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. Sec. 8-202. Definitions. As used in this chapter: 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inclusive, are repealed. Sec. 8-206. Duties of Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall (1) administer and direct the operations of the Department of Economic and Community Development; (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. Sec. 8-206a. Transfer of certain duties from Public Works Commissioner,
Connecticut Development Commission and Office of Economic Opportunity to
Commissioner of Community Affairs. Further transfer to Commissioners of Economic Development and Human Resources. Further transfer of certain duties to
the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. (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. Sec. 8-206b.* Emergency fuel assistance program. Eligibility requirements.
Participation in weatherization program. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services
shall administer an emergency fuel assistance program on behalf of low-income families
who are not beneficiaries of the temporary family assistance or the general assistance
programs. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions
of chapter 54 concerning the distribution of funds appropriated to the Department of
Social Services for such program. The regulations shall incorporate the following provisions: (1) Only households with incomes no higher than one hundred twenty-five per
cent of the federal Community Services Administration poverty guidelines for nonfarm
recipients shall be eligible for participation in the program, provided households with
incomes no higher than one hundred seventy-five per cent of such guidelines shall be
eligible for participation in the program if any member residing in such household is
sixty-two years of age or over or physically disabled, as defined in section 1-1f; and (2)
such assistance to eligible families shall not exceed one hundred dollars per family
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979, and shall be subject to the availability of
funds appropriated for such purposes. Participation in the program by households with
incomes higher than one hundred twenty-five per cent of such guidelines but no higher
than one hundred seventy-five per cent of such guidelines shall not preclude participation
by such households in any other assistance program. 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. 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 Mental Retardation, 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. 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 Economic and Community Development 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. 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. Sec. 8-208. State grants-in-aid for housing code enforcement. The state, acting
by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, 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. 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. 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 Economic and Community Development 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). 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
Economic and Community Development, 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. Sec. 8-210. State financial assistance for the planning, construction, renovation, site preparation and purchase of property for neighborhood facilities, including child day care facilities. Guidelines for state-contracted child care center programs. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Social
Services, 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 are not
limited to, child day care facilities, 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. 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. Sec. 8-210b. Transferred to Chapter 319rr, Sec. 17b-749. Secs. 8-211 and 8-212. Transferred to Chapter 242, Secs. 13b-56 and 13b-57, respectively. Sec. 8-213. Housing site development agencies. Section 8-213 is repealed. 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. Sec. 8-214. State financial assistance for housing site development projects.
Section 8-214 is repealed. 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. Sec. 8-214b. Housing land bank and land trust program: Definitions. As used
in this section and sections 8-214c to 8-214e, inclusive: 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. 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 Economic and Community Development, 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 and manage 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 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, except that 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 that 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. 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 Economic and Community
Development to make the grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans pursuant to subsection
(a) of section 8-214d. 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" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 47-242. 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 Economic and Community Development in
accordance with the contract for financial assistance between the state and such nonprofit
corporation. Sec. 8-214h. Regulations. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to
carry out the purposes of sections 8-214f and 8-214g. 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 Economic and Community Development 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. 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 Economic and Community Development, 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 said 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, so long as the housing
continues to fulfill the purposes stated in said section, but in no case shall payments of
such state financial assistance continue for more than forty consecutive fiscal years of
the municipality. 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. 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. 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. 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. Sec. 8-218. State financial assistance to community development corporations
and eligible developers. Funds for rehabilitation and acquisition. Grants-in-aid to
community 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
Economic and Community Development, 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. Sec. 8-218a. Grants, loans and deferred loans to housing development corporations and eligible developers for public and private cooperation projects. (a) The
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 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.
(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.
See chapter 50 (Sec. 4-65a et seq.) re Office of Policy and Management.
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(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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(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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(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 Economic and Community Development.
(c) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may make available technical and financial assistance and advisory services to any municipality, municipal agency, local housing authority, human resource development agency, regional
planning agency, regional council of elected officials, 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 planning agency, regional council of governments or a regional council of
elected officials shall have the prior approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management, or his 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 Economic and Community Development 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 housing plan
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 Economic and Community
Development 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.)
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.
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.
See Secs. 7-606 and 47a-56j re rent receivership.
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(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 Economic and Community Development.
(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.)
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.
