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

Sec. 8-286d. Termination of loan guarantee. The commissioner may terminate any loan guarantee if the mortgagee misrepresents any information pertaining to the guarantee or fails to comply with any term of the mortgage guarantee agreement in connection with the guarantee of the un…

Sec. 8-286e. Affordability incentive zones. The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority may establish affordability incentive zones under the homeownership loan program established pursuant to sections 8-283 to 8-289, inclusive, to incentivize the purchase of dwellings situated in …

Sec. 8-286f. Small multifamily lending program. Lending guidelines. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 134, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall, within the resources allocated by the State Bond Commission to the Department of Housing, establish a small multi…

Sec. 8-287. Loan repayment. (a) Any loan contracted for pursuant to this chapter shall be secured by a subordinate mortgage on the dwelling purchased by the recipient of such loan. If the recipient of such loan assigns, transfers or otherwise conveys his interest in such dwelling…

Sec. 8-288. Issuance of bonds. The State Bond Commission shall authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series in accordance with section 3-20 and in a principal amount necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, but not in excess of an aggregate amoun…

Sec. 8-289. Adoption of regulations or written procedures. The commissioner may adopt regulations providing for financial qualifications of eligible families or persons, requirements and limitations as to adjustments of terms and conditions of repayment, funding priorities, guara…

Sec. 8-290. Declaration of policy. It is hereby found and declared that there exists within the municipalities of this state a large number of real properties containing vacant and abandoned buildings that were once used for industrial or commercial purposes, that many of these v…

Sec. 8-291. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) “Abandoned property” means any real property and any vacant structure thereon used or previously used for industrial or commercial purposes, which the owner has declared, in writing, to the building official to be abandoned, o…

Sec. 8-292. Designation of urban rehabilitation agency. Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish an urban rehabilitation program and may authorize any existing board, commission, department or agency to be the urban rehabilitation agency or may, by ordinance, establish a new…

Sec. 8-293. Acquisition of abandoned property by urban rehabilitation agency. (a) In any municipality adopting an ordinance pursuant to section 8-292, the building official shall certify to the urban rehabilitation agency all industrial and commercial properties which are abandon…

Sec. 8-294. Disposition of property by urban rehabilitation agency. (a) Upon acquisition of real property by the urban rehabilitation agency under section 8-293, the urban rehabilitation agency shall publish at least twice a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the…

Sec. 8-295. Selection of applicants. The urban rehabilitation agency shall select from among applicants for urban rehabilitation program property those applicants who in determination of the agency can acquire the necessary financial and technical resources to rehabilitate, own a…

Sec. 8-296. Financial assistance. Abatement of real property taxes. (a) An urban rehabilitation agency may provide financial assistance to urban rehabilitators in the form of grants or loans for the purchase and rehabilitation of urban rehabilitation program property. All such lo…

Secs. 8-297 to 8-299. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-300. Short title. This chapter may be known and cited as the “Municipal Housing Finance Assistance Act”. (P.A. 79-596, S. 1, 17.)

Sec. 8-301. Declaration of policy. (a) It is hereby found that as a result of the continuing increases in construction and rehabilitation costs, municipal taxes, heating and electricity expenses, maintenance and repair expenses and the cost of land, low and moderate income famili…

Sec. 8-302. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning and intent: (a) “Bonds”, “notes” or “other obligations” means any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, respectively, issued by the munic…

Sec. 8-303. Municipal powers for purposes of this chapter. In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, which are hereby deemed to be municipal purposes, for which municipal funds may be expended, a municipality shall, in addition to those powers otherwise conferred by any gen…

Sec. 8-304. Adoption of a housing finance assistance plan. Provisions. (a) The powers granted to municipalities under the provisions of this chapter may be exercised by the legislative body of the municipality, but such powers or any of them shall be exercised only upon the adopt…

Sec. 8-305. Municipal powers under housing finance assistance plan. (a) In order to provide for low interest mortgage loans to low and moderate income families and persons, the municipality may, pursuant to the housing finance assistance plan, (1) make commitments to purchase, an…

Sec. 8-306. Municipal power to issue bonds and notes for purposes of a housing finance assistance plan. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 8-307 and any general statute, special act or municipal charter or ordinance, a municipality shall have the power and is hereby authori…

Sec. 8-307. Capital reserve fund to secure bonds and notes issued under this chapter. (a)(1) In order to secure bonds and notes issued under this chapter, the legislative body of the municipality may create and establish a capital reserve fund and the municipality shall pay into …

Sec. 8-308. Bonds to be special obligations payable only from certain pledged revenue. Bonds and notes issued pursuant to this chapter shall be special obligations of the municipality and shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues pledged to the …

