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 23; P.A. 73-96, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 38, 39, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 120, 136.)

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Sec. 8-208. State grants-in-aid for housing code enforcement. The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance to initiate, expand or improve housing code enforcement programs to promote the preservation or rehabilitation of housing, in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to two-thirds of the cost of the program, as approved by the commissioner, for two years after execution of the state assistance agreement, one-half of such cost for an additional period not to exceed three years and thereafter one-third the cost of the program. To facilitate the effective enforcement of housing codes throughout the state, the commissioner may prepare a model State Housing Code. Any municipality may adopt such code by ordinance.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 11; P.A. 73-338; P.A. 75-368, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 291, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 11; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 73-338 placed three-year limit on additional aid for cost after initial two-year period and placed five-year limit on additional aid for programs under federal Housing Act of 1949; P.A. 75-368 added provision that code enforcement programs promote preservation and rehabilitation of housing, deleted provision placing five-year limit on aid from programs under federal Housing Act and provided for continuing aid after three-year limit expires for one-third of the program's cost; P.A. 77-614 gave contracting authority to commissioner of economic development, “commissioner” previously having referred to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.

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Sec. 8-208a. Appeals from municipal housing code board decisions and enforcement. Cost. Any person or persons severally or jointly aggrieved by any decision of a housing code board of appeals or any officer, department, board or bureau of any municipality, charged with the enforcement of any order, requirement or decision of said board, may, within fifteen days from the date of such decision, take an appeal to the superior court of the judicial district in which such municipality is located, which appeal shall be made returnable to said court in the same manner as that prescribed for civil actions brought to said court. Notice of such appeal shall be given by leaving a true and attested copy thereof with, or at the usual place of abode of, the chairman or clerk of said board. The appeal shall state the reasons upon which it has been predicated and shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court to which such appeal is returnable may, on application, on notice to the board and on cause shown, grant a restraining order. The authority issuing a citation in such appeal shall take from the appellant, unless such appellant is an official of the municipality, a bond or recognizance to said board, with surety, to prosecute such appeal to effect and comply with the orders and decrees of the court. Said board shall be required to return either the original papers acted upon by it and constituting the record of the case appealed from, or certified copies thereof. The court, upon such appeal, shall review the proceedings of said board and shall allow any party to such appeal to introduce evidence in addition to the contents of the record of the case returned by said board if the record does not contain a complete transcript of the entire proceedings before said board, including all evidence presented to it, or if, upon the hearing upon such appeal, it appears to the court that additional testimony is necessary for the equitable disposition of the appeal. The court may take such evidence or appoint a referee or committee to take such evidence as it directs and report the same to the court, with his or its findings of facts and conclusions of law, which report shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court, upon such appeal and after a hearing thereon, may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify or revise the decision appealed from. Costs shall be allowed against said board if the decision appealed from is reversed, affirmed in part, modified or revised. Appeals from decisions of said board shall be privileged cases to be heard by the court, unless cause is shown to the contrary, as soon after the return day as is practicable.

(P.A. 73-532; P.A. 76-436, S. 269, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127.)

History: P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties.

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Sec. 8-208b. Neighborhood Housing Services Program Fund. State assistance. Definitions. (a) A Neighborhood Housing Services Program Fund is hereby created. There shall be deposited in said fund all moneys received by or appropriated to the Department of Housing from time to time therefor. Amounts in said fund shall be used for the purpose of making grants-in-aid to any duly organized neighborhood housing services corporation in the state, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(b) In order to stimulate development of partnerships of the public and private sectors of the urban community committed to stemming neighborhood decline, the state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with any duly organized neighborhood housing services corporation in the state. Such contract shall provide for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to twice the amount of the federal grant-in-aid received by such corporation but not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars.

(c) “Neighborhood housing services program” means a program developed by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation of the United States government to stimulate reinvestment in the urban neighborhood. “Neighborhood housing services corporation” means a private, nonprofit, community based corporation organized pursuant to the establishment of a neighborhood housing services program. The significant features of a neighborhood housing services corporation include: (1) Government by a local board of directors composed of neighborhood residents and financial industry representatives; (2) use of a revolving loan fund to make loans to residents of the neighborhood who cannot meet normal commercial credit requirements for the purpose of bringing homes in the neighborhood up to code standards; (3) contributions to the loan fund by, among others, foundations, local business and industry, local government and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (4) operation of a systematic housing inspection and code compliance program for homeowners which includes rehabilitation counseling, construction monitoring and financial counseling.

(P.A. 78-317, S. 2, 4, 5; P.A. 79-299, S. 1, 2; 79-598, S. 12; 79-631, S. 89, 111; P.A. 86-107, S. 2, 19; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 05-288, S. 43; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 79-299 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing references to the Urban Reinvestment Task Force of the United States government with references to duly organized neighborhood housing services corporations, further amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to two-program limit for programs established in a given year, deleted Subsec. (c) which had contained provisions for assistance to neighborhood corporations and relettered former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c), substituting Urban Reinvestment Corporation for Urban Reinvestment Task Force; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 79-631 substituted Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for Urban Reinvestment Corporation; P.A. 86-107 removed reference in Subsec. (a) to state treasurer as trustee of fund; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 13, 2005; 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.

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Sec. 8-208c. Urban revitalization pilot program. Goals. Reports. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall, within existing resources of the department, establish an urban revitalization pilot program to foster the revitalization and stabilization of urban neighborhoods by facilitating the acquisition and renovation of one-to-four family homes and prioritizing owner-occupancy of such homes. Such program shall be implemented in one or more distressed municipalities, as defined in section 32-9p. The commissioner may contract with one or more state-wide nonprofit organizations to administer the program.

(b) The goal of the program shall be to increase homeownership in targeted neighborhoods containing high proportions of one-to-four family homes, giving priority to promoting owner-occupancy in buildings that are for sale, vacant, deteriorated, in foreclosure, bank-owned or investor-owned. The program administrator shall target neighborhoods in which concentrated resources can have a substantial impact on revitalizing and stabilizing the surrounding community. The program administrator shall recruit community stakeholders to provide active support for the program, including local banks, local boards of realtors, neighborhood revitalization zone committees, community-based organizations, community development financial institutions and similar entities. The program administrator shall, as necessary to accomplish program goals:

(1) Draw on diverse public and private funding sources and programs, including foundations, local loan funds and programs administered by departments or agencies other than the Department of Housing, including the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, and use public funds to leverage private resources;

(2) Provide financing or investment to support property purchase, rehabilitation, construction, demolition, energy efficiency and aesthetic improvements, including provision of financial products that promote homeownership, such as down payment assistance, and identify other financial resources to support such activities;

(3) Offer incentives to investors to develop tenants into owners, apply income restrictions to housing units in order to ensure affordability, and conduct energy efficiency improvements in order to meet weatherization goals;

(4) Identify and coordinate access for program participants to rental assistance and foreclosure prevention resources and to other resources that will increase homeownership, stabilize or decrease occupancy costs and stabilize neighborhoods;

(5) Provide assistance to individuals who are or who will become homeowners and to nonprofit and for-profit entities that will purchase and rehabilitate properties to sell to individuals who will become homeowners;

(6) Provide support services for program participants who are or who will become homeowners so as to maximize the likelihood of their success in maintaining homeownership on a long-term basis, including training in skills necessary to be an effective landlord and assistance in resolving problems that may arise after closing on a home;

(7) Identify and structure incentives to encourage participation in the program by lenders, investors and developers with a goal of promoting homeownership; and

(8) Assist program participants in locating purchase financing and counseling before and after any purchase and direct such participants to programs that provide deferred, low or no interest or forgivable loans, including the Rental Housing Revolving Loan Fund established pursuant to section 8-37vv.

(c) Any person who receives assistance through the program established by this section to purchase a home shall agree (1) to occupy such home or a unit in such home as such person's primary residence for not less than five years, or (2) to transfer such home to a person who will agree to occupy such home or a unit in such home as such person's primary residence for not less than five years. Priority for participation in the program may be given to persons who will become first-time homebuyers and to persons who are living in a neighborhood targeted by the program.

(d) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish the parameters of the program not later than October 1, 2012, and shall designate one or more municipalities to participate in the program not later than January 1, 2013. The commissioner, in accordance with section 11-4a, shall submit the following to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing: (1) A status report on the program not later than February 1, 2013; (2) an interim report on the program not later than January 1, 2014; and (3) a final report on the program not later than January 1, 2015.

(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 197; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective June 15, 2012; 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.

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Sec. 8-209. State grants-in-aid for demolition of unsafe structures; for urban beautification. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance for the demolition of unsafe structures which under state or local law have been determined to be structurally unsound or unfit for human habitation and which such municipality has authority to demolish. Such contract shall provide state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to (1) two-thirds of the net cost of the demolition as approved by the commissioner, or (2) where the demolition is financed under the federal Housing Act of 1949, as amended, one-half of the amount by which the net cost of the demolition, as approved by the commissioner, exceeds the federal grant-in-aid thereof.

(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance for programs of urban beautification; provided such program shall have been approved by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under the federal Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, as amended. Such contract shall provide for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to one-half of the amount by which the net cost of the program as approved by the commissioner exceeds the federal grant-in-aid thereof.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 292, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 13; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 77-614 specified that commissioner of economic development has contracting authority, previously “commissioner” had meant commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.

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Sec. 8-209a. State aid for relocation of buildings. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any project that is eligible for state financial aid for demolition of buildings shall be eligible to apply for state financial aid under the same program such project was eligible for demolition for the costs of moving one or more buildings that are a part of such project from one location to another, provided (1) the subject buildings currently contain or will be renovated to contain one or more dwelling units per building, and (2) the total cost of relocating the subject buildings does not exceed by more than five per cent the total of all costs associated with the demolition of such buildings, including, but not limited to: The costs of preparing the buildings for demolition, including the costs of abatement of asbestos and other hazardous materials; the actual costs of taking the buildings down; the relocation of residents, including the costs of relocation assistance; utility relocation; environmental remediation after the buildings have been demolished; removal of the foundations; the filling of the site with clean fill; and any other costs associated with the demolition of the buildings or the return of the sites to a condition suitable for future development, provided any costs which would be incurred regardless of whether the subject buildings are moved or demolished shall not be included in such comparison in any way, and (3) the entity requesting state financial aid can demonstrate to the agency providing state financial aid the benefits to the neighborhood or municipality of preserving the character of the area by retaining the subject buildings.

(b) Any relocation of a building eligible for relocation assistance under subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to be a rehabilitation of such building for the purposes of determining the eligibility of the building or the project of which it is a part for any state program of financial assistance.

(c) Any building that is moved in accordance with this section shall comply with the separate standards within the State Building Code for the rehabilitation of buildings.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude any agency from providing for the costs of relocating a building under circumstances that do not meet the provisions of this section.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 78, 131; P.A. 03-19, S. 21.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective May 12, 2003.

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Sec. 8-210. State financial assistance for the planning, construction, renovation, site preparation and purchase of property for neighborhood facilities and the development and operation of licensed child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services or the Commissioner of Early Childhood, as appropriate, may enter into a contract with a municipality or a qualified private, nonprofit corporation for state financial assistance for the planning, construction, renovation, site preparation and purchase of improved or unimproved property as part of a capital development project for neighborhood facilities. Such facilities may include, but need not be limited to, child care centers, elderly centers, multipurpose human resource centers, emergency shelters for the homeless and shelters for victims of domestic violence. The financial assistance shall be in the form of state grants-in-aid equal to (1) all or any portion of the cost of such capital development project if the grantee is a qualified private nonprofit corporation, or (2) up to two-thirds of the cost of such capital development project if the grantee is a municipality, as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services or the Commissioner of Early Childhood, as appropriate.

