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

Sec. 8-44b. Housing authority police force. (a) Any housing authority created by section 8-40 shall have the power to establish a housing authority police force, the members of which shall be employees of such housing authority and shall be known as housing authority police offic…

Sec. 8-45. Rental rates and tenant selection for low rental projects. (a) Each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with pro…

Sec. 8-45a. Consideration of criminal record, alcohol abuse and status as registered sexual offender of applicant or proposed occupant. A housing authority, as defined in subsection (b) of section 8-39, in determining eligibility for the rental of public housing units may establi…

Sec. 8-45b. Waiver of regulations. Section 8-45b is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 96; P.A. 13-234, S. 155.)

Sec. 8-46. Penalty for false statement. Any person who makes a false statement concerning any of the eligibility requirements for a public housing project, as defined in subsection (b) of section 21a-278a, in an application for admission to or continued occupancy of such public h…

Sec. 8-47. Considerations in fixing income limits. In fixing maximum income limits under section 8-45, the authority and the Commissioner of Housing shall take into consideration (1) the latest average wage as computed by the Labor Commissioner for the city or town served by the …

Sec. 8-48. Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid. In the cases of any tenants who are the recipients of one hundred per cent social services aid from the Department of Social Services of the state or any municipality and who have no income from any other source, rentals shall…

Sec. 8-49. Cooperation of housing authorities. Any authority or authorities may join or cooperate with one another or with the Commissioner of Housing in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bond…

Sec. 8-50. Eminent domain. An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it deems necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of such re…

Sec. 8-51. Zoning and building laws. Each housing project of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which such project is situated. (1949 Rev., S. 933.) Cited. 213 C. 354; 216 C. …

Sec. 8-52. Bonds. An authority shall have the power to issue bonds, from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it determines, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds on which th…

Sec. 8-53. Provisions of bonds, trust indentures and mortgages. In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have power: …

Sec. 8-54. Remedies of an obligee of authority. An obligee of an authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: (a) By mandamus or other proceeding in the Superior …

Sec. 8-55. Additional remedies conferrable by authority. An authority shall have power, by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract, to confer upon any trustee or any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the ri…

Sec. 8-56. Aid from federal and state governments. In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the state or federal government for or in ai…

Sec. 8-56a. Public hearing prior to construction by authority or developer of HUD-assisted projects. Whenever a developer or a housing authority intends to construct a public housing project which is subject to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development site an…

Sec. 8-57. Agreements to secure federal assistance. In addition to the powers conferred by law upon any housing authority or the Commissioner of Housing, any such authority or said commissioner, in any contract with the federal government for annual contributions or other financi…

Sec. 8-58. Exemption from taxes and Uniform Securities Act. Payments in lieu of taxes. Bonds of any authority or of any agency or instrumentality designated or appointed by an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public in…

Sec. 8-59. Contracts for payments to state public body. In connection with any housing project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may contract with a housing authority or the federal government with respect to the sum or sums, if any, …

Sec. 8-60. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may, upon such terms, with…

Sec. 8-61. Advances to housing authority; bonds and notes issued to finance housing projects. When any housing authority created for any municipality becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers therein, the governing body of such municipality shall immediately…

Sec. 8-62. Procedure for state public body. The exercise by a state public body of the powers herein granted may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such state public body adopted by a majority of the members thereof present at a meeting of such governing body. E…

Sec. 8-63. Reports. At least once a year an authority shall file with the clerk a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations with reference to additional legislation or other action in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter. All such …

Sec. 8-64. Disposal of property by a housing authority. A housing authority shall have the power, in addition to its other powers, to sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of its real or personal property or any interest therein. (1949 Rev., …

Sec. 8-64a. Disposal of housing project by housing authority. No housing authority that receives or has received any state financial assistance may sell, lease, transfer or destroy, or contract to sell, lease, transfer or destroy, any housing project or portion thereof in any cas…

