Sec. 8-386. Regional fair housing compact pilot program. Report. (a) Upon
submission of the initial report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Housing pursuant
to subsection (a) of section 4 of public act 87-550*, the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development, shall establish a pilot program in two planning regions of the state, as
designated under the provisions of section 16a-4a, for the development, through the
process of a negotiated investment strategy, of a regional fair housing compact to provide
increased housing for low and moderate income families within the regions. The choice
of the regions for such pilot program shall be based on the findings contained in the
initial report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Housing. The pilot program shall
provide for a series of negotiations to be conducted by a mediator with the Secretary of
the Office of Policy and Management, or his designee, the Commissioner of Economic
and Community Development, or his designee, and the officers of the regional planning
agency or agencies within the chosen regions, or their designees and a representative
of each municipality within such planning regions, appointed by the chief executive
officer of such municipality. Such negotiations shall be conducted for the purpose of
formulating and reaching consensus on a fair housing compact containing regional goals
for the development of adequate, affordable housing based on the need for such housing
in the regions as balanced against environmental, economic, transportation and infrastructure concerns, and the time frames for achieving such goals. The secretary shall
contract with an independent consultant to serve as mediator in such negotiations. Upon
the successful negotiation of such regional fair housing compact, the terms of the compact shall be submitted to the regional planning agency or agencies for incorporation
into the regional plan or plans of development, as provided under section 8-35a, and
shall be transmitted to the chief executive officers of the municipalities located within
the planning regions for approval by the municipalities. Such compact shall not be
included in the regional plan or plans of development until sixty-five per cent of the
legislative bodies located within the planning regions have given such approval.
(b) Not later than September 1, 1988, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management shall submit a report to the select committee on housing containing an
evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program authorized under this
section.
(P.A. 87-550, S. 5, 10; 87-589, S. 78, 87; P.A. 88-334, S. 2, 7; P.A. 90-205, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1,
5, 6.)
*Note: Section 4 of public act 87-550 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force
and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 87-589 changed report deadline in Subsec. (b) from February 3, 1988, to September 1, 1988; P.A. 88-334 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for the establishment of a pilot program in two planning regions of the state; P.A. 90-205 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring approval of sixty-five per cent of towns in a compact rather than all the towns before
the compact can be included in a regional plan; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of
Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.
Sec. 8-387. Housing Infrastructure Fund. State financial assistance to municipalities located in pilot program planning regions. (a) There is established a fund to
be known as the "Housing Infrastructure Fund". The fund shall contain any moneys
required by law to be deposited therein and shall be held separate and apart from all
other moneys, funds and accounts. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any
fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund for the fiscal year next succeeding. The
fund may be used to make grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans authorized by subsection
(b) of this section.
(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Economic and
Community Development, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management, may enter into a contract to provide state financial assistance in the
form of a grant-in-aid, loan, deferred loan or combination thereof to municipalities
located within the planning regions in which the pilot program is established, upon the
approval of the regional fair housing compact as provided in section 8-386. 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. Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsection (d) of section 4-86, funds appropriated to any state agency for
payment to local governments for purposes related to or necessary for the development
of housing in the regions, including but not limited to the purposes contained in this
subsection, other than those for which distribution is governed by statutory formula,
may be made available for the pilot program authorized under section 8-386 upon the
recommendation of the Governor and approval of the Finance Advisory Committee.
The grants-in-aid, loans, deferred loans or combinations thereof authorized under this
subsection and any additional funds made available for the pilot program as provided
in this subsection shall be used by the municipalities in said regions for the purpose of
planning, construction or renovation of housing and for any of the following when
necessary to support the development of housing within such municipalities in accordance with the regional fair housing compact: (1) Sanitary sewer lines, including interceptors, laterals and pumping stations; (2) natural gas, electric, telephone and telecommunications pipes, wires, conduits and other facilities and waterlines and water supply
facilities, except for any such pipes, wires, conduits, waterlines or facilities which a
public service company, as defined in section 16-1, a water company, as defined in
section 25-32a, or a municipal utility is required to install pursuant to any provision of
the general statutes, or any special act, a regulation or order of the Department of Public
Utility Control or a certificate of public convenience and necessity; (3) storm drainage
facilities, including facilities to control flooding; (4) public roadways and related appurtenances; (5) community septic systems approved by the Department of Environmental
Protection, provided administrative costs directly related to such construction or renovation shall not exceed five per cent of the total grant or loan from the department. Such
grants-in-aid, loans, deferred loans or combinations thereof shall be awarded in such
amounts and upon such conditions as the commissioner, in consultation with the secretary, may prescribe by regulation except that no grant-in-aid, loan, or deferred loan or
combination thereof shall be made to any municipality that has not approved a housing
compact prepared under section 8-386.
(P.A. 87-550, S. 6, 10; P.A. 88-334, S. 4, 7; 88-364, S. 91, 123; P.A. 90-205, S. 2; 90-238, S. 23, 32; P.A. 92-166, S.
25, 31; P.A. 94-95, S. 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 88-334 and 88-364 made technical changes to Subsec. (b); P.A. 90-205 amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit
grants to municipalities that have not approved a housing compact; P.A. 90-238 amended Subsec. (a) to allow, rather than
require, that the fund be used to make grants-in-aid or loans under Subsec. (b); P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) to make
deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and to provide that payments on interest are due
immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time and amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes
consistent with changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-95 in Subsec. (a) eliminated provision requiring investment earnings to
be credited to assets of the 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.
Sec. 8-388. Regulations. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management,
shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the
purpose of section 8-387. Such regulations shall establish terms and conditions for the
award of the grants-in-aid and loans authorized under subsection (b) of said section,
requirements and limitations as to adjustments of loan terms and conditions of repayment, funding priorities and such additional requirements as the commissioner deems
necessary and reasonable.
(P.A. 87-550, S. 7, 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.