(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Early Childhood, may enter into a contract with a municipality, a group child care home or family child care home, as described in section 19a-77, a human resource development agency or a nonprofit corporation for state financial assistance in developing and operating child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes for children disadvantaged by reasons of economic, social or environmental conditions, provided no such financial assistance shall be available for the operating costs of any such child care center, group child care home or family child care home unless it has been licensed by the Commissioner of Early Childhood pursuant to section 19a-80. Such financial assistance shall be available for a program of a municipality, of a group child care home or family child care home, of a human resource development agency or of a nonprofit corporation which may provide for personnel, equipment, supplies, activities, program materials and renovation and remodeling of the physical facilities of such child care centers, group child care homes or family child care homes. Such contract shall provide for state financial assistance, within available appropriations, in the form of a state grant-in-aid (1) for a portion of the cost of such program, as determined by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, if not federally assisted, (2) equal to one-half of the amount by which the net cost of such program, as approved by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, exceeds the federal grant-in-aid thereof, or (3) in an amount not less than (A) the per child cost as described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 10-16q, for each child in such program that is three or four years of age and each child that is five years of age who is not eligible to enroll in school, pursuant to section 10-15c, while maintaining services to children under three years of age under this section, and (B) thirteen thousand five hundred dollars for each child three years of age or under who is in infant or toddler care and not in a preschool program. Any such contract entered into on or after July 1, 2022, shall include a provision that at least sixty per cent of the children enrolled in such child care center, group child care home or family child care home are members of families that are at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount per child pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection that is over the amount of the per child cost that was prescribed pursuant to the contract under said subdivision (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, shall be used exclusively to increase the salaries of early childhood educators employed at the child care center. The Commissioner of Early Childhood may authorize child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes receiving financial assistance under this subsection to apply a program surplus to the next program year. The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall consult with directors of child care centers in establishing fees for the operation of such centers. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the Commissioner of Early Childhood shall, within available appropriations, enter into contracts under this section for the purpose of expanding the number of spaces available to children three years of age or under who are in infant or toddler care and not in a preschool program.

(c) The Office of Early Childhood, in consultation with representatives from child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes, within available appropriations, shall develop guidelines for programs provided at state-contracted child care centers, group child care home and family child care homes. The guidelines shall include standards for program quality and design and identify short and long-term outcomes for families participating in such programs. The Office of Early Childhood, within available appropriations, shall provide a copy of such guidelines to each state-contracted child care center, group child care home and family child care home. Each state-contracted child care center, group child care home and family child care home shall use the guidelines to develop a program improvement plan for the next twelve-month period and shall submit the plan to the Office of Early Childhood. The plan shall include goals to be used for measuring such improvement. The Office of Early Childhood shall use the plan to monitor the progress of such child care center, group child care home or family child care home.

(d) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Early Childhood, may enter into a contract with a municipality, a group child care home or family child care home, a human resource development agency or a nonprofit corporation for state financial assistance for a project of renovation of any child care center, group child care home or family child care home receiving assistance under this section, to make such center accessible to persons with physical disabilities, in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to (1) the total net cost of the project, as approved by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, or (2) the total amount by which the net cost of the project, as approved by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, exceeds the federal grant-in-aid thereof.

(e) Any municipality, group child care home or family child care home, human resource development agency or nonprofit corporation that enters into a contract pursuant to this section for state financial assistance for a child care center, group child care home or family child care home shall have sole responsibility for the development of the budget of the program provided at such child care center, group child care home or family child care home, including, but not limited to, personnel costs, purchases of equipment, supplies, activities and program materials, within the resources provided by the state under such contract. Upon local determination of a change in the type of child care services required in the area, a municipality, group child care home or family child care home, human resource development agency or nonprofit corporation may, within the limits of its annual budget and subject to the provisions of this subsection and sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and 19a-82 to 19a-87a, inclusive, change its child care service. An application to change the type of child care service provided shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Early Childhood. Not later than forty-five days after the Commissioner of Early Childhood receives the application, the Commissioner of Early Childhood shall advise the municipality, human resource development agency or nonprofit corporation of the Commissioner of Early Childhood's approval, denial or approval with modifications of the application. If the Commissioner of Early Childhood fails to act on the application not later than forty-five days after the application's submittal, the application shall be deemed approved.

(f) The Commissioner of Early Childhood may (1) with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, authorize the expenditure of such funds for the purposes of this section as shall enable the Commissioner of Early Childhood to apply for, qualify for and provide the state's share of federally assisted child care services, and (2) expend an amount not to exceed two per cent of the amount appropriated for purposes of this section in a manner consistent with the provisions of section 10-509.

(g) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, the Office of Early Childhood shall permit any family that meets the eligibility requirements described in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 17b-749 or subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 17b-749 to participate in a program provided at a state-contracted child care center under this section.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 13; 768, S. 1, 3; 1969, P.A. 588, S. 3, 4; 772, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 198, S. 1; P.A. 73-420; P.A. 74-289, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 531, 610; P.A. 78-73, S. 1–3; P.A. 84-454, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-417, S. 1, 15; P.A. 87-344; P.A. 91-371, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-360, S. 17, 32; P.A. 97-259, S. 20, 41; P.A. 98-252, S. 2, 3, 80; P.A. 12-120, S. 2; P.A. 13-31, S. 3; P.A. 14-39, S. 60; P.A. 15-227, S. 25; P.A. 16-163, S. 6; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 93; P.A. 17-202, S. 9; P.A. 18-184, S. 7; P.A. 19-117, S. 258; P.A. 21-171, S. 4; 21-172, S. 5; P.A. 22-80, S. 2; 22-116, S. 5.)

History: 1969 acts amended Subsec. (b) to require that aid be given only to day care centers licensed by commissioner of health; and amended Subsec. (a) to include assistance for child day care facilities, deleted requirement that projects be approved by Department of Housing and Urban development and split grants-in-aid into two categories; 1972 act allowed grant-in-aid for 80%, rather than two-thirds, of cost of non-federally-assisted program; P.A. 73-420 amended Subsec. (b) to clarify that provision re aid given only to centers licensed by health commissioner applies to aid for operating costs and added Subsec. (d); P.A. 74-289 amended Subsec. (a) to include contracts with human resource development agencies; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of health services for commissioner of health, secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of finance and control and commissioner of human resources for commissioner of social services, specified that references to “commissioner” refer to commissioner of human resources rather than to commissioner of community affairs as before and amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision for transfer of community affairs department funds at request of social services commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-73 inserted new Subsec. (c) re renovations to allow access for physically disabled and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 84-454 amended Subsec. (b) by adding that financial assistance be provided “within available appropriations” and by changing Subsec. (b)(1) from a grant-in-aid equal to 80% of the “net cost of a day care center program of the municipality or a human resource development agency as approved by the commissioner” to “for a portion of the cost of such program as determined by the commissioner of human resources”; P.A. 86-417 inserted new Subsec. (d) setting forth policy applicable to municipalities or human resource development agencies which receive state financial assistance for day care facilities, relettering previously existing Subsecs. as necessary, and made technical changes; P.A. 87-344 deleted Subsec. (f) on the recoupment of funds and replaced the existing language in Subsec. (a) which provided for a contract with a municipality or a “human resource development agency” and limited the amount of the grant to two-thirds of the net cost of the project or where the project is assisted by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, one-half the amount by which the net cost of the project exceeds the federal grant; P.A. 91-371 added provision in Subsec. (b) authorizing child day care centers to apply a surplus to the next program year and allowing such centers to establish fees for their operation; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-360 substituted reference to Sec. 19a-82 for Sec. 19a-81 in Subsec. (d), effective July 13, 1995; P.A. 97-259 added provisions for contracts with nonprofit corporations, added new Subsec. (c) re guidelines for state-contracted child care center programs and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (e) as Subsecs. (d) to (f), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsecs. (b) and (e) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 12-120 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to Commissioner of Education, amended Subsecs. (b) to (f) by replacing references to Commissioner and Department of Social Services with references to Commissioner and Department of Education, and made technical and conforming changes, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 14-39 replaced references to Commissioner and Department of Education with references to Commissioner and Office of Early Childhood throughout and replaced “Commissioner of Public Health” with “Commissioner of Early Childhood” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2014; pursuant to P.A. 15-227, references to child day care centers were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to child care centers in Subsec. (b) and “child day care service” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “child care service” in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-163 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “child day care facilities” with “child care centers”, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “state-contracted child care center programs” with “programs provided at state-contracted child care centers”, amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “child day care facility” with “child care center”, amended Subsec. (e) by replacing “day care facility” with “child care center”, by replacing “day care program” with “program provided at such child care center” and by replacing “day care service” with “child care services”, amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “day care program” with “child care services”, and made technical and conforming changes, effective June 9, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (3) re grant-in-aid in an amount up to the per child cost described in Sec. 10-16q(b)(1), effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-202 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “the physically disabled” with “persons with physical disabilities”; P.A. 18-184 amended Subsec. (f) by deleting reference to commissioners discretion, designating existing provision re authorization of expenditure of funds for state's share of federally assisted child care services as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re commissioner may expend amount not to exceed 2 per cent of amount appropriated in manner consistent with Sec. 10-509, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “up to” with “not less than” in Subdiv. (3) and adding provision re amount of any increase of per child cost to be used exclusively to increase educator salaries, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 21-171 added Subsec. (g) re family participation in a state-contracted child care center program, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 21-172 added references to group child care homes and family child care homes throughout, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-80 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision in Subdiv. (3) as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B) re grant-in-aid in an amount not less than $13,500, replacing “June 30, 2020” with “June 30, 2024”, adding “under said subdivision (3), replacing “June 30, 2019” with “June 30, 2023” and adding provision re commissioner to enter into contracts for purpose of expanding number of spaces available to children 3 years of age or under in infant or toddler care, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 22-116 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2022, to include provision that at least 60 per cent of children enrolled are members of families that are at or below 75 per cent of the state median income, effective July 1, 2022.

See Sec. 8-222b re municipal powers with respect to child day care and neighborhood facilities under this section.

See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.

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Sec. 8-210a. Bond issue. The State Bond Commission may authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in the aggregate amount of four million dollars for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 8-210.

(1969, P.A. 588, S. 5.)

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Sec. 8-210b. Transferred to Chapter 319rr, Sec. 17b-749.

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Secs. 8-211 and 8-212. Transferred to Chapter 242, Secs. 13b-56 and 13b-57, respectively.

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Sec. 8-213. Housing site development agencies. Section 8-213 is repealed.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 16; 1971, P.A. 75; 1972, P.A. 268, S. 1; P.A. 73-173, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-70, S. 1; 77-614, S. 293, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 14; P.A. 80-483, S. 28, 186; P.A. 88-280, S. 14.)

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Sec. 8-213a. Apportionment and abatement of taxes on acquisition of property by redevelopment or housing site development agency. In any case where a redevelopment agency or housing site development agency acquires real property, municipal taxes on such property may be apportioned in accordance with prevailing local practice in the transfer of property as of the day title vests in the grantee and the authority authorized under the provisions of section 12-124 to abate taxes in the municipality wherein such real property is situated may abate the taxes on such property from the date title so vests.

(1969, P.A. 555, S. 1.)

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Sec. 8-214. State financial assistance for housing site development projects. Section 8-214 is repealed.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 17; P.A. 73-173, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-51; P.A. 77-70, S. 2; 77-614, S. 294, 610; P.A. 78-164, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-598, S. 15; P.A. 80-188; P.A. 81-68; P.A. 85-49; P.A. 87-378, S. 7; P.A. 88-280, S. 14.)

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Sec. 8-214a. Bond issue. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate three million dollars.

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Housing for the purpose of housing site development in accordance with section 8-213a and section 8-216b.

