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

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…

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…

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…

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 Section 8-336l is repealed.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…

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 …

Sec. 8-346a. (Formerly Sec. 17b-811a). Transitionary rental assistance for private housing. Regulations. Hearing. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall implement and administer, within available appropriations, a program of transitionary rental assistance for private housing for …

Sec. 8-347. (Formerly Sec. 17b-804). Rent bank program. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish and administer a rent bank program of grants to ensure housing for families whose income does not exceed sixty per cent of the median income in the state, including those recei…

Sec. 8-347a. (Formerly Sec. 17b-805). Assessment and mediation program. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish and administer an assessment and mediation program for families at risk of becoming homeless or in imminent danger of eviction or foreclosure whose income does …

Sec. 8-348. Residence mobility counseling program. (a) The Department of Housing shall, within existing resources of the department, establish a residence mobility counseling program to assist individuals or families in relocating their residences to higher opportunity areas thro…

Sec. 8-355. Definitions. As used in sections 8-355 to 8-359, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing. (2) “Community housing development corporation” means a corporation which has qualified for assistance under section 8-217. (3) “Homeless person” means an…

Sec. 8-356. State financial assistance to community housing development corporation, municipal developer or nonprofit corporation for emergency shelters or rooming houses for homeless persons or mobile manufactured homes for use as transitional housing. The state, acting by and i…

Sec. 8-357. State financial assistance to community housing development corporation, municipal developer or nonprofit corporation for transitional housing and support services. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contrac…

Sec. 8-358. Rental payments. Regulations. (a) The maximum amount which a person or family residing in a dwelling unit in a project receiving financial assistance under sections 8-355 to 8-359, inclusive, shall pay as its contribution to the total rent for the dwelling unit shall …

Sec. 8-359. 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 aggregate…

Sec. 8-359a. (Formerly Sec. 17b-800). Programs for homeless individuals. Standards for shelters. (a) The Commissioner of Housing may, upon application of any public or private organization or agency, make grants, within available appropriations, to develop and maintain programs f…

Sec. 8-359b. (Formerly Sec. 17b-800a). Shelters and services for homeless children and families. Relief from income garnishment orders. Duties of Department of Education. (a) The Department of Housing, in consultation with appropriate state agencies and within available appropria…

Sec. 8-359c. (Formerly Sec. 17b-803). Program of housing for persons suffering from AIDS. Regulations. Bond issue. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 8-39, to…

Sec. 8-359d. (Formerly Sec. 17b-806). Homefinders program. (a) The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall establish and administer a homefinders program, which includes participation by housing authorities, to assist families incl…

Sec. 8-359e. Information on trauma-informed care and related services for homeless children and youths. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Department of Housing, in collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the State Department of Education, s…

Sec. 8-359f. Pilot program for temporary housing for persons experiencing homelessness and respite housing for veterans. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program to provide temporary housing for (1) persons experiencing hom…

Sec. 8-359g. Grant program for nonprofit organizations that house or provide services for homeless individuals to fund capital improvements to facilities. Report. (a) For each fiscal year in which funding is available, the Department of Housing shall administer a program to provi…

Sec. 8-360. Nondisclosure of location of housing for domestic violence victims. Nothing in sections 1-200, 1-205, 1-206, 1-210 to 1-213, inclusive, 1-225 to 1-232, inclusive, 1-240 and 19a-342 shall be construed to require a public agency, as defined in section 1-200, to disclose…

Secs. 8-361 and 8-362. Pilot program for acquisition and rehabilitation of abandoned property into single room occupancy housing for homeless persons. Abatement of real property taxes. Sections 8-361 and 8-362 are repealed, effective October 1, 2006. (P.A. 93-401, S. 1, 2; P.A. 9…

Sec. 8-365. State financial assistance to municipalities with programs for financing of low and moderate income rental housing. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall make grants-in-aid to any municipalities which have created programs to provide for the financing of new construct…

Sec. 8-366. Choice of municipalities. Section 8-366 is repealed. (P.A. 86-306, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-506, S. 8, 9.)

Sec. 8-367. 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 aggregate…

Sec. 8-367a. Financial assistance for tenant management organizations. Pilot program. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a pilot program to provide financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid for expenses incurred in the establishment of a…

Secs. 8-370 to 8-375. Rental Housing Assistance Trust Fund. Sections 8-370 to 8-375, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 86-395, S. 1, 2, 5–8, 10; P.A. 87-377, S. 4, 5.)

Sec. 8-376. Designation of housing development zones. Any municipality which is a distressed municipality as defined in subsection (b) of section 32-9p, on October 1, 1987, may apply to the Commissioner of Housing to designate an area of such municipality as a housing development…

Sec. 8-377. Plan of development and rehabilitation. Any municipality which applies for designation of an area of the municipality as a housing development zone shall submit to the commissioner a plan for the development and rehabilitation of housing in the area. Such plan shall i…