Sec. 8-309. Separate accounts to be established for purposes of this chapter. (a) All moneys of the municipality derived in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this chapter, shall be deposited as soon as practicable in a sepa…

Sec. 8-310. Appointment of trustee to represent holders of bonds or notes in event of default. (a) In the event that bonds or notes are issued without appointment of a trustee under a trust indenture, then, in the event that the municipality defaults in the payment of principal o…

Sec. 8-311. Bonds and notes issued under this chapter are securities for investment purposes. The notes and bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, al…

Sec. 8-312. Bonds and notes under this chapter free from state or municipal taxes except estate and gift taxes. It is hereby determined that the purposes of this chapter are public purposes and that the municipalities will be performing an essential governmental function in the e…

Sec. 8-313. State pledge not to prevent municipalities from fulfilling agreements with holders of bonds and notes. The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any notes or bonds that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the municipality …

Sec. 8-314. Authorization of bonds and notes. The provisions of the general statutes, and of any applicable special act or municipal charter, shall govern the proceedings, notices and approvals required for the authorization of any bonds or notes or any instrument as security the…

Sec. 8-315. Discrimination prohibited in housing financed under this chapter. The municipality shall take all necessary steps to insure that occupancy of all housing financed or otherwise assisted pursuant to this chapter be open to all persons regardless of race, creed, color, n…

Secs. 8-316 to 8-335. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-336. Allocation of ability to issue bonds. After June 8, 1982, neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof, nor any municipality or any political subdivision thereof, nor any department, agency, authority or other body of the state or any municipality, other th…

Secs. 8-336a to 8-336e. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-336f. Connecticut housing partnership program. Local housing partnerships. Initial designation. Development designation. Town-aid grant. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish and administer a Connecticut housing partnership program for the pu…

Secs. 8-336g to 8-336k. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-336l. Connecticut Housing Trust Fund. Regulations. Section 8-336l is repealed. (P.A. 89-170, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-95, S. 25.)

Sec. 8-336m. Definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning or intent: (1) “Authority” means the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner …

Sec. 8-336n. Bond issue for Housing Trust Fund program. (a) For the purpose of capitalizing the Housing Trust Fund created by section 8-336o, the State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of this section, from time to time to authorize the issuance…

Sec. 8-336o. Housing Trust Fund. (a) There is established the “Housing Trust Fund” which shall be a nonlapsing fund held by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. The following funds shall be deposited in the fund: (1) Proceeds of bonds author…

Sec. 8-336p. Housing Trust Fund program. Purpose. Financial assistance. Third-party contract administrators. Annual report. (a) There is established the Housing Trust Fund program which shall be developed and administered by the Department of Housing. The purpose of the program i…

Sec. 8-336q. Regulations. Housing Trust Fund Program Advisory Committee. Terms and conditions. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the Treasurer, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, shall establish regulations…

Secs. 8-337 and 8-338. Security deposit loans; regulations; report. Connecticut Security Deposit Revolving Loan Fund. Sections 8-337 and 8-338 are repealed. (P.A. 84-510, S. 2, 3, 5; P.A. 86-107, S. 3, 19; P.A. 90-238, S. 22, 32; P.A. 91-346, S. 8, 9.)

Sec. 8-339. (Formerly Sec. 17b-802). Security deposit guarantee program. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish, within available appropriations, and administer a security deposit guarantee program for (1) any individual or family whose income is sixty per cent or less o…

Secs. 8-340 to 8-344. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-345. (Formerly Sec. 17b-812). Rental assistance for low-income families living in privately-owned rental housing. Regulations. Hearing. (a) As used in this section, “housing” or “housing unit” means any house or building, or portion thereof, that is occupied, designed to b…

Sec. 8-345a. (Formerly Sec. 17b-813). Emergency rental assistance for families eligible to participate in the temporary family assistance program. The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall provide emergency rental assistance for …

Sec. 8-345b. (Formerly Sec. 17b-812a). Modification of the rental assistance program subsidy. The Commissioner of Housing shall modify the rental assistance program subsidy for eligible recipients with earned income in order to operate the program within available appropriations.…

Sec. 8-345c. (Formerly Sec. 17b-815). Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program. Internet publication requirements when accepting new applications. At least two weeks before any entity in the state that administers vouchers under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 USC 14…

Sec. 8-345d. Disclosure of program participants prohibited. Exceptions. (a) For the purposes of this section, “person” means (1) any employee of a public agency, as defined in section 1-200, or (2) any contractor that has entered into a contract with any such public agency. (b) E…

Sec. 8-346. (Formerly Sec. 17b-814). Rental assistance for low-income families living in newly created rental housing. Pilot program. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish and implement a five-year pilot program of rental assistance for low-income families …