(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Housing and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(P.A. 86-396, S. 11, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 7, 26; P.A. 88-280, S. 7; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000; P.A. 88-280 made technical change to Subsec. (b); P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing and Department of Housing, respectively, effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-214b. Housing land bank and land trust program: Definitions. As used in this section and sections 8-214c to 8-214e, inclusive:

(1) “Limited equity cooperative” means a nonprofit corporation organized for the purposes of owning and operating housing for low and moderate income families and qualifying as a limited equity cooperative, as defined in section 47-242;

(2) “Very low, low and moderate income families” means families or individuals who lack the amount of income necessary to rent or purchase adequate housing without financial assistance, as defined by such income limits as may be adopted by an appropriate agency or instrumentality of the state or federal government for the purposes of determining eligibility under any programs aimed at providing housing for very low, low and moderate income families or persons;

(3) “Nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of section 8-214d; and

(4) “Real property” includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and rights, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such liens.

(P.A. 87-441, S. 1, 5; P.A. 90-238, S. 29, 32; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 174, 209; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 90-238 revised the term “low and moderate income families” to “very low, low and moderate income families” and added a definition of “real property”; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 96-256 amended the definition of “nonprofit corporation” to replace reference to “chapter 600” with “chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto”, effective January 1, 1997; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing in Subdiv. (3), effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-214c. Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund. There is established a fund to be known as the “Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund”. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held in trust separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year next succeeding. Said fund shall be used to encourage the development of decent and affordable housing for low and moderate income families by providing grants-in-aid to nonprofit corporations pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-214d.

(P.A. 87-441, S. 2, 5.)

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Sec. 8-214d. State financial assistance for establishing community housing land bank and land trust. Regulations. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may contract with a nonprofit corporation for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan to such corporation on such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe. Such grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan shall be used by such corporation to acquire, hold, manage and convey title to or transfer interests in, real property for the purpose of providing for existing and future housing needs of very low, low and moderate income families. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due currently but that payments on principal may be made at a later time. The commissioner may prescribe the terms and conditions (1) by which real property acquired under this section shall be either held for the existing and future housing needs of very low, low and moderate income families or placed in a community land trust, or (2) by which title to such real property shall be conveyed or interests in such property shall be transferred, for the purpose of providing for existing and future housing needs of very low, low and moderate income families, which purpose may include the development of (A) multifamily dwellings in which a portion of the units are not subject to income or rent restrictions, or (B) single-family dwellings that are not subject to income or rent restrictions. Such terms and conditions, in the discretion of the commissioner and with the approval of the State Bond Commission, may be subordinated in the case of a subsequent first mortgage or a requirement of a governmental program relating to such real property. Ancillary housing-related services may be located on such real property. The commissioner shall give notice of an application for financial assistance under this section which would complete a partially constructed housing development to the chief executive official of the municipality in which the real property is located. A nonprofit corporation holding title to such real property, with or without structures, may lease such real property to very low, low and moderate income families, limited equity cooperatives or other corporations, provided the terms of any such lease shall require that such real property be developed and used solely for the purpose of housing for very low, low and moderate income families. The lessee may hold title to any building or improvement situated on real property acquired with financial assistance made under this section, provided the nonprofit corporation holding title to such real property shall have first option to purchase any building or improvement that the lessee may place on such real property at a below-market price set forth in such lease. The legitimate heirs of any such lessee shall have the right under such lease to assume the lease upon the death of such lessee if the lessee is a natural person and if such heirs agree to make the leased premises their principal residence.

(b) A nonprofit corporation holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section may convey title to or transfer interests in such real property to very low, low and moderate income families, limited equity cooperatives or other corporations, provided (1) the terms and conditions of any instrument conveying such title requires that any structures and improvements situated upon such real property be developed and used solely for the purpose of housing for very low, low or moderate income families, which may include the development of multifamily dwellings in which a portion of the units are not subject to income or rent restrictions. Such terms and conditions, in the discretion of the commissioner and with the approval of the State Bond Commission, may be subordinated in the case of a subsequent first mortgage or a requirement of a governmental program relating to such real property, (2) such title is conveyed or such interest is transferred in accordance with written policies of the nonprofit corporation governing conveyances of title and transfers of interest in real property, and (3) the nonprofit corporation shall have first option to purchase any structures and improvements transferred at a below-market price agreed to at the time of such transfer. A nonprofit corporation holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section for which a declaration of condominium has been filed may transfer the units in such condominium to (A) another eligible nonprofit corporation as determined by the commissioner, or (B) very low, low or moderate income families in accordance with chapter 828, subject to deed restrictions, acceptable to the commissioner, requiring that the units be used solely for the purpose of housing for very low, low and moderate income families, provided in the case of a transfer under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, the original nonprofit corporation shall have first option to purchase the unit at a below-market price agreed to at the time of acquisition of the unit by the family.

(c) (1) A nonprofit corporation existing on or after October 1, 1991, and holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section may convey title to such real property, with the approval of the commissioner, to a community land trust corporation. (2) A nonprofit corporation holding title to real property which has been acquired with state financial assistance under this section for the existing and future needs of very low, low or moderate income families, may, with the approval of the commissioner and in accordance with its written policies governing conveyances of title, convey title to such real property to another nonprofit corporation or other entity. Any proceeds from the conveyance of title to such real property to such other entity shall be deposited in the Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund established under section 8-214c.

(d) A nonprofit corporation existing on or after October 1, 1991, and holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section, may lease such real property, with the approval of the commissioner, to a partnership, as defined in section 34-301, or a limited partnership, as defined in section 34-9, provided the nonprofit corporation has a material role in such partnership or limited partnership. The terms of any such lease shall require that such real property be developed and used solely for the purpose of housing for very low, low and moderate income families. The lessee may hold title to any building or improvement situated on real property acquired with financial assistance made under this section, provided the nonprofit corporation holding title to such real property shall have first option to purchase any building or improvement that the lessee may place on such real property at a below-market price set forth in the lease.

(e) If a nonprofit corporation fails to develop the project in accordance with the development plan for the project and title to the land or interests in land acquired with state financial assistance under this section vests in the state pursuant to a default, foreclosure action, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, voluntary transfer, or other similar voluntary or compulsory action, the commissioner may, upon approval of the State Bond Commission, convey such land or interests in land to the municipality in which the land or interests in land is located. The municipality shall use the land or interests in land, or shall cause the land or interests in land to be used for, or in conjunction with, activities related to, or similar to, any program administered by the commissioner pursuant to state or federal law.

(f) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 8-214b to 8-214e, inclusive. Such regulations shall include, without limitation, provisions concerning the terms and conditions of such grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans and the conditions for approval of the articles of incorporation or basic documents of organization of a nonprofit corporation applying for assistance under said sections.

(g) As used in this section, housing-related services and facilities includes, but is not limited to, administrative, community, health, recreational, educational and child-care facilities relevant to an affordable housing development, as defined by the commissioner in regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54.

(h) (1) On and after June 2, 2016, until January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Housing may make a determination, based upon a full examination of the circumstances, that a nonprofit corporation is unable to develop or manage the land or interests in land acquired with state financial assistance under this section. Upon such a determination, the commissioner may (A) cause title to the land or interests in land acquired with state financial assistance under this section to vest in the state by foreclosure, voluntary transfer or other similar voluntary or compulsory action, or (B) approve the conveyance of such land or such interests in land by such nonprofit corporation, with concurring approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. An approval of the conveyance of land or interests in land pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision may (i) authorize the transfer of the land or interests in land to the low and moderate income families that reside on such land, and (ii) establish such terms and conditions for such conveyance as the commissioner deems appropriate under each particular transaction, including, but not limited to, determining whether any restrictions in the deed or deeds for the land or interests in land shall be modified, removed or released upon such conveyance.

(2) The commissioner shall authorize the conveyance of land or interests in land under subdivision (1) of this subsection in no more than two locations within the city of Middletown.

(P.A. 87-441, S. 3, 5; P.A. 90-238, S. 30, 32; P.A. 91-182; P.A. 92-70, S. 1; 92-166, S. 10, 31; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11, S. 31, 70; P.A. 94-33; 94-50; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-296, S. 4, 5; P.A. 96-77, S. 1, 17; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-249, S. 1, 14; P.A. 99-243, S. 1, 2; P.A. 05-186, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 31; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-1, S. 12; P.A. 17-240, S. 4; P.A. 22-39, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 90-238 substituted “real property” for references to land, applied provisions to “very low income families”, inserted new Subsec. (b) re conveyance of title to or interest in real property or structures upon it by nonprofit corporation holding title which acquired the property with state financial assistance, relettering former Subsec. (b) as (c); P.A. 91-182 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the commissioner to prescribe terms and conditions for acquisition of real property under section and to permit ancillary housing related services on property acquired under section, inserted new Subsec. (c) to provide for certain transfers relettering former Subsec. (c) as (d) and added new Subsec. (e) to define housing-related services and facilities; P.A. 92-70 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision regarding sale by nonprofit corporations of condominiums acquired with financial assistance under section; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) by making loans and deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under section and providing that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time and made technical changes to Subsec. (d), consistent with changes in Subsec. (a); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-33 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision that the commissioner of housing notify a municipality in which an application to complete a partially constructed housing development has been filed; P.A. 94-50 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding provision re subordination of use condition in the case of a subsequent first mortgage or requirement of a government program; 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 inserted new Subsec. (d) re lease of property acquired with financial assistance under section and relettered former Subsecs. (d) and (e) accordingly, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-77 amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to “section 34-44” with “section 34-301”, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 96-249 inserted new Subsec. (e) authorizing conveyance to municipalities upon failure of nonprofit corporation to fulfill development plan and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 99-243 added Subsec. (h) re authority of commissioner, under certain circumstances, to convey land acquired under this section, effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 05-186 amended Subsec. (b) to allow a nonprofit corporation to transfer units in a condominium acquired with financial assistance under this section to another eligible nonprofit corporation; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” in Subsecs. (a) and (f) and deleted former Subsec. (h) re conveyance of land, effective July 1, 2013; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-1 added Subsec. (h) re authority of commissioner to convey land acquired under section, effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 17-240 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re conveyance of title to or transfer of interests in real property shall be permitted uses by nonprofit corporation of grants-in-aid, loan or deferred loan, designate provisions re holding of real property or placement in community land trust as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) re conveyance of or transfer of interests in real property for certain purposes, amended Subsec. (b) to replace “structures and improvements situated upon” with “or transfer interests in”, add provision re inclusion of development of multifamily dwellings in Subdiv. (1), and replace provision re retention of title by nonprofit corporation with provision re title conveyed or interest transferred in accordance with written policies of nonprofit corporation in Subdiv. (2), and amended Subsec. (c) to designate existing provisions re nonprofit corporation existing on or after October 1, 1991 as Subdiv. (1), designate provisions re nonprofit corporation holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance as Subdiv. (2) and amend Subdiv. (2) to add reference to written policies governing conveyance of title, add “or other entity” and add provision re deposit of proceeds from such conveyance, and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 22-39 amended Subsec. (h) to change “January 1, 2017” to “January 1, 2023” and substantially revised same to allow the commissioner to approve the conveyance of certain land in no more than two locations in the city of Middletown.

See Secs. 47-301 to 47-304, inclusive, re community land trusts.

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Sec. 8-214e. Bond issue. (a) For the purposes described in sections 8-214b to 8-214d, inclusive, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one million dollars. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be deposited in the fund designated the “Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund” and used by the Department of Housing to make the grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-214d.

(b) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Housing and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(P.A. 87-441, S. 4, 5; P.A. 90-230, S. 99(b), 101; P.A. 92-166, S. 11, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 90-230 provided that “section 8-314e of the general statutes, appearing on page 594 of volume 2 of the general statutes, revised to 1989, shall be known as section 8-214e unless and until renumbered by the legislative commissioners”; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical change adding provision re loans and deferred loans, consistent with 1992 public acts; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, 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.

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Sec. 8-214f. Financial assistance for development of limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing. (a) As used in this section and sections 8-214g and 8-214h, “limited equity cooperative” has the same meaning as provided in section 47-242.