Subsec. (g):
Cited. 222 C. 414, 425.
Subsec. (h):
Cited. 222 C. 414, 426.
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(b) As a condition for receiving emergency fuel assistance under subsection (a) of
this section, any household whose income would qualify it for participation in the federal
weatherization program for homes of low-income households administered in this state
by the Department of Social Services shall agree to apply for participation in such
program.
(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.)
*Note: See Sec. 8-206c for information concerning the effective date of Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-5.
History: 1979 act substituted commissioner of human resources for commissioner of community affairs acting in
consultation with aging and social services commissioners and secretary of office of policy and management, added
exception to one hundred twenty-five per cent limit, allowed participation in more than one program and added Subsec.
(b) concerning condition for receiving emergency fuel assistance; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner
and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2
amended Subsec. (a) to replace "aid to families with dependent children, aid to families with dependent children-unemployed fathers" with "temporary family assistance", effective July 1, 1997.
See Sec. 16a-45 re the inspection and retrofit of fuel oil burners.
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(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-5, S. 5.)
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(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.)
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.
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(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 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 Economic and Community Development 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 Economic and Community Development shall establish
a demonstration program in one United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Section 202, elderly housing development and one United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Section 236, elderly housing development to provide
assisted living services for persons who are residents of the state.
(e) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 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 19-13-D105 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies; 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.
(f) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 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.)
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).
See title 47a re landlord-tenant relationship generally.
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(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.)
See Secs. 8-220(c), 8-226.
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(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.)
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.
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.
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(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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(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 Economic and Community Development, 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.)
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.
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(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Economic
and Community Development, 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.)
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.
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.
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(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services,
may enter into a contract with a municipality, a human resource development agency
or a nonprofit corporation for state financial assistance in developing and operating
child day care centers 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 day care center unless it has been licensed by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-80. Such financial assistance shall be
available for a program of a municipality, 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 physical facilities of
such day care centers. 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 Social Services, if not federally
assisted, or (2) equal to one-half of the amount by which the net cost of such program
as approved by the commissioner exceeds the federal grant-in-aid thereof. The Commissioner of Social Services may authorize child day care centers provided financial assistance pursuant to this subsection to apply a program surplus to the next program year.
The commissioner shall consult with directors of child day care centers in establishing
fees for the operation of such centers.
(c) The Department of Social Services, in consultation with representatives from
child care centers, within available appropriations, shall develop guidelines for state-
contracted child care center programs. The guidelines shall include standards for program quality and design and identify short and long-term outcomes for families participating in such programs. The Department of Social Services, within available appropriations, shall provide a copy of such guidelines to each state-contracted child care center.
Each state-contracted child care center shall use the guidelines to develop a program
improvement plan for the next twelve-month period and shall submit the plan to the
department. The plan shall include goals to be used for measuring such improvement.
The department shall use the plan to monitor the progress of the center.
(d) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioner may enter into
a contract with a municipality, a human resource development agency or a nonprofit
corporation for state financial assistance for a project of renovation of any child day
care facility receiving assistance pursuant to the provisions of this section, to make such
facility accessible to the physically disabled, in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to
(1) the total net cost of the project as approved by the commissioner or (2) the total
amount by which the net cost of the project as approved by the commissioner exceeds
the federal grant-in-aid thereof.
(e) Any municipality, human resource development agency or nonprofit corporation which enters into a contract pursuant to this section for state financial assistance
for a day care facility shall have sole responsibility for the development of the budget
of the day care program, including, but not limited to, personnel costs, purchases of
equipment, supplies, activities and program materials, within the resources provided by
the state under said contract. Upon local determination of a change in the type of day
care service required in the area, a municipality, 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 day care service. An application to change the type of
child day care service provided shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Social Services. Within forty-five days of his receipt of the application, the commissioner shall
advise the municipality, human resource development agency or nonprofit corporation
of his approval, denial or approval with modifications of the application. If the commissioner fails to act on the application within forty-five days of its submittal, the application
shall be deemed approved.
(f) The Commissioner of Social Services may in his discretion 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 Social
Services to apply for, qualify for and provide the state's share of a federally assisted
day care program.
(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.)
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 eighty per cent, 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
Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (b) from a grant-in-aid equal to "eighty per cent 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.
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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(1969, P.A. 588, S. 5.)
