Title 8 — Title 8: Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development

Sec. 8-37aa. Income-grouped housing: Definitions. As used in sections 8-37bb to 8-37dd, inclusive, “housing agency” means the Department of Housing, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and the Connecticut Housing Authority, and “income group” means one of the following hous…

Sec. 8-37aaa. Grants for physical needs assessment of eligible housing. (a) For purposes of this section, “eligible housing” means the housing included in the housing loan portfolio that was transferred from the Department of Economic and Community Development to the Connecticut …

Sec. 8-37bb. Annual report re fair housing choice and racial and economic integration. (a) On or before December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter, each housing agency, except the Department of Housing, shall submit to the General Assembly a report, for the year ending the preced…

Secs. 8-37bbb to 8-37kkk. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-37cc. Housing agencies to serve households with incomes less than fifty per cent of area median income and to promote fair housing choice and racial and economic integration. (a) Each housing agency, as defined in section 8-37aa, shall, within available resources and to th…

Sec. 8-37dd. Retention of housing assisted by housing agencies. Not more than six months after July 1, 1990, each housing agency shall adopt written policies concerning the extent to which housing assisted by such agency shall be retained on a long-term basis for members of the i…

Sec. 8-37ee. Establishment of affirmative duty for entities participating in programs assisted or supervised by state housing agencies to promote fair housing. (a) Each entity participating in any program administered by a housing agency, as defined in section 8-37aa, under this …

Sec. 8-37ff. Maintenance of comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing. The Department of Housing 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 renta…

Sec. 8-37gg. Fair hearings by commissioner. Application. An aggrieved person authorized by law to request a fair hearing on a decision of the Commissioner of Housing, or the conservator of any such aggrieved person on his or her behalf, may make application for such hearing in wr…

Sec. 8-37hh. Decision. Appeal. Extension of time for filing appeal. (a) Not later than sixty days after such hearing, the Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designated hearing officer, shall render a final decision based upon all the evidence introduced before him or …

Sec. 8-37ii. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-37jj. Electric resistance as primary source of heat. (a) The Department of Housing may not approve electric resistance as the primary heat source in new, subsidized housing except where justified by a life-cycle cost analysis whose methodology has been approved by the divi…

Sec. 8-37kk. Preference to loans for energy efficient projects. The Department of Economic and Community Development, the Department of Housing and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall give preference to loans for energy efficient projects in all grant and loan program…

Sec. 8-37ll. Submission of residential antidisplacement and relocation assistance plan to responsible commissioner. Regulations. (a) No state financial assistance shall be provided by the Commissioner of Housing for any housing or community development project or by the Commissio…

Sec. 8-37lll. Certification of affordable housing units within certified historic structures. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall review applications for tax credits submitted to the Department of Housing pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10-416b or subsection …

Sec. 8-37mm. Homelessness prevention and response fund. Grants to capitalize operating and replacement reserves in supportive housing units. Bonds. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time …

Sec. 8-37mmm. Visitable housing. (a) For purposes of this section, “visitable housing” means one-to-four family residential construction that includes three basic architectural features to allow persons with disabilities to easily visit: (1) Interior doorways that provide a minim…

Secs. 8-37nn and 8-37oo. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-37nnn. Interagency council on affordable housing. (a) There is established an interagency council on affordable housing to advise and assist the commissioner of the Department of Housing in the planning and implementation of the department. (b) The council shall consist of…

Sec. 8-37ooo. Deputy Commissioner of Housing. Appointment. Duties. The Commissioner of Housing may appoint a Deputy Commissioner of Housing who shall be qualified by training and experience for the duties of the office of commissioner and shall, in the absence, disability or disq…

Sec. 8-37pp. Affordable housing. State assistance authorized. Terms and conditions. Regulations. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Affordable housing” means affordable housing, as defined in section 8-39a; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing; (3) “Department…

Sec. 8-37ppp. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-37qq. Uses of funds for bond-financed state housing programs. Housing Assistance Bond Fund. Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund. (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 8-44a, 8-70, 8-78, 8-80, 8-114a, 8-117b, 8-119a, 8-119b, 8-119h, 8-119i, 8-119ee, 8-119h…

Sec. 8-37qqq. Annual report re activities of Department of Housing. (a) Annually, on or before March thirty-first, the Commissioner of Housing shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Not later than thirty…