(b) As used in this section and sections 8-214g and 8-214h, “mutual housing association” means a nonprofit corporation, incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-79a or 8-84, having as one of its purposes the prevention and elimination of neighborhood deterioration and the preservation of neighborhood stability by affording community and resident involvement in the provision of high quality, long-term housing for low and moderate income families in which residents (1) participate in the ongoing operation and management of such housing, (2) have the right to continue residing in such housing for as long as they comply with the terms of their occupancy agreement, and (3) have an ownership interest in such occupancy agreement conditional upon compliance with its terms but do not possess an equity interest in such housing.

(c) The state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 8-39, to provide financial assistance for the development of limited equity cooperatives for low and moderate income families. State financial assistance provided under this subsection may be in the form of grants, loans, deferred loans or any combination thereof and may be used for the acquisition or development of housing sites and for the costs incurred in the development of limited equity cooperatives. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time. Any nonprofit corporation which receives such assistance shall require that members who participate in the cooperative project for which assistance was requested under this section contribute their labor during the development or operation of the cooperative, or make a cash contribution to become a member of the cooperative, or both.

(d) The state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a mutual housing association to provide financial assistance for the development of housing for low and moderate income families. State financial assistance provided under this subsection may be in the form of grants, loans, deferred loans or any combination thereof and may be used for the acquisition or development of housing sites and for the costs incurred in the development of such housing. Contracts for state financial assistance provided under this subsection shall provide that the mutual housing association: (1) Require resident members to pay a membership fee as a condition of eligibility for occupancy of a dwelling unit, provided such membership fee shall be refundable to the resident member, with nominal interest, when the resident member vacates such unit; (2) may allow, in fixing the rentals for dwelling units, for a reasonable return on equity capital contributed to the development of such housing through mutual housing association membership fees or grants obtained from sources other than the state, provided such return on equity capital shall be utilized by the association to develop additional dwelling units; and (3) shall permit continued occupancy by resident members whose incomes rise above low and moderate income limits, provided the rent to be paid for such continued occupancy shall be fixed at a level not less than twenty-five per cent of the resident members' adjusted household income, and provided any increased rent collected for continued occupancy shall be used by the association to develop additional dwelling units for low and moderate income families or shall be credited against the rent owed by another low or moderate income resident member of the association.

(e) If the Commissioner of Housing determines, based on a full examination of the circumstances, that a nonprofit corporation is unable to manage the land, interests in land or buildings acquired or constructed with state financial assistance under this section, the commissioner may release such land, interests in land or buildings from the obligations of the limited equity cooperative program and shall impose any new restrictions in the deed or deeds for the land, interests in land or buildings as the commissioner deems appropriate to ensure the continued use of such land, interests and buildings for the benefit of low or moderate income families. In such case, the equity of each resident in such property shall either (1) be used first for payment of any debt incurred by the resident from membership in the cooperative and then for payment to the resident of any remaining equity, or (2) transferred with the property so that the resident does not lose such equity.

(P.A. 87-417, S. 5–7, 10; P.A. 92-70, S. 2; 92-166, S. 12, 31; P.A. 93-309, S. 22, 29; P.A. 93-435, S. 76, 95; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 175, 209; P.A. 05-185, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 14-122, S. 80.)

History: P.A. 92-70 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to revise the definition of mutual housing associations to provide residents with an ownership interest in their occupancy agreement; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (c) by making deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and providing that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time and made technical changes to Subsec. (b), consistent with changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-309 added new Subsec. (e) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting reference to “July 1, 1994,” re the deadline for the receipt by the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 96-256 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to “chapter 600” with “chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto”, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 05-185 replaced former Subsec. (e) re last date for acceptance of applications for financial assistance with new provisions re disposition of property if commissioner determines that nonprofit corporation is unable to manage the property; 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; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).

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Sec. 8-214g. Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund. (a) The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued for the purposes of sections 8-214f to 8-214h, inclusive, authorized pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, and of any notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be required for such purposes shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the “Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund”, which fund shall be used to provide the financial assistance authorized by subsections (c) and (d) of section 8-214f. Payments from the Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund to nonprofit corporations pursuant to said subsections shall be made by the State Treasurer on certification of the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with the contract for financial assistance between the state and such nonprofit corporation.

(b) Subject to the approval of the Governor, any administrative or other costs or expenses incurred by the state in carrying out the provisions of sections 8-214f to 8-214h, inclusive, including but not limited to hiring employees and entering into contracts, may be paid from the Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund.

(P.A. 87-417, S. 8, 10; P.A. 90-238, S. 18, 32; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 90-238 revised provisions re allocation of moneys to housing funds; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing in Subsec. (a), effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-214h. Regulations. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 8-214f and 8-214g.

(P.A. 87-417, S. 9, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-215. Tax abatement for housing for low or moderate-income persons. Any municipality may by ordinance provide for the abatement in part or in whole of real property taxes on any housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families and may by ordinance classify the property on which such housing is situated as property used for housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families. Such tax abatement shall be used for one or more of the following purposes: (1) To reduce rents below the levels which would be achieved in the absence of such abatement and to improve the quality and design of such housing; (2) to effect occupancy of such housing by persons and families of varying income levels within limits determined by the Commissioner of Housing by regulation; or (3) to provide necessary related facilities or services in such housing. Such abatement shall be made pursuant to a contract between the municipality and the owner of any such housing, which contract shall provide the terms of such abatement, that moneys equal to the amount of such abatement shall be used for any one or more of the purposes herein stated, and that such abatement shall terminate at any time when such housing is not solely for low or moderate-income persons or families.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 18; P.A. 73-642, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 295, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 16; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 73-642 allowed municipalities to classify property as solely for use for housing for low and moderate-income families by ordinance; P.A. 77-614 specified commissioner of economic development, previously “commissioner” referred to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

Cited. 170 C. 556.

Tax abatement constitutes subsidy to landlord supporting conclusion that activities of landlord are “state action” re federal constitution. 33 CS 15.

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Sec. 8-216. State reimbursement for tax abatements. Payment in lieu of taxes on housing authority or state land. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance for housing, or any part thereof, solely for low or moderate-income persons or families, or for housing or any part thereof, on property classified by the municipality pursuant to section 8-215, for use for housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families, in the form of reimbursement for tax abatements under said section, provided the construction or rehabilitation of such housing shall have been commenced after July 1, 1967, or, in the case of apartment buildings containing three or more stories, under construction on July 1, 1967. Such contract shall provide for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid to the municipality not to exceed the amount of taxes abated by the municipality pursuant to section 8-215, provided no payment shall be made to any municipality under any contract entered into on or after October 1, 1973, unless the assessment on such housing or part thereof is determined as provided in section 8-216a except when such contract is a modification, amendment, or replacement of a contract already in existence on or before October 1, 1973. In such contract, the commissioner may require assurances that the amount of tax abatement will be used for the purposes stated in section 8-215, and that the commissioner shall have the right of inspection to determine that such purposes are being achieved. With respect to housing for which tax abatement has been provided pursuant to said section 8-215, such grant-in-aid shall be paid to the municipality each year, in an amount not to exceed the tax abatement for such year, as long as the housing continues to fulfill the purposes stated in said section.

(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality and the housing authority of the municipality or with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or any subsidiary created by the authority pursuant to section 8-242a or 8-244 or with a successor owner to make payments in lieu of taxes to the municipality on land and improvements owned or leased by the housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or successor owner under the provisions of part II of chapter 128. On and after July 1, 1997, the time period of the contract may include the remaining years of operation of the project. Such payments shall be made annually in an amount equal to the taxes that would be paid on such property were the property not exempt from taxation, and shall be calculated by multiplying the assessed value of such property, which shall be determined by the tax assessor of such municipality in the manner used by such assessor for assessing the value of other real property, by the applicable tax rate of the municipality. Such contract shall provide that, in consideration of such grant-in-aid, the municipality shall waive during the period of such contract any payments by the housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or successor owner to the municipality under the provisions of section 8-71, and shall further provide that the amount of the payments so waived shall be used by the housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or successor owner for a program of social and supplementary services to the occupants or shall be applied to the operating costs or reserves of the property, or shall be used to maintain or improve the physical quality of the property. As used in this subsection, a “successor owner” means an entity that owns a housing project developed pursuant to part II of chapter 128 after the revitalization of such project pursuant to a plan approved by the commissioner.

(c) The state, after it has entered into a contract with a municipality for financial assistance under this section, shall have the right to appeal or make application for relief from any assessment of any real property with respect to which reimbursement for tax abatement or a payment in lieu of taxes is made, in the manner provided by sections 12-111 to 12-119, inclusive, and no increase in assessed valuation of such property after such contract has been entered into shall be binding upon the commissioner unless notice of such increase has been given to the commissioner in the manner provided for giving notice of such an increase to the owners of real property. In any such proceeding the state shall have the same procedural rights as the owner of such property and shall act in accordance with the procedures and rules of law applicable to such owner.

(d) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality to make payments in lieu of taxes to the municipality on land and improvements owned or leased by said commissioner pursuant to chapter 129. Such payments shall be made annually in an amount equal to the taxes that would be paid on such property were the property not exempt from taxation, and shall be calculated by multiplying the assessed value of such property, which shall be determined by the tax assessor of such municipality in the manner used by such assessor for assessing the value of other real property, by the applicable tax rate of the municipality. Such contract shall provide that, in consideration of such grant-in-aid the municipality shall waive any payments by the state to the municipality under the provisions of a cooperation agreement between the municipality and said commissioner.

(e) The financial assistance authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall not be extended to assist housing sponsored by a profit-motivated sponsor, unless the commissioner, upon advice by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall determine that the mortgage loan financing such housing would not be insurable or feasible in the absence of such assistance.

(f) The Commissioner of Housing may amend any contracts entered into prior to October 1, 1969, under subsection (a) of this section, by increasing, up to a maximum of forty consecutive fiscal years of the municipality, the term of reimbursement for tax abatements provided for therein.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 19; 1969, P.A. 137, S. 1, 2; 590; 683, S. 3; 808; P.A. 73-642, S. 2; P.A. 75-312, S. 1, 2; 75-465, S. 6, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 296, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 17; P.A. 93-309, S. 23, 29; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-244, S. 2, 13; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 93; P.A. 06-93, S. 15; 06-196, S. 46; P.A. 08-10, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: 1969 acts amended Subsec. (a) to allow reimbursement for tax abatements on apartment building of at least three stories under construction on July 1, 1967, and to change limit for payments from 20 to 40 consecutive fiscal years, amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to state-owned or leased land and improvements and to state payments under Sec. 8-71, to provision of cooperative agreements between municipality and state or housing authority and to chapter 129 and restated uses to which waived payments shall be put and added Subsecs. (d) to (f), inclusive, concerning state-owned or leased property, profit-motivated sponsors of housing and contract amendments to increase term for reimbursement; P.A. 73-642 amended Subsec. (a) to include housing on property classified for use for low and moderate-income housing, to state that grants-in-aid not exceed amount of abatement rather than that they equal abatements and added proviso governing contracts on or after October 1, 1973; P.A. 75-312 amended Subsec. (e) to replace advice of Federal Housing Administration with advice of Department of Housing and Urban Development or Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and to allow assistance if financing not otherwise “feasible”; P.A. 75-465 amended Subsec. (b) to allow use of amount of waived payment for operating costs or for maintaining and improving property; P.A. 77-614 specified commissioner of economic development, previously “commissioner” applied to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 93-309 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision authorizing payments on land or improvements leased or owned under the provision of Sec. 8-433 to 8-437, inclusive, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 97-244 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that time of the contract may include remaining years of operation of the project, effective July 1, 1997; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or subsidiary created by the authority under Sec. 8-242a or 8-244, effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 06-93 amended Subsec. (b) by removing reference to repealed sections; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 08-10 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision limiting payments to 40 consecutive fiscal years and amended Subsec. (b) to add references to successor owner, effective July 1, 2008; 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.

See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.

Cited. 206 C. 711.

Cited. 12 CA 499.

Tax abatement constitutes a subsidy to landlord supporting conclusion that activities of landlord are “state action” re federal constitution. 33 CS 15.