Sec. 8-64b. Nondisclosure of tenant Social Security and bank account numbers. (a) No entity purchasing a housing project or a portion of a housing project from a housing authority shall disclose to the public the Social Security number or a bank account number of a tenant of said…

Sec. 8-64c. Resident participation plan for major physical transformation and disposition activities. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Disposition” means a sale, lease, transfer or other change in ownership or control; (2) “major physical transformation” means (A) any renov…

Sec. 8-65. Exemption of property from execution sale. All real and personal property, including choses in action, of a housing authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall…

Sec. 8-66. Administration of projects established for housing war workers. Projects established under sections 116g to 124g, inclusive, of the 1943 supplement to the general statutes to provide housing for persons engaged in war industries or activities shall be administered for …

Sec. 8-67. Injury on housing authority property. Any person injured in person or property within boundaries of property owned or controlled by an authority, for which injury such authority is or may be liable, may bring an action within two years after the cause of action therefo…

Sec. 8-68. Housing research and studies. In addition to its other powers, any housing authority, within its area of operation, or the Commissioner of Housing may undertake and carry out studies and analyses of the housing needs and of the meeting of such needs, including data wit…

Sec. 8-68a. State grants for community centers. The state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with the housing authority of any municipality maintaining a housing project, for which state assistance has been provided, for a state grant eq…

Sec. 8-68b. Bond issue. For the purposes of section 8-68a the State Treasurer is authorized and directed, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of section 3-20, to issue bonds of the state, from time to time, in an amount which shall not in the aggregate exceed ....* d…

Sec. 8-68c. Notice of certain actions concerning federally assisted multifamily rental housing for low and moderate income persons and families. (a) As used in this section, “covered program” means: (1) New construction, substantial rehabilitation, moderate rehabilitation, proper…

Sec. 8-68d. Housing authority annual report. Each housing authority shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Housing and the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the authority is located not later than March first, annually. The report shall contain (1) an inv…

Sec. 8-68e. Financial assistance to housing authorities for rehabilitation of uninhabitable dwelling units. The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a housing authority for state financial assistance, within availab…

Sec. 8-68f. Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations. Each housing authority that receives financial assistance under any state housing program, and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary when said authority or subsidiary is the successor owner o…

Sec. 8-68g. Developer's fees charged by eligible developers. The Commissioner of Housing may, in accordance with regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, permit any eligible developer to charge a developer's fee in connection with the construction, renovation or rehabil…

Sec. 8-68h. Tenant escrow accounts. (a) Each housing authority created pursuant to section 8-40 shall establish in accordance with this section a program to enable tenants to save funds sufficient to rent a private dwelling unit or to make a down payment for a home. (b) Each hous…

Sec. 8-68i. Emergency housing in projects. A housing authority, created under section 8-40, may allow one or more vacant units in housing projects operated by the authority to be used as emergency housing on a temporary basis. As used in this section “emergency” means a loss of a…

Sec. 8-68j. Financially distressed development. Transfer to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing; (2) “Connecticut Housing Finance Authority” means the authority created and operating pursuant to …

Sec. 8-68k. Compliance with requirements for operation and disposition of housing projects by successor. Whenever the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary is a successor owner of housing previously owned by a housing authority under part II or part VI of this c…

Sec. 8-68l. Tenants' use of common areas for political activity. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “public housing project” means dwelling accommodations operated as a state or federally subsidized multifamily housing project by a housing authority, nonprofit corporation or m…

Sec. 8-69. Moderate rental housing projects and moderate cost housing; declaration of policy. It is hereby declared (a) that there is a serious shortage in urban, suburban and rural areas of moderate rental housing and moderate cost housing for families of veterans of World War I…

Sec. 8-70. State assistance. (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, may enter into a contract or contracts with an authority or combination of authorities…

Sec. 8-70a. Pilot program for rehabilitation and private management of moderate rental housing projects. Section 8-70a is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (P.A. 97-307, S. 2, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 7, 51; P.A. 00-195, S. 2.)