Sec. 8-37r. Department of Housing. Commissioner. Successor to certain functions, powers and duties. Designation as public housing agency. (a) There shall be a Department of Housing, which shall be the lead agency for all matters relating to housing. The department head shall be t…

Sec. 8-37rr. Definitions. As used in this section, sections 3-21b and 8-37ss and subsection (e) of section 8-80: (1) “Administrative expense” means any administrative or other cost or expense as defined in section 8-37qq. (2) “Bond-financed state housing program” means any progra…

Sec. 8-37rrr. Annual report re rental assistance. Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioners of Social Services, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Developmental Service…

Sec. 8-37s. Commissioner to monitor housing needs and publish data on housing production. The Commissioner of Housing shall monitor the progress of the public and private sector toward meeting housing needs and shall collect and annually publish data on housing production in the …

Sec. 8-37ss. Housing funds consolidation. Procedures. (a) As of the consolidation date, the commissioner shall: (1) Calculate the net available balance of each prior bond fund and the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund; and (2) calculate the total of all net available bala…

Sec. 8-37sss. Term “commissioner” to be substituted for “secretary”. Term “Housing” to be substituted for “the Office of Policy and Management”, “Economic and Community Development” and “Social Services”. Section 8-37sss is repealed, effective July 1, 2023. (P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.…

Sec. 8-37t. State's consolidated plan for housing and community development. The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, shall prepare the state's consolidated plan for housing and community development in accordance with 24 CFR Pa…

Sec. 8-37tt. Administrative oversight charges. (a) As used in this section, “administrative oversight charge” means any fee payable to the Department of Housing from sources other than (1) the proceeds from the sale of the state's general obligation bonds, or (2) the housing repa…

Sec. 8-37ttt. Standardized rental agreement forms. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall, within existing appropriations, develop standardized rental agreement forms that may be used by landlords and tenants in the state. Such forms shall contain the essential terms of a rental a…

Sec. 8-37u. Commissioner to coordinate housing policy and activities. Operating plan to be submitted and followed by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Commissioner to consult with Commissioner of Agriculture. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall work with regional counc…

Sec. 8-37uu. Transfer of housing loan portfolio to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, the Office of Pol…

Sec. 8-37uuu. Program to recruit landlords for rental assistance program participation. (a) The Commissioner of Housing, within available appropriations, and in consultation with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and representatives of any public housing authority in the …

Sec. 8-37v. Research activities. The Commissioner of Housing is authorized to undertake and carry out research activities, including, but not limited to, examination of housing needs and means of meeting those needs; investigation of techniques and opportunities for reducing hous…

Sec. 8-37vv. Rental Housing Revolving Loan Fund. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, (1) “eligible building” means a structure located in a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, that contains not more than twenty residential units, and may contain an owner-o…

Sec. 8-37w. Model ordinance and procedures for regulation of land development. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall develop and publish a model ordinance and model procedures which may be adopted by municipalities in regulating the development of land, which ordinance and proced…

Sec. 8-37ww. Demonstration program for energy-efficient and environmentally safe housing. (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…

Sec. 8-37x. Powers of Commissioner of Housing. Housing authority purchases. Deferred payments of interest or principal. When commissioner deemed an eligible developer. Dissolution of eligible developer of state-financed property. Exceptions. Regulations. (a) As used in this secti…

Secs. 8-37xx and 8-37yy. State-assisted housing sustainability: Definitions. State-Assisted Housing Sustainability Fund; financial assistance for preservation of eligible housing; regulations. Sections 8-37xx and 8-37yy are repealed, effective October 1, 2024. (June Sp. Sess. P.A…

Sec. 8-37y. Powers of Commissioner of Housing re state real property transferred to Department of Housing and surplus real property made available by the federal government. (a) The Commissioner of Housing may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the…

Sec. 8-37z. Duties of commissioners re involuntary displacement of residents of single-family or multifamily dwellings. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall ensure that the involuntary displacement of persons and families residing in any single-family or multifamily…

Sec. 8-37zz. State-Assisted Housing Sustainability Advisory Committee. Section 8-37zz is repealed, effective July 1, 2023. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 105; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 3; P.A. 11-168, S. 2; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 23-204, S. 444.)