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Sec. 8-216a. Capitalized value of net rental income, basis for property valuation. (a) The provisions of any other general statute or special act to the contrary notwithstanding, the present true and actual value of the real property classified as property used for housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families pursuant to section 8-215, on which rents or carrying charges are limited by regulatory agreement with, or otherwise regulated by, the federal or state government or department or agency thereof, shall be based upon and shall not exceed the capitalized value of the net rental income of the housing project. For purposes of sections 8-215, 8-216 and this section, such net rental income means the gross income of the project as limited by the schedule of rents or carrying charges, less reasonable operating expenses and property taxes.

(b) Any modification, amendment, or replacement of a contract already in existence on or before October 1, 1973, shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section without the mutual consent of the parties thereto.

(P.A. 73-642, S. 3, 4.)

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Sec. 8-216b. Housing site development agencies. Financial assistance for housing and community development projects. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, “housing site development agency” means any economic development agency, human resource development agency, redevelopment agency, community development agency, housing authority or municipal developer designated by the legislative body of a municipality to carry out a housing and community development project within the municipality.

(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a housing site development agency to provide financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid to the agency for the purpose of carrying out the activities set forth in subsection (c) of this section in connection with a housing and community development project which supports the development of housing which will be sold or rented at prices affordable to persons and families of low and moderate income. The commissioner shall require that the housing site development agency carry out any such project in accordance with a housing and community development plan approved by the commissioner, which plan shall include: (1) A description of the project area and the condition, type and use of the structures located therein; (2) a description of any relocation required as a result of the project and a plan for such relocation; (3) a summary of any zoning regulations covering the project area and any amendments to such regulations which may be necessary; (4) a description of all real property to be acquired and all buildings and structures to be demolished or rehabilitated; (5) a description of all infrastructure improvements to be made, including an analysis of how such improvements will benefit low and moderate income persons and families; (6) the relationship of the project to local objectives concerning land use, housing needs and the development of public, community and recreational facilities; (7) the sources, types and amounts of project financing; and (8) a statement as to whether the project will displace site occupants from their dwelling units and, if so, a description of the steps which will be taken to minimize such displacement, to mitigate the adverse affects of such displacement on low and moderate income persons and to provide for the relocation assistance required by chapter 135. No grant-in-aid awarded by the commissioner under this section may exceed two-thirds of the net cost of the activities set forth in subsection (c) of this section which are carried out in connection with the project.

(c) Any grant-in-aid awarded to a housing site development agency for a housing and community development project under this section shall be used for one or more of the following activities: (1) Acquisition of real property for housing or community facilities; (2) rehabilitation of buildings for use as housing or community facilities; (3) improvements supporting the development of low and moderate housing, including site assemblage and preparation, site and public improvements and preconstruction costs; (4) construction, rehabilitation or renovation of community facilities or infrastructure supporting community facilities, including neighborhood centers, centers for persons with disabilities, senior centers, historic properties, public utilities, streets, street lighting, parking facilities, sewer and drainage facilities, parks, playgrounds, and recreation facilities; (5) removal of architectural barriers which restrict the mobility and accessibility of persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities; (6) relocation payments and assistance to individuals and families; (7) building, health and housing code enforcement activities; and (8) reasonable administrative costs incurred by the grantee in connection with the project. A redevelopment agency acting as a housing site development agency shall have the power to condemn real property, in accordance with the procedures set forth in sections 8-129 to 8-133, inclusive, for the purpose of a housing and community development project.

(d) Any real property acquired with the use of any grant-in-aid awarded under this section by a housing site development agency in connection with a housing and community development project for use as housing predominantly for persons and families of low and moderate income, including any such property acquired for use as commercial and community facilities designed to serve such housing, may be transferred for consideration which is less than cost or fair market value to (1) a housing authority, or (2) a person, firm or corporation who the commissioner determines is subject to the regulation or supervision of operations, rents, charges, income, or sales price with respect to such real property under a regulatory agreement or other instrument which restricts occupancy of such housing predominantly to persons and families whose income does not exceed one hundred per cent of the area median income, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(e) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation for state financial assistance for a housing and community development project under this section. Such financial assistance shall be in the form of a grant-in-aid in an amount not to exceed two-thirds of the net cost of the activities set forth in subsection (c) of this section which are carried out in connection with the project and shall be made only to a nonprofit corporation which has secured a commitment for mortgage financing from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Farmers' Home Administration. Such project shall conform to the requirements of this section and such other requirements as the commissioner may prescribe.

(f) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

(P.A. 88-280, S. 1; P.A. 89-127, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-205, S. 4; 90-238, S. 19, 32; P.A. 91-398, S. 5, 7; P.A. 93-309, S. 24, 29; P.A. 93-435, S. 77, 95; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 06-93, S. 16; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 17-202, S. 10.)

History: P.A. 89-127 deleted requirement that project be part of a coordinated neighborhood rehabilitation and revitalization effort in a predominantly residential area; P.A. 90-205 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting requirement that designation of a housing site development agency be by ordinance; P.A. 90-238 amended Subdiv. (a) of Subsec. (c) to provide that the administrative costs referred to are those of the grantee; P.A. 91-398 amended Subsec. (c) by authorizing redevelopment agencies acting as housing site development agencies to condemn real property; P.A. 93-309 added new Subsec. (g) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (g) by deleting reference to “July 1, 1994,” re the deadline for the receipt by the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-93 made a technical change in Subsec. (d) and deleted former Subsec. (g) re regulations and application to program repealed by the same act; 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; P.A. 17-202 amended Subsec. (c)(4) by replacing “the handicapped” with “persons with disabilities” and amended Subsec. (c)(5) by replacing “elderly and handicapped persons” with “persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities”.

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Sec. 8-216c. Pilot program of postconstruction permanent financing of not more than five developments of affordable housing. Terms. Eligibility for financial assistance. Monitoring of projects. Exemption from certain provisions of the general statutes. Report. (a) As used in this section, “nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing.

(b) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a pilot program of financial assistance in the form of loans, deferred loans and grants-in-aid to nonprofit corporations for not more than five developments of rental, mutual or limited equity cooperative housing for low and moderate income persons and families. Financial assistance provided under this section shall be on such terms and conditions as prescribed by the commissioner and shall be in an amount equal to one hundred per cent of the cost incurred for the acquisition of land and buildings, construction and any other costs determined by the commissioner to be reasonable and necessary. Financial assistance shall be for permanent financing only and shall not be used for construction financing. Any development receiving financial assistance under this section shall not be eligible for construction financing under any program operated by the Department of Housing or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Financial assistance shall be released upon (1) completion of a development in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the commissioner and final inspection by the commissioner, (2) issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the building official of the municipality in which the housing is located, and (3) the signing of leases for eighty per cent of the units in the development. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit corporation for financial assistance under this section upon approval of the development by the State Bond Commission. Applicants receiving financial assistance under this section may retain not more than ten per cent of such assistance as a developer's administrative fee. The commissioner, upon request of the developer of an approved development, may advance financial assistance to reimburse such developer for costs incurred prior to a construction loan closing, provided such costs were included in the development budget approved by the commissioner. Any loan or deferred loans made under this program shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding three per cent per annum and shall be for a term of not less than twenty-five but not more than forty years.

(c) To be eligible for financial assistance under this section a development shall: (1) Consist of not more than thirty units per development and may have from one to four bedrooms per unit, with priority being given to units with three or four bedrooms; (2) be in conformance with all local zoning and other applicable land use requirements; (3) be within total development cost limits based on annual high cost limits for housing established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Section 221d(3) program as described in 12 USC 1715l; (4) be occupied not more than eighteen months after the date of approval by the State Bond Commission; (5) be marketed pursuant to an affirmative fair housing marketing plan; and (6) be consistent with the criteria of the state comprehensive housing affordability strategy adopted under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 USC 12705).

(d) The commissioner shall select developments for funding by a competitive process based on consideration of the following: (1) The record of the applicant in providing housing for low and moderate income persons and families; (2) total development costs based on unit size relative to such costs in other applications; and (3) the number of three or four bedroom units in the proposed development.

(e) Applicants shall provide the commissioner with the following: (1) Evidence of zoning compliance and of site control; (2) a letter of interest from a construction financing source; (3) a statement showing sources of funding and that development costs are within costs limits established for financial assistance under this section; (4) an operating statement showing rents or carrying costs and operating costs, including taxes and debt service; (5) a letter of interest from a general contractor that includes a construction price; (6) a construction cost budget; (7) architectural plans and outline specifications; (8) evidence of the marketability of the units in the developments at the proposed rent; (9) a projected time frame for the completion of the development until occupancy; and (10) any other reasonable documentation requested by the commissioner to verify the feasibility of the development.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes, any requirement that state-assisted rental housing be limited to families whose total housing cost is less than a specific per cent of their adjusted gross income shall not apply to projects receiving financial assistance under this section unless the occupant is receiving federal or state rental assistance or the project was constructed under a federal program requiring such limitations.

(g) The commissioner may monitor each project receiving financial assistance under this section after completion and occupancy. The commissioner may require the applicant to submit periodic reports on the development concerning operation and financial status, including a description of rents.

(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes, an applicant receiving financial assistance under this section shall not be required to comply with the provisions of the general statutes or regulations adopted thereunder concerning (1) competitive bidding; (2) procedures for the selection of a contractor, architect, engineer, appraiser or lawyer; and (3) design review standards. The selection of any professional services shall be at the discretion of the applicant and subject to the approval of the construction financing source.

(i) On or before January 1, 1995, the commissioner shall submit a report to the select committee of the General Assembly on housing on the program established under this section.

(P.A. 93-420, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 176, 209; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 93-420 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 96-256 amended the definition of “nonprofit corporation” to replace reference to “chapter 600” with “chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto”, effective January 1, 1997; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, 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, in Subsec. (b), effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-217. Community housing development corporations. A community housing development corporation may qualify for assistance under section 8-218 provided: (1) It shall be organized for purposes other than to make a profit or gain for itself and shall not be controlled or directed by persons or firms seeking to derive profit or gain therefrom; (2) it shall be organized to finance, acquire, construct or rehabilitate housing as defined in this section; (3) except for any corporation specially chartered by the General Assembly, it shall be designated by the governing body of a municipality or by a joint resolution of the governing bodies of two or more municipalities to enter into contracts with the state as provided for in section 8-218. Any municipality which has designated any such corporation pursuant to a joint resolution with any other municipality may, at any time, rescind such designation, provided no such rescission shall affect any projects actually under construction or contract. As used in this section and section 8-218, “housing” means dwelling units, and includes any incidental commercial units located on the first floor of any multistory mixed use building, acquired, constructed or rehabilitated and sold or leased under any provisions of any statute of the United States or this state which restricts ownership or occupancy to families or individuals whose incomes do not exceed limits prescribed by such statute or by regulatory agreement.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 683, S. 1; P.A. 77-483, S. 1; P.A. 81-126, S. 1; 81-133.)

History: 1969 act deleted requirement that housing development corporation be “organized as a nonstock corporation pursuant to chapter 600”, excluded corporations specially chartered by legislature from provision concerning contracts with state and redefined “housing” by substituting “dwelling units” for “housing” and by deleting references to federal Housing Acts of 1937 and 1961; P.A. 77-483 amended Subdiv. (2) to require corporation to “be organized to” provide housing; P.A. 81-126 included incidental commercial units in definition of housing, and required corporation to be organized to “finance, acquire, construct or rehabilitate” housing rather than to “provide” housing; P.A. 81-133 provided for joint action by two or more municipalities.

Cited. 170 C. 556.