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(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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(1969, P.A. 555, S. 1.)
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(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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(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 Economic and Community Development 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 Economic and Community Development 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.)
History: P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization from one million dollars to three million dollars; 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.
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(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 Economic and Community Development 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.)
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.
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(P.A. 87-441, S. 2, 5.)
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(b) A nonprofit corporation holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section may convey title to structures and improvements
situated upon 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 such structures and improvements be developed and used solely for the purpose of housing for very low, low or moderate income
families, except that 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) the nonprofit corporation retains title to the real property upon
which such structures and improvements are situated, 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 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 the 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) 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. 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, convey title to such real property to another nonprofit corporation.
(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 Economic and Community Development 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) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 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 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, and the commissioner may take any action
which is in the best interests of the state to convey, upon approval of the Secretary of
the Office of Policy and Management, such land or interests in land, including, but not
limited to, (A) transferring, or authorizing the transfer of, the land or interests in land
to the low and moderate income families that reside on such land, (B) determining
whether any restrictions in the deed or deeds for the land or interests in land shall be
modified or removed prior to conveying such land or interests in land and authorizing
such modifications or removals, or (C) establishing such terms and conditions for such
conveyance as the commissioner deems appropriate under each particular transaction.
(2) The commissioner shall authorize the conveyance of land or interests in land
under subdivision (1) of this subsection in no more than three locations.
(3) The provisions of this subsection shall terminate on October 1, 2000.
(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.)
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.
See Secs. 47-301 to 47-304, inclusive, re community land trusts.
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(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 Economic and Community Development 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.)
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.
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(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 Economic and Community Development 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 Economic and Community
Development, 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 Economic and Community
Development, 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) On and after the effective date of regulations adopted under section 8-437, the
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall not accept any application for state financial assistance pursuant to this section except an application for a
project or development not qualifying for financial assistance pursuant to section 8-433.
(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.)
History: P.A. 92-70 amended Subdiv. (3) of Subsec. (b) 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.
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(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.)
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.
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(P.A. 87-417, S. 9, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
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.
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(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.)
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.
Cited. 170 C. 556, 559.
Tax abatement constitutes subsidy to landlord supporting conclusion that activities of landlord are "state action" re
federal constitution. 33 CS 15, 17.
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(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Economic and
Community Development, may enter into a contract with a municipality and the housing
authority of the municipality to make payments in lieu of taxes to the municipality on
land and improvements owned or leased by the housing authority under the provisions
of part II of chapter 128 or under the provisions of sections 8-430 to 8-438, inclusive.
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 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 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.
(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 Economic
and Community Development, 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 Economic and Community Development 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.)
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 twenty to forty 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.
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.
Cited. 206 C. 711, 726.
Tax abatement constitutes a subsidy to landlord supporting conclusion that activities of landlord are "state action" re
federal constitution. 33 CS 15, 17.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 12 CA 499, 506, 507.
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(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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(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Economic and
Community Development, 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 the handicapped, 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 elderly
and handicapped persons; (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 Economic and
Community Development, 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 Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of
this section.
(g) On and after the effective date of regulations adopted under section 8-437, the
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall not accept any application for state financial assistance pursuant to this section except an application for a
project or development not qualifying for financial assistance pursuant to section 8-433.
(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.)
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.
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(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 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 Economic and Community Development 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.)
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.
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(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, 559.
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(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
Economic and Community Development 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 Economic and Community Development 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 Economic and Community Development 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 subsections (c) and (d)
of section 29-273.
(e) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 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 Economic and Community Development 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) that are not secured and for grants made under subsection (d).
(g) On and after the effective date of regulations adopted under section 8-437, the
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall not accept any application for state financial assistance pursuant to this section except (1) an application by a
community housing development corporation to establish or administer a loan fund
under subsection (b) or (2) an application for a project or development not qualifying
for financial assistance pursuant to section 8-433.
(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.)
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.
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.
Cited. 170 C. 556, 559.
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(b) On and after the effective date of regulations adopted under section 8-437, the
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall not accept any application for state financial assistance pursuant to this section except an application for a
project or development not qualifying for financial assistance pursuant to section 8-433.
(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.)
History: P.A. 84-443 added loans to housing development corporations to the program; P.A. 85-43 reduced, from two
hundred per cent 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.