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

Sec. 8-192a. Allocation of taxes on real or personal property in a development project. Any development plan authorized under this chapter or any proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter may contain a provision that taxes, if any, identified in such plan o…

Sec. 8-192b. Temporary notes. Extension of time for renewal. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 8-192 and any other public or special act or charter or bond ordinance or bond resolution which limits the renewal of temporary notes issued pursuant to said s…

Sec. 8-193. Acquisition and transfer of real property. Procedure. Powers of agency. Limitations. (a) After approval of the development plan as provided in this chapter, the development agency may proceed by purchase, lease, exchange or gift with the acquisition or rental of real …

Sec. 8-194. Readjustment, relocation and removal of public service facilities. As used in this section, “public service facility” includes any sewer, pipe, main, conduit, cable, wire, pole, tower, building or utility appliance owned or operated by an electric distribution, gas, t…

Sec. 8-195. Development grants and special development grants. (a) The commissioner is authorized to make development grants to municipalities for development projects, provided (1) no such grant shall be made for any such project until said commissioner has given approval to the…

Sec. 8-196. Joint projects. Any two or more municipalities by vote of their respective legislative bodies may, through their respective development agencies, jointly initiate a development project where the project area is to be located in one or more of such towns, and after app…

Sec. 8-197. Furnishing of municipal services to other municipalities. Any municipality by vote of its legislative body may for consideration furnish municipal services to, or have municipal services furnished to it by, one or more other municipalities. The consideration for such …

Sec. 8-198. Regulations. The commissioner is authorized to make and enforce reasonable regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (1967, P.A. 760, S. 13; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 8; P.A. 74-184, S. 9, 10.) History: 1971 act substituted Connecticut development commission f…

Sec. 8-199. Action to be taken in name of municipality. Any development agency shall exercise its powers in the name of the municipality, and all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued in the name of the municipality and title to land taken or acquired pursuant to …

Sec. 8-200. Modification of development plan. Abandonment of plan and conveyance of property. Limitations. (a) A development plan may be modified at any time by the development agency, provided, if modified after the lease or sale of real property in the development project area,…

Sec. 8-200a. Conversion of balance of prior loans to grants-in-aid. The unpaid balance of all loans made under the provisions of chapter 131 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1966, shall, on May 23, 1969, become state grants-in-aid under the provisions of this…

Sec. 8-200b. Payment of administrative costs under prior law. Administrative or other costs or expenses incurred by the state in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of chapter 131 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1966, shall be paid from the pr…

Sec. 8-201. Declaration of policy. It is found and declared that improvement of the conditions and quality of urban life is one of the most serious responsibilities facing this state. The persistence of slums and blight; the critical need for additional and improved housing and c…

Sec. 8-202. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) Repealed by P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610; (b) “Human resource development agency” means a human resource development agency as defined in section 17b-852; (c) “Housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families” means h…

Secs. 8-203 to 8-205. Department of Community Affairs; commissioner. Advisory Council on Community Affairs. Duties of council. Sections 8-203 to 8-205, inclusive, are repealed. (1967, P.A. 522, S. 3, 5, 6; 1969, P.A. 28; P.A. 73-8, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

Sec. 8-206. Duties of Commissioner of Housing. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall (1) administer and direct the operations of the Department of Housing; (2) advise and inform municipal officials, local housing authorities, the Connecticut Housing Authority, public development …

Sec. 8-206a. Transfer of certain powers and duties to the Commissioner of Community Affairs, and then to the Commissioner of Housing. (a) In accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, all powers and duties delegated to the Public Works Commissioner under the provisions of c…

Sec. 8-206b. Emergency fuel assistance program. Eligibility requirements. Participation in weatherization program. Section 8-206b is repealed, effective October 1, 2004. (P.A. 78-184, S. 1, 2; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-5, S. 1, 5; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, …

Sec. 8-206c. Effective date of Secs. 8-206b and 16a-45. Sections 8-206b and 16a-45 shall take effect November 20, 1979, except that this law shall only remain in effect until June 30, 1980. (Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-5, S. 5.)