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Sec. 8-218. State financial assistance to community housing development corporations and eligible developers. Funds for rehabilitation and acquisition. Grants-in-aid to community housing development corporations for accessible housing. Grants for conversion of adaptable living units into units accessible to persons with disabilities. Grants-in-aid to community housing development corporations for capacity building. Regulations. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a community housing development corporation or an eligible developer, as defined in section 8-39, for state financial assistance in the form of (1) a state grant-in-aid, loan, deferred loan, advance or any combination thereof equal to the cost to the community housing development corporation or eligible developer, as approved by the commissioner, of developing or rehabilitating low and moderate income housing under section 8-217, but limited to the following expenses: Appraisals, title searches, legal fees, option agreements, architectural, engineering and consultants' fees, financing fees, closing costs and such other expenses as may be financed by a mortgage loan under any federal or state housing statute and incurred by a community housing development corporation or eligible developer prior to the disbursement of mortgage loan funds on account of such property; provided, to the extent such expenses are recovered by the community housing development corporation or the eligible developer from the mortgage loan or from the proceeds of a sale of such property, such expenses shall be repaid to the state or to a fund established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; and (2) an additional grant-in-aid, loan, deferred loan or advance to such corporation or such developer for the development of housing which in the determination of the commissioner contains a substantial number of dwelling units of three or more bedrooms provided (A) that the mortgage loan for such housing shall be eligible for insurance by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or for financing by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or the Farmers' Home Administration, and (B) that the commissioner, after consultation with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or the Farmers' Home Administration, as the case may be, shall have determined that the mortgage loan on such housing would not be insurable in the absence of such additional financial assistance; such grant-in-aid, loan, deferred loan or advance shall be in lieu of any assistance to said housing under section 8-216 and shall be equal to the additional cost of construction caused by the inclusion of such dwelling units of three or more bedrooms in such housing, but in no event shall such grant-in-aid, loan, deferred loan or advance be greater than ten per cent of the cost of construction of such housing, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or the Farmers' Home Administration. The commissioner may require that any assistance in the form of a loan or deferred loan be secured by a mortgage on such housing. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on all or a portion of the interest are due currently but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.

(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioner, may enter into a contract with a community housing development corporation or an eligible developer for state financial assistance in the form of a loan or deferred loan, which loan or deferred loan shall be used to establish and administer a revolving loan fund for the construction, rehabilitation and renovation of existing or planned low and moderate income housing, as approved by the commissioner. Such fund may also consist of any state financial assistance received from a contract between said commissioner and such community housing development corporation or eligible developer entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, any proceeds recovered by such corporation or developer from any mortgage loan or from any loan or on account of such project or from the sale of such project and funds from any other source. Such fund shall be used by such corporation or developer, as approved by the commissioner, for the expenses of acquisition, development, project selection, construction, rehabilitation, renovation and oversight of existing or planned low and moderate income housing or to make loans for construction, rehabilitation and renovation of such housing on such terms and conditions as the commissioner may determine. Recipients of loans under this subsection for housing located in a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, may assign or prepay such loans with the approval of the community housing development corporation. In the case of housing developed or rehabilitated by a community housing development corporation in distressed municipalities as defined in section 32-9p, the policies of the Department of Housing adopted under section 8-37dd, and the regulations of the department adopted under this section shall apply only to that portion of the assisted property which corresponds to the proportion of the state assistance to the property's value. The number of income-limited housing units shall be determined by multiplying the amount of the housing assistance by the total number of housing units in the assisted housing and dividing the product by the fair market value of the property. The result shall be rounded to the lower whole number. Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute to the contrary or any regulation adopted under this section or section 8-37dd, or any other statute or regulation, limiting the income of occupants of housing assisted under this section and not located in a distressed municipality, the income of occupants of units assisted under this section and located in distressed municipalities may be two hundred fifty per cent or less of the area median income, adjusted for family size, as determined from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(c) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioner, may enter into a contract with a community housing development corporation for state financial assistance within available appropriations in the form of a grant-in-aid which shall be used by such community housing development corporation to provide grants, or to establish a revolving loan fund to provide loans or deferred loans for the purpose of making structural or interior or exterior modifications to any dwelling which may be necessary to make such dwelling accessible to and usable by persons having physical or mental disabilities. Such corporation may provide such grants, loans or deferred loans to (1) any owner of a single-family or multifamily dwelling, or (2) any tenant who furnishes satisfactory evidence that the owner of the dwelling in which the tenant resides has approved the intended structural or interior or exterior modifications. Any such loan or deferred loan may be prepaid at any time, without penalty, and the commissioner shall release the lien on the property. In the case of housing developed or rehabilitated by a community housing development corporation in distressed municipalities as defined in section 32-9p, the policies of the Department of Housing adopted under section 8-37dd, and any regulation of the department adopted under this section, shall apply only to that portion of the assisted property which corresponds to the proportion of the state assistance to the property's value. The number of income-limited housing units shall be determined by multiplying the amount of the housing assistance by the total number of housing units in the assisted housing and dividing the product by the fair market value of the property. The result shall be rounded to the lower whole number. Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute to the contrary or any regulation adopted under this section limiting the income of occupants of housing assisted under this section and not located in a distressed municipality, the income of occupants of units assisted under this section and located in distressed municipalities may be two hundred fifty per cent or less of the area median income, adjusted for family size, as determined from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(d) The Commissioner of Housing shall enter into a contract with a community housing development corporation for state financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid which shall be used by such community housing development corporation to provide grants for the purpose of conversion of adaptable living units into units accessible to persons with disabilities and for reconversion of such units to adaptable living units. Eligible applicants shall include any tenant or owner of a unit in a complex or building subject to the provisions of section 29-273.

(e) The Commissioner of Housing shall enter into a contract with a community housing development corporation for state financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid which shall be used by such community housing development corporation to provide grants, loans, deferred loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, or any combination thereof, to eligible developers for activities that build, expand and enhance capacity, including, but not limited to, development of marketing or neighborhood strategic plans, professional staff training, technical assistance, predevelopment expenses as provided in subsection (a) of this section and other activities pursuant to section 8-217.

(f) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to administer the programs established under subsections (c) and (d) of this section. Such regulations shall establish maximum income levels for tenants and homeowners and provide for adjustment of income for family size and medical expenses and may set maximum loan amounts for loans made under subsection (c) of this section that are not secured and for grants made under subsection (d) of this section.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 21; 1969, P.A. 683, S. 2; P.A. 77-483, S. 2; 77-614, S. 297, 610; P.A. 78-149, S. 1–3; P.A. 79-598, S. 18; P.A. 81-126, S. 2; P.A. 83-258, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-412; 85-461, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-376, S. 1, 5; P.A. 88-268, S. 4, 6; P.A. 91-149, S. 1, 3; 91-338, S. 1, 3; P.A. 92-63; 92-166, S. 13, 31; P.A. 93-165, S. 5, 7; 93-241, S. 2, 3; 93-309, S. 25, 29; 93-435, S. 78, 95; P.A. 94-82, S. 1, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-296, S. 1, 5; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-156, S. 1, 3; P.A. 04-237, S. 7; P.A. 05-288, S. 44; P.A. 06-93, S. 17; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: 1969 act included moderate-income housing under provisions of section, amended Subdiv. (5) to include acquisition, repair, rehabilitation and construction of housing as well as development and to allow grants-in-aid specifically “not immediately recoverable ... out of conventional mortgage financing” and added Subdiv. (6) concerning grants for housing with three or more bedrooms; P.A. 77-483 replaced “Federal Housing Administration” with references to Department of Housing and Urban Development, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and Farmers Home Administration; P.A. 77-614 specified commissioner of economic development, previously “commissioner” had referred to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-149 included loans and advances and combinations of grants-in-aid, loans and advances as available financial assistance, allowed repayment to state or to specially created fund from proceeds of sale as well as from mortgage, allowed commissioner to require mortgage as security for loans and added Subsec. (b) re revolving fund for low and moderate-income housing; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 81-126 clarified the acceptability of outside funds for the revolving loan fund; P.A. 83-258 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 85-412 amended Subsec. (b) to repeal provision requiring loan fund administered by community housing development corporation to be revolving; P.A. 85-461 deleted former Subdivs. (2) to (5), inclusive, in Subsec. (a), which had authorized state financial assistance to be used for administrative and certain program costs, and renumbered the remaining subdivisions; P.A. 87-376 authorized financial assistance to eligible developers under provisions of this section; P.A. 88-268 added Subsec. (c) re grants-in-aid to community housing development corporations for making dwellings accessible to disabled persons; P.A. 91-149 amended Subsec. (c) to authorize financial assistance to include loans or deferred loans and made technical changes and added new Subsec. (d) re regulations establishing maximum income levels; P.A. 91-338 inserted new Subsec. (d) authorizing grants for conversion of adaptable living units into units accessible to persons with disabilities and for reconversion of such units to adaptable living units relettering former Subsec. (d), added by P.A. 91-149, as Subsec. (e), and authorizing the commissioner to adopt regulations for grants under Subsec. (d) and made technical changes; P.A. 92-63 amended Subsec. (c) to add provision re prepayment; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) by making deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and providing that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time and made technical changes to Subsec. (b), consistent with changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-165 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical change re payment of interest, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 93-241 inserted new Subsec. (e) re a grant for capacity building and relettered former Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f), effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 93-309 added new Subsec. (g) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (g) by deleting reference to “July 1, 1994,” re the deadline for the receipt by the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-82 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting provision requiring that the grant be made from existing appropriations, effective May 25, 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. 95-296 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize use of funds for development, project selection and oversight and to provide for assignment or prepayment for loans made for housing located in a distressed municipality, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 97-156 amended Subsec. (b) to require loan fund administered by community housing development corporation to be revolving and to add provisions re determination of the number of income-limited housing units in distressed municipalities developed or rehabilitated by community housing development corporations, amended Subsec. (c) to make a technical change, to authorize financial assistance to be used for revolving loan funds and to add provisions re determination of the number of income-limited housing units in distressed municipalities developed or rehabilitated by community housing development corporations and amended Subsecs. (d) and (e) to limit eligibility for financial assistance to community housing development corporations, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-237 amended Subsec. (d) to eliminate reference to “subsections (c) and (d) of” re Sec. 29-273; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsecs. (f) and (g), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 06-93 made a technical change in Subsec. (c) and deleted former Subsec. (g) re regulations and application to program repealed by the same act; 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.

See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.

Cited. 170 C. 556.

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Sec. 8-218a. Grants, loans and deferred loans to housing development corporations and eligible developers for public and private cooperation projects. The Commissioner of Housing shall establish and administer a program of grants, loans and deferred loans to housing development corporations which have qualified for state assistance under section 8-217, or to eligible developers, as defined in section 8-39, for the purpose of making loans, loan guarantees and interest subsidies in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of dwelling units for low and moderate income persons. Such grants, loans or deferred loans shall be made only to housing development corporations or eligible developers which have resources from the private sector equal to or greater than the amount of the proposed grant, loan or deferred loan. No loan, deferred loan, loan guarantee or interest subsidy shall derive more than fifty per cent of its funds from any state grant, loan or deferred loan. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on all or a portion of the interest are due currently but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. 11, 17; P.A. 84-443, S. 6, 20; P.A. 85-43, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-376, S. 2, 5; P.A. 92-166, S. 14, 31; P.A. 93-165, S. 6, 7; 93-309, S. 26, 29; 93-435, S. 79, 95; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 06-93, S. 18; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 84-443 added loans to housing development corporations to the program; P.A. 85-43 reduced, from 200% of grant or loan, to amount of grant or loan, the amount of private sector resources housing development corporations are required to have to be eligible for grants or loans; P.A. 87-376 authorized grants and loans to eligible developers under provisions of this section; P.A. 92-166 made deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and further provided that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time; P.A. 93-165 amended section by making technical change re payment of interest, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 93-309 designated the existing section as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to “July 1, 1994,” re the deadline for the receipt by the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-93 deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations and application to program repealed by the same act and made a conforming change; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-218b. Bond issue. Housing Development Corporation Fund. (a) For the purposes described in sections 8-217 to 8-218c, inclusive, 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 the aggregate not exceeding eleven million dollars.

