History: P.A. 82-69 required that municipal report on building permits and public construction be filed with commissioner; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 99-94 changed annual report from being based on housing needs
to consisting of data on housing production; P.A. 05-191 deleted provision requiring annual submission of data to Governor,
General Assembly and Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Sec. 8-37bb. Annual report re fair housing choice and racial and economic
integration. (a) On or before December 31, 1991, and annually thereafter, each housing
agency, except the Department of Economic and Community Development, shall submit
to the General Assembly a report, for the year ending the preceding September thirtieth,
which analyzes by income group, households served by its housing construction, substantial rehabilitation, purchase and rental assistance programs. Each report submitted
after December 31, 1991, shall analyze the households served under each program by
race. The analysis shall provide information by housing development, if applicable, and
by program. Each analysis shall include data for all households (1) entering an agency
program during the year ending the preceding September thirtieth, and (2) in occupancy
or receiving the benefits of an agency rental program the preceding September thirtieth.
The report of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall also identify, by census
tract, the number of households served in each program and the total amount of financial
assistance provided to such households. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to preclude a housing agency from reporting additional information on programs
it administers. Each report submitted under this section shall also analyze the efforts,
and the results of such efforts, of each agency in promoting fair housing choice and
racial and economic integration. The provisions of this section shall not be construed
to require an occupant or applicant to disclose his race on an application or survey form.
(b) Each report submitted under this section shall also document the efforts of the
agency in promoting fair housing choice and racial and economic integration and shall
include data on the racial composition of the occupants and persons on the waiting list
of each housing project which is assisted under any housing program established by the
general statutes or special act or which is supervised by the agency. The provisions of
this subsection shall not be construed to require disclosure of such information by any
occupant or person on a waiting list.
(c) On and after October 1, 1996, the report shall be submitted to the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing
and, upon request, to any member of the General Assembly. A summary of the report
shall be submitted to each member of the General Assembly if the summary is two pages
or less and a notification of the report shall be submitted to each member if the summary
is more than two pages. Submission shall be by mailing the report, summary or notification to the legislative address of each member of the committee or the General Assembly,
as applicable.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 12, 17; P.A. 91-362, S. 1; P.A. 96-251, S. 4; P.A. 99-94, S. 4; P.A. 05-191, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 91-362 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and added provision requiring reports to analyze households served by race and the efforts of housing agencies in promoting fair housing choice and racial and economic integration
and added new Subsec. (b) re documentation of efforts of agencies in promoting fair housing choice and racial and economic
integration and re data on racial composition of occupants and persons on waiting lists of housing projects assisted by the
agency; P.A. 96-251 added Subsec. (b) requiring that on and after October 1, 1996, the report be submitted to the housing
committee and to any member of the General Assembly upon request and providing for submission of report summaries;
P.A. 99-94 amended Subsec. (a) by exempting the Department of Economic and Community Development under certain
circumstances from the reporting required by this section; P.A. 05-191 amended Subsec. (a) to exempt Department of
Economic and Community Development from reporting requirement.
Sec. 8-37ff. Maintenance of comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing.
Not later than July 1, 2006, the Department of Economic and Community Development
shall develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing, as defined
in section 8-30g, in the state. The inventory shall identify all existing assisted rental
units by type and funding source, and include, but not be limited to, information on tenant
eligibility, rents charged, available subsidies, occupancy and vacancy rates, waiting lists
and accessibility features. In order to assist the department in the completion of the
inventory, all owners of such housing units, both public and private, shall report accessible housing units to the database established and maintained under section 8-119x.
(P.A. 05-239, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 05-239 effective July 1, 2005.
Sec. 8-37ww. Demonstration program for energy-efficient and environmentally safe housing. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, "eligible building" means
a two to six-family building that was built prior to 1950 and has wooden windows, and
"commissioner" means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.
(b) The commissioner may establish a demonstration program in one or more municipalities to promote energy efficiency and environmentally safe housing by providing
matching grants to owners of eligible buildings to repair or replace wooden windows
in such buildings. Such demonstration program may be funded from moneys allocated
to the program established by section 8-37pp or from any moneys available to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development from other sources. Of the first
three municipalities in which such demonstration program is established, at least two
shall have a population of one hundred thousand or more and at least one shall have a
population of less than one hundred thousand. No such grant shall exceed one hundred
dollars for each window to be repaired or replaced. The commissioner may contract
with one or more entities to operate the program.
(c) The demonstration program shall end on June 30, 2008. On or before February
1, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the select committee of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to housing as to the number of eligible buildings
for which assistance was provided, the costs involved, the effectiveness of the demonstration program and the commissioner's recommendation as to whether the demonstration program should be expanded and made permanent.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 18; P.A. 05-132, S. 1.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 05-132 amended Subsec. (c) by extending the program's
termination from June 30, 2005, to June 30, 2008, and changing the due date for the report on the program from February
1, 2005, to February 1, 2008, effective June 24, 2005.