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

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…

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. 8-37o. Functions and duties of Committee of Concern for Connecticut Jobs transferred to department. The Committee of Concern for Connecticut Jobs is abolished and its functions and duties are transferred to the Department of Economic and Community Development pursuant to sec…

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. 8-37qq. 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.)

Sec. 8-105. Declaration of public necessity. It is declared that the national defense involves large increases in the military forces and personnel in this state, a great increase in the number of workers in established industries and activities and the bringing of a large number…

Sec. 8-106. Definitions. As used in this part: (a) “Persons engaged in national defense activities” includes persons in the military service of the United States; employees of the United States Department of Defense; and workers engaged or to be engaged in activities connected wi…

Sec. 8-107. Development of projects. Any housing authority may, during a national defense period, undertake the development or administration of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities. In the ownership…

Sec. 8-108. Cooperation with housing authorities or federal government. Any state public body shall have the same rights and powers to cooperate with housing authorities, or with the federal government, with respect to the development or administration of projects to assure the a…

Sec. 8-109. Bonds to be legal investments. Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority for a project developed or administered pursuant to this part shall be legal investments to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, bodi…

Sec. 8-110. Federal aid. In exercising any powers or carrying out any authorization contained in this part, a housing authority may comply with any conditions not inconsistent with the purposes of this part required by the federal government pursuant to federal law in any contrac…

Sec. 8-111. Powers to be additional. The powers conferred by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting any other powers of a housing authority. (1951, S. 477d.) PART VI* HO…

Sec. 8-112. Declaration of policy. Section 8-112 is repealed. (March, 1958, P.A. 26, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 600, S. 15.)

Sec. 8-112a. Declaration of policy. It is hereby declared (a) that there exists in the state an acute shortage of decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for elderly persons at rents which they can afford to pay; that, within the state, elderly persons are forced to res…

Sec. 8-113. Definitions. Powers of housing authorities. Section 8-113 is repealed. (March, 1958, P.A. 26, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 600, S. 15.)

Sec. 8-113a. Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this part, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) “Authority” or “housing authority” means any of the public corporations created…

Sec. 8-114. Contracts for state assistance. Section 8-114 is repealed. (March, 1958, P.A. 26, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 600, S. 15.)

Sec. 8-114a. State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships. (a) Upon preliminary approval by the State Bond Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 3-21, the state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing…

Sec. 8-114b. Municipal authorities. Contracts for state financial assistance for mobile manufactured home parks, as provided in section 8-114a shall be entered into by municipal authorities only. (P.A. 77-328, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 1.) History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83…

Sec. 8-114c. Mobile manufactured homes. Transfer to municipal housing authorities. In addition to any grant of state assistance to housing authorities for rental housing for elderly persons, pursuant to section 8-114a, the state may transfer, at no cost, to any municipal housing …

Sec. 8-114d. Resident services coordinators. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall award grants-in-aid to housing authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships operating elderly housing projects pursuant to this part to hire resident services …

Sec. 8-115. Commission to approve plans, financing and rental. Section 8-115 is repealed. (March, 1958, P.A. 26, S. 5; 1959, P.A. 600, S. 15.)

Sec. 8-115a. Authority of Commissioner of Housing. (a) No housing project or projects for elderly persons shall be developed until the Commissioner of Housing has approved the site, the plans and specifications, the estimated development cost, including administrative or other co…