(b) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Housing and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(c) 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 principal of any such notes then outstanding and unpaid, and the remaining proceeds of any such sale shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the “Housing Development Corporation Fund”, which fund shall be used to make or provide for the grants, loans or deferred loans authorized by sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive. Payments from the “Housing Development Corporation Fund” to housing development corporations or eligible developers shall be made by the State Treasurer on certification of the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with the contract for financial assistance between the state and such corporation or developer. All payments of fees by a corporation or developer on a grant, loan or deferred loan provided pursuant to sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in said fund. All payments of principal or interest by a corporation or developer on a loan provided pursuant to sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, and all fees and payments by a corporation or developer of state service charges not financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. 12, 17; P.A. 84-443, S. 7, 20; 84-546, S. 17, 173; P.A. 86-396, S. 12, 25; P.A. 87-376, S. 3, 5; 87-405, S. 8, 26; P.A. 90-238, S. 20, 32; P.A. 92-166, S. 15, 31; P.A. 94-95, S. 4; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 84-443 increased authorization limit from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000; P.A. 84-546 made technical changes; P.A. 86-396 increased bond authorization to $9,000,000; P.A. 87-376 added references to Sec. 8-218 and added Subsecs. (c) and (d) re housing development corporation fund; P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization to $11,000,000 and provided that such authorizations could be used for the purposes of Secs. 8-217 to 8-218c, inclusive, rather than solely for the purposes of Sec. 8-218a; P.A. 90-238 revised provisions re state service fees and allocation of moneys to various housing funds; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (c) to make technical change adding provision re loans and deferred loans, consistent with 1992 public acts; P.A. 94-95 deleted former Subsec. (d) which had authorized investment of fund moneys in direct obligations of the U.S.; 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.

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Sec. 8-218c. Regulations. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of sections 8-218, 8-218a and 8-218b.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. 13, 17; P.A. 87-376, S. 4, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 87-376 added reference to Sec. 8-218; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-218d. State financial assistance to community housing development corporations for administrative expenses. Regulations. Report. Section 8-218d is repealed.

(P.A. 85-461, S. 2, 4; P.A. 86-405, S. 10, 12; P.A. 87-482, S. 2, 3.)

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

(P.A. 86-405, S. 2, 12; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

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Sec. 8-218f. Community housing development corporations. Co-Opportunity, Inc., the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the Connecticut Housing Investment Fund, Inc., Co-Op Initiatives, Inc., Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund, Inc., and Nutmeg Housing Development Corp. are hereby specially chartered as community housing development corporations pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (3) of section 8-217 and shall have the power (1) to finance, acquire, construct and rehabilitate housing, as defined in said section, and (2) to provide technical assistance and management training in the financing, acquisition, construction and rehabilitation of such housing to families (A) whose incomes do not exceed eighty per cent of the median household income for the area in which the families reside and (B) in the case of families assisted by Co-Opportunity, Inc., who wish to establish limited equity cooperatives, as defined in section 47-242, or housing cooperatives in which persons participate in the construction or rehabilitation of their own dwellings. As community housing development corporations, Co-Opportunity, Inc. and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation may qualify for assistance under sections 8-218 and 8-218e. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 8-218, 8-218a and 8-218b and any regulations adopted thereunder, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation shall not be required to be organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto to qualify for financial assistance under sections 8-218 and 8-218e.

(P.A. 86-405, S. 1, 12; P.A. 88-138, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-241, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-256, S. 177, 209; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 82, 131.)

History: P.A. 88-138 substituted Co-Opportunity, Inc. for El Hogar del Futuro, Inc.; P.A. 93-241 added provision specially chartering the Local Initiatives Support Corporation as a community housing development corporation and exempting it from the requirement of organization under Chapter 600 of the general statutes to qualify for financial assistance under Secs. 8-218 and 8-218e, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 96-256 replaced reference to “chapter 600” with “chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto”, effective January 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 added Connecticut Housing Investment Fund, Co-op Initiatives, Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund and Nutmeg Housing Development Corp. as community housing development corporations, effective July 1, 2001.

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Sec. 8-218g. Determination of interest rate on loans to housing development corporations. Any loans originated by the state pursuant to sections 8-218 and 8-218a shall bear interest at a rate to be determined in accordance with subsection (t) of section 3-20.

(P.A. 87-416, S. 8, 24.)

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Sec. 8-218h. Task force on building accessibility. Annual report to General Assembly. (a) There is established a task force consisting of the cochairmen and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety; the State Building Inspector or his or her designee; four representatives of the Home Builders Association, one of whom shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one by the minority leader of the Senate, one by the speaker of the House of Representatives and one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and four members of the public having physical disabilities, two of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, one by the majority leader of the Senate and one by the majority leader of the House of Representatives. On and after July 1, 1990, the task force shall also consist of the Commissioner of Social Services, or his or her designee; an additional representative of the Home Builders Association, who shall be appointed jointly by the ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety; and an additional member of the public having a physical disability, who shall be appointed jointly by the cochairpersons of said joint standing committee. On and after June 26, 1991, the task force shall also consist of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, or his or her designee, and a representative of each community housing development corporation administering the program established under subsection (d) of section 8-218, appointed by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. On and after July 1, 2013, the task force shall also consist of the Commissioner of Housing, or his or her designee.

(b) The task force shall report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, pursuant to this subsection, to the General Assembly and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety on or before January first annually.

(c) The task force shall: (1) Advise the housing development corporation administering the program established under subsection (d) of section 8-218; (2) study the feasibility of other funding sources for grants for the conversion of adaptable living units into units accessible to persons with disabilities and for conversion of such units back to adaptable living units; and (3) develop a plan to establish and maintain the registry of adaptable units prepared by said task force.

(P.A. 88-315, S. 4, 5; S.A. 89-4; P.A. 90-300, S. 7, 8; P.A. 91-338, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 32; P.A. 17-96, S. 3.)

History: S.A. 89-4 extended deadline for report from December 1, 1988, to December 1, 1989; P.A. 90-300 amended Subsec. (a) by expanding the task force to include the commissioner of human resources and an additional member of the Home Builders Association and the public and added Subsec. (c) re a study of the availability of information on funding to assist persons with disabilities with the cost of converting adaptable units into units accessible to and usable by such persons; P.A. 91-338 amended Subsec. (a) by expanding the membership of the task force to include the commissioner of housing and an additional representative of the Home Builders Association and the general public, amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to modification of the building code formula specified in Sec. 29-273 and delete the December 1, 1989, due date for the report and to substitute in lieu thereof a report due January first annually and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting prior language and substituting in lieu thereof provisions re advising on the program established under Subsec. (d) of Sec. 8-218, study of funding sources and development of a plan for establishment and maintenance of a registry of adaptable units; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Commissioner of Housing to task force and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-96 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “the assistant director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities”, effective July 1, 2017.

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Sec. 8-219. State grants-in-aid for relocation costs of persons, businesses and farms displaced by governmental action. Section 8-219 is repealed.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 24; 1969, P.A. 594, S. 13.)

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Sec. 8-219a. Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund. There is established a “Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund”. The fund shall be used to make low interest loans or deferred loans authorized by sections 8-219b and 8-219c, and for expenses incurred by the Commissioner of Housing in the implementation of the program established by this section and sections 8-219b and 8-219c. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.

(P.A. 87-494, S. 1, 5; P.A. 92-166, S. 16, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 92-166 made deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and further provided that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-219b. Financial assistance to elderly homeowners for emergency repairs or rehabilitation. (a) The Commissioner of Housing, acting on behalf of the state, may, in his discretion, enter into a contract with any person who is sixty-two years of age or older and whose income does not exceed the maximum qualifying income for eligibility for benefits under the program of tax relief for certain elderly homeowners under section 12-170aa, to provide, based on the financial needs of such person, a grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan to enable such person to finance emergency repairs to or rehabilitation of a dwelling containing up to two residential units, provided such person shall be the owner of such dwelling and shall reside in at least one of such units. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.

(b) Such grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan shall not exceed the principal amount of ten thousand dollars, including such appraisals, inspections, closing costs and other fees, and, in the case of grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation, or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, initial service charges as the commissioner may by regulation approve. Any grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan contracted for pursuant to sections 8-219a to 8-219c, inclusive, shall only be used for repairs or rehabilitation necessary to permit the continued use of such dwelling for residential purposes.

(c) Any loan or deferred loan contracted for pursuant to sections 8-219a to 8-219c, inclusive, shall be secured by a mortgage on the dwelling for which such loan or deferred loan was made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. If the recipient of such loan or deferred loan assigns, transfers or otherwise conveys his or her interest in such dwelling, ceases to occupy such dwelling or uses all or any part of the proceeds of such loan or deferred loan for any purpose other than the emergency repair or rehabilitation of such dwelling, the unpaid principal balance of such mortgage, together with interest thereon, shall, at the option of the commissioner, become due and payable. If the recipient of any loan or deferred loan is unable to repay the loan or deferred loan, the commissioner, at the commissioner's discretion, may adjust the interest rate, terms and conditions of the loan or deferred loan to facilitate repayments.

(d) Repayment of any loan or deferred loan provided in accordance with sections 8-219a to 8-219c, inclusive, shall be subject to such interest rate, terms and conditions as the commissioner may establish. In no case shall the interest rate exceed one per cent above the rate of interest borne by the bonds of the state last issued prior to the date of issue of such loan or deferred loan. In no case shall the term of such loan or deferred loan exceed thirty years. Payments by recipients of any such loan or deferred loan shall be paid to the State Treasurer and deposited in the General Fund of the state.

(e) In the case of any grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan made pursuant to sections 8-219a to 8-219c, inclusive, the contract for such grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan shall provide that if the dwelling for which such grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan was made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section ceases, within ten years of the date of such grant, loan or deferred loan, to be used as a dwelling for the person to whom such grant, loan or deferred loan was made, or if such person assigns, transfers or otherwise conveys such person's interest in such dwelling, an amount equal to the amount of such grant, loan or deferred loan, minus ten per cent for each full year which has elapsed since the date of such grant, loan or deferred loan, shall be repaid to the state and that a lien shall be placed on such dwelling in favor of the state to ensure that such amount will be repaid in the event of such change in occupancy.

(P.A. 87-494, S. 2, 3, 5; P.A. 90-238, S. 21, 32; P.A. 92-166, S. 17, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 07-217, S. 35; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 90-238 revised provisions re initial service charges; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) to make deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and further provided that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time and amended Subsecs. (b) to (e), inclusive, to make technical changes consistent with the changes in Subsec. (a); 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. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsecs. (c) and (e), effective July 12, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing in Subsec. (a), effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-219c. Regulations. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, providing for financial qualifications of grant and loan recipients, requirements to ensure that grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans awarded under sections 8-219a and 8-219b are used only for repairs or rehabilitation necessary to permit continued use of the dwelling for residential purposes, requirements and limitations as to adjustments of terms and conditions of repayment of loans, funding priorities and such additional requirements as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the purposes of said sections 8-219a and 8-219b.

(P.A. 87-494, S. 4, 5; P.A. 92-166, S. 18, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 92-166 made technical change adding provision re deferred loans, consistent with 1992 public acts; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-219d. Financial assistance to nonprofit corporations for administrative expenses and technical assistance. Regulations. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract to provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans to nonprofit corporations, as defined in section 8-39, to assist such corporations with the costs of administrative expenses and technical assistance associated with the development of housing for low and moderate income families and the elderly. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.

(b) Any such grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan shall be made only to a nonprofit corporation which has resources for the costs listed under subsection (a) of this section available from other sources in an amount equal to or greater than one hundred per cent of the proposed grants, unless a nonprofit corporation has been incorporated for less than two years, in which case the Commissioner of Housing may waive the requirements contained in this subsection.

(c) In determining the amount of a grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan under this section, the Commissioner of Housing shall consider the number of dwelling units for low and moderate income and elderly persons which are being developed or rehabilitated in the project or projects for which financial assistance is being requested, provided no such grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan shall be for an amount greater than one hundred thousand dollars.