Sec. 8-206d. Emergency fuel assistance program for group homes, halfway houses, housing authorities and municipalities. Regulations. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall administer an emergency fuel assistance program to provide: (1) Emergency fuel assista…

Sec. 8-206e. Housing assistance and counseling demonstration program. Assisted living demonstration program in HUD Section 202 and Section 236 elderly housing developments. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall, within available appropriations, establish a demonstrat…

Sec. 8-206f. Designation of HUD Section 202 or Section 236 elderly housing development as demonstration program. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8-206e, the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services and the Secretary of the Office…

Sec. 8-206g. Group home fire safety funding. Assessment of need. Applications, reporting requirements. (a) The Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Ma…

Sec. 8-206h. Bond authorization for funding for private providers to comply with fire regulation requirements concerning water tanks at group homes. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time …

Sec. 8-206i. Grants for supportive housing for persons with intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities. (a) The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Developmental Services, shall provide grants-in-aid or deferred loans to an eligible …

Sec. 8-206j. Bond authorization for grant-in-aid program for supportive housing for persons with an intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from t…

Secs. 8-207 and 8-207a. Community development action plan. State financial assistance for implementing, reviewing and revising community development action plan. Sections 8-207 and 8-207a are repealed. (1967, P.A. 522, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 478; 757, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 759, S. 2, 4; 197…

Sec. 8-208. State grants-in-aid for housing code enforcement. The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance to initiate, expand or improve housing code enforcement programs t…

Sec. 8-208a. Appeals from municipal housing code board decisions and enforcement. Cost. Any person or persons severally or jointly aggrieved by any decision of a housing code board of appeals or any officer, department, board or bureau of any municipality, charged with the enforc…

Sec. 8-208b. Neighborhood Housing Services Program Fund. State assistance. Definitions. (a) A Neighborhood Housing Services Program Fund is hereby created. There shall be deposited in said fund all moneys received by or appropriated to the Department of Housing from time to time …

Sec. 8-208c. Urban revitalization pilot program. Goals. Reports. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall, within existing resources of the department, establish an urban revitalization pilot program to foster the revitalization and stabilization of urban neighborhoods by facilitati…

Sec. 8-209. State grants-in-aid for demolition of unsafe structures; for urban beautification. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance for the demolition of unsafe …

Sec. 8-209a. State aid for relocation of buildings. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any project that is eligible for state financial aid for demolition of buildings shall be eligible to apply for state financial aid under the same program such project w…

Sec. 8-210. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) State financial assistance for the planning, construction, renovation, site preparation and purchase of property for neighborhood facilities and the development and operation of licensed child care centers, gro…

Sec. 8-210a. Bond issue. The State Bond Commission may authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in the aggregate amount of four million dollars for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 8-210. (1969, P.A. 588, S. 5.)

Sec. 8-210b. Transferred to Chapter 319rr, Sec. 17b-749.

Secs. 8-211 and 8-212. Transferred to Chapter 242, Secs. 13b-56 and 13b-57, respectively.

Sec. 8-213. Housing site development agencies. Section 8-213 is repealed. (1967, P.A. 522, S. 16; 1971, P.A. 75; 1972, P.A. 268, S. 1; P.A. 73-173, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-70, S. 1; 77-614, S. 293, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 14; P.A. 80-483, S. 28, 186; P.A. 88-280, S. 14.)

Sec. 8-213a. Apportionment and abatement of taxes on acquisition of property by redevelopment or housing site development agency. In any case where a redevelopment agency or housing site development agency acquires real property, municipal taxes on such property may be apportione…

Sec. 8-214. State financial assistance for housing site development projects. Section 8-214 is repealed. (1967, P.A. 522, S. 17; P.A. 73-173, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-51; P.A. 77-70, S. 2; 77-614, S. 294, 610; P.A. 78-164, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-598, S. 15; P.A. 80-188; P.A. 81-68; P.A. 85-49;…

Sec. 8-214a. Bond issue. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggrega…

Sec. 8-214b. Housing land bank and land trust program: Definitions. As used in this section and sections 8-214c to 8-214e, inclusive: (1) “Limited equity cooperative” means a nonprofit corporation organized for the purposes of owning and operating housing for low and moderate inc…

Sec. 8-214c. Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund. There is established a fund to be known as the “Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund”. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held in trust separate and ap…

Sec. 8-214d. State financial assistance for establishing community housing land bank and land trust. Regulations. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may contract with a nonprofit corporation for state financial assistance in the form of…

Sec. 8-214e. Bond issue. (a) For the purposes described in sections 8-214b to 8-214d, inclusive, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the …

Sec. 8-214f. Financial assistance for development of limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing. (a) As used in this section and sections 8-214g and 8-214h, “limited equity cooperative” has the same meaning as provided in section 47-242. (b) As used in this section and sectio…

Sec. 8-214g. Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund. (a) The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued for the purposes of sections 8-214f to 8-214h, inclusive, authorized pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to Ju…

Sec. 8-214h. Regulations. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 8-214f and 8-214g. (P.A. 87-417, S. 9, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.) History…

Sec. 8-215. Tax abatement for housing for low or moderate-income persons. Any municipality may by ordinance provide for the abatement in part or in whole of real property taxes on any housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families and may by ordinance classify the …

Sec. 8-216. State reimbursement for tax abatements. Payment in lieu of taxes on housing authority or state land. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance for housing…