(d) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. Such regulations shall include provisions to establish eligibility requirements for nonprofit corporations to receive financial assistance provided under this section, criteria which the commissioner shall use for awarding such financial assistance, the purposes for which such financial assistance may be used and the terms and conditions which the commissioner shall establish for nonprofit corporations which receive such assistance. Such regulations shall also include provisions requiring periodic reports to be submitted by such nonprofit corporations to the commissioner and requiring that a performance audit of such nonprofit corporations be conducted by an independent accounting or management consulting firm on an annual basis.

(P.A. 87-482, S. 1, 3; P.A. 92-166, S. 19, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) to make loans and deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and providing that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to make technical changes consistent with the changes in Subsec. (a); 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.

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Sec. 8-219e. Financial assistance for the abatement of lead-based paint and asbestos. Regulations. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with an eligible developer, as defined in section 8-39, a community housing development corporation, as defined in section 8-217, or any other person approved by the commissioner for state financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan for technical assistance and the abatement of lead-based paint, asbestos and asbestos-containing material from a residential dwelling unit. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due and payable but that payments on principal may be deferred to a time certain. Such grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan, or combination thereof, shall not exceed the cost of such abatement, including expenses incurred in obtaining technical assistance for such abatement, and shall be awarded upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. Such regulations shall provide the terms and conditions of grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the eligibility and application requirements for such financial assistance. In determining such eligibility requirements, the commissioner shall consider establishing priorities for low and moderate income families and households having a child suffering from lead-paint poisoning.

(P.A. 87-541, S. 1–3; P.A. 92-166, S. 20, 31; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 6, 203; P.A. 95-22, S. 1, 2; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-173, S. 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 45; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) to make deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and providing that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time and amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes consistent with the changes in Subsec. (a); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 expanded financial assistance to include a grant-in-aid, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-22 amended Subsec. (a) to provide financial assistance for abatement rather than removal and made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective May 8, 1995; 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. 97-173 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that payments on interest are due and payable rather than due immediately and that payments on principal may be deferred to a time certain rather than made at a later time, and to change the amount of financial assistance available under the program from two-thirds to the entire cost of abatement; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 13, 2005; 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. 31 CA 359.

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Sec. 8-220. State grants-in-aid for developing and updating municipal plans of development; contracts for may be entered into by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Advances of funds and contracts by Commissioner of Housing for surveys, planning and research. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may enter into a contract with a municipality with a population of fifty thousand or less as shown in the most recent federal decennial census, for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to two-thirds of the cost of developing or updating municipal plans of development. The secretary shall assure that any planning performed by any municipality with state financial assistance under this section shall be adequate to meet the standards and criteria of the federal Urban Planning Assistance Program administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and such other federal planning criteria for such other federal programs as may be appropriate. No state financial assistance shall be made under this section unless federal funds for the purposes described herein are not available, as determined by the secretary, at the time of application for such state financial assistance; provided, if federal funds subsequently become available for the same purpose for which state financial assistance had been granted, the municipality shall repay the secretary from such federal funds an amount equal to such state financial assistance, if, under federal law, such federal funds may be so used, or the secretary may apply to the United States for and accept such funds as reimbursement for such state financial assistance.

(b) The Commissioner of Housing may in his discretion make advances of funds to any municipality, housing authority or human resource development agency as defined in section 17b-852 for up to seventy-five per cent of the costs, as approved by the commissioner, of surveys and planning in preparation of any project, program or activity for which state financial assistance is provided under this chapter and sections 8-44a, 8-154a and 47a-56j and the contracts for such advances of funds shall require that such advances shall be credited against any subsequent grants-in-aid of such project, program or activity, or shall be repaid to the state if funds for the purposes of this subsection are received from a source other than the state.

(c) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a housing authority or two or more housing authorities acting jointly for technical assistance and financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid not to exceed two-thirds of the cost of conducting housing surveys and research as approved by the commissioner and as authorized in chapter 128.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 25; 1969, P.A. 415; P.A. 77-614, S. 298, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 19; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: 1969 act amended Subsec. (b) to require approval of community development action plan agency before advancement of funds made, allowed advances to housing authorities and human resource development agencies as well as municipalities; P.A. 77-614 specified commissioner of economic development, previously “commissioner” referred to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-598 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of economic development in Subsec. (a) and commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development in Subsec. (b); P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

See chapter 50 re Office of Policy and Management.

See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.

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Sec. 8-220a. Municipal powers re: Social and supplementary services and projected rehabilitation and improvement programs under Sec. 8-44a; redevelopment and urban renewal under Sec. 8-154a; housing code enforcement programs under Sec. 8-208; demolition of unsafe structures and urban beautification under Sec. 8-209; housing for low and moderate income persons or families under Sec. 8-216; community housing development corporations under Sec. 8-218; municipal plans of development under Sec. 8-220; and rent receivership programs under Sec. 47a-56j. Administration. Joint action. Combining contracts. Limitation on aid. Regulations. (a) In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, any municipality or any two or more municipalities acting jointly may request, contract for, receive and expend state financial assistance as authorized for a municipality by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j for any of the purposes specified therein and may initiate and carry out any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized for a municipality therein and do all things necessary to secure such state financial assistance and carry out such programs, projects, functions or activities.

(b) The chief executive officer of any municipality with the approval of the governing body thereof may designate any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or housing authority to administer any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j where such authority and responsibility for such administration is not otherwise provided for. In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, such agency, department, board or commission or housing authority may administer and carry out any such programs, projects, functions or activities and do all things necessary or desirable in connection therewith, including contracting with the state and the United States, private organizations or professional consultants, or with any one or more of them, for the purposes of this chapter and said sections.

(c) Any action authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j to be taken by a municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or any housing authority may be taken jointly by, and the Commissioner of Housing may enter into any contract authorized by this chapter and said sections with any two or more such municipalities or agencies, departments, boards or commissions thereof, or housing authorities.

(d) Any municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or any housing authority may request, and the commissioner may provide or require, that contracts for two or more programs, projects or activities under this chapter and said sections may be combined in one contract.

(e) In each fiscal year no municipality may receive more than fifteen per cent of the amount authorized for the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-114a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j provided, if any portion of such authorized amount is not committed at the end of the first six months of the fiscal year, by virtue of an executed assistance agreement or a reservation of state funds approved by the Commissioner of Housing, the commissioner may allocate such portion without regard to such limitation.

(f) The Commissioner of Housing may make and enforce regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j and to determine the allocation of the state financial assistance authorized in said sections among the municipalities of the state on the basis of their respective needs.

(P.A. 77-614, S. 603–605, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 20; P.A. 88-280, S. 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 79-598 replaced “8-154f” with “8-154a” throughout section, substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development throughout section and in Subsec. (b) substituted “commission” for “commissioner”; P.A. 88-280 deleted references to repealed Sec. 8-214; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing in Subsecs. (c), (e) and (f), effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 8-221. Transferred to Chapter 319ww, Sec. 17b-852.

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Sec. 8-221a. Commissioner of Human Resources to assume responsibilities for human resources development programs under Sec. 8-221. Section 8-221a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.

(P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 593, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87.)

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Secs. 8-222 and 8-222a. Transferred to Chapter 319ww, Secs. 17b-853 and 17b-854.

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Sec. 8-222b. Municipal powers re: Child day care facilities etc. under Sec. 8-210; private day care facilities under Sec. 17b-752 and human resources development programs under Sec. 17b-853. Administration. Joint action. Combining contracts. Limitation on aid. Regulations. (a) In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, any municipality or any two or more municipalities acting jointly may request, contract for, receive and expend state financial assistance as authorized for a municipality by sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853, for any of the purposes specified therein may initiate and carry out any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized for a municipality therein and do all things necessary to secure such state financial assistance and carry out such programs, projects, functions or activities.

(b) The chief executive officer of any municipality with the approval of the governing body thereof may designate any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or human resource development agency as defined in subsection (2)(b) of section 17b-852 to administer any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized by sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853, where such authority and responsibility for such administration is not otherwise provided for. In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, such agency, department, board or commission, or human resource development agency may administer and carry out any such programs, projects, functions or activities and do all things necessary or desirable in connection therewith, including contracting with the state and the United States, private organizations or professional consultants, or with any one or more of them, for the purposes of this chapter and said sections.

(c) Any action authorized by sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853, to be taken by a municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or human resource development agency may be taken jointly by, and the Commissioner of Social Services may enter into any contract authorized by said sections with, any two or more such municipalities or agencies, departments, boards or commissions thereof, or human resource development agencies.

(d) Any municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or human resource development agency as defined in subsection (2)(b) of section 17b-852, may request, and the commissioner may provide or require, that contracts for two or more programs, projects or activities under this chapter and said sections may be combined in one contract.

(e) In each fiscal year no municipality may receive more than fifteen per cent of the amount authorized for the purposes of sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853; provided, if any portion of such authorized amount is not committed at the end of the first six months of the fiscal year, by virtue of an executed assistance agreement or a reservation of state funds approved by the Commissioner of Social Services, the commissioner may allocate such portion without regard to such limitation.

(f) The Commissioner of Social Services may make and enforce regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853; and to determine the allocation of the state financial assistance authorized in said sections among the municipalities of the state on the basis of their respective needs.

(P.A. 77-614, S. 600–602, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993.

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Sec. 8-223. Transferred to Chapter 319ww, Sec. 17b-855.

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(1967, P.A. 522, S. 29, 30; 1969, P.A. 317, S. 2; 348, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 73, S. 1; P.A. 73-616, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 593, 596, 597, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-631, S. 109, 111.)

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Sec. 8-226. Use of prior bond proceeds for redevelopment and urban renewal. The proceeds from such bonds and notes as are authorized to be issued, or any proceeds from such bonds and notes as may have been issued, under the provisions of section 8-154b but which, on July 1, 1967, are uncommitted and unallocated or which may subsequently become uncommitted or unallocated, shall be used for any of the purposes authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154f, 8-208, 8-209, 8-210, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220, 17b-752, 17b-853 and 47a-56j.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 31; P.A. 77-614, S. 598, 610; P.A. 79-631, S. 13, 111; P.A. 88-280, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced “this chapter” with reference to specific sections, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-631 deleted reference to repealed Secs. 8-207 and 8-207a; P.A. 88-280 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 8-214.

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Sec. 8-227. Regulations. Section 8-227 is repealed.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 32; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 599, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-631, S. 109, 111.)

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Secs. 8-228 to 8-238. Relocation assistance. (a) Sections 8-228 to 8-238, inclusive, are repealed except that for any payment or matter, due or pending, pursuant to said sections 8-228 to 8-238, inclusive, shall be paid or handled in accordance with said sections, or regulations or procedures promulgated pursuant thereto.

(b) All rights or liabilities now existing under sections 8-228 to 8-238, inclusive, and under regulations or procedures pursuant thereto shall not be affected by the repeal of such sections or portions thereof under subsection (a) of this section.

(1969, P.A. 594, S. 1–11; 1971, P.A. 523; 838, S. 17.)

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Sec. 8-239. Other powers of department or commissioner unaffected. Nothing in sections 8-228 to 8-239, inclusive, shall be construed to limit, restrict or derogate from any power, right or authority of the department or the commissioner existing under or pursuant to any other general statute or special act.

(1969, P.A. 594, S. 12.)

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Sec. 8-239a. Powers and duties under Secs. 8-228 to 8-239, inclusive, transferred to Department and Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. The powers and duties of the Department of Community Affairs and the Commissioner of Community Affairs under sections 8-228 to 8-239, inclusive, are transferred to the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.

(P.A. 77-614, S. 606, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 21; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

History: P.A. 79-598 substituted department and commissioner of housing for department and commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.

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Sec. 8-240. Interagency model cities committee. Section 8-240 is repealed.

(1969, P.A. 550, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-338, S. 41, 94; P.A. 77-313, S. 8; 77-614, S. 522, 610.)

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Secs. 8-240a to 8-240j. Reserved for future use.

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