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

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…

Secs. 8-349 to 8-354. Reserved for future use.

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…

Secs. 8-363 and 8-364. Reserved for future use.

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. 8-368 and 8-369. Reserved for future use.

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…

Sec. 8-378. Approval of designation. Priority financial assistance. Removal of designation. The Commissioner of Housing may approve the designation of up to three areas in the state as housing development zones, provided the commissioner shall not approve the designation of more …

Sec. 8-379. Waiver of percentage limitations on financial assistance. The commissioner may waive the limitations on the amount of state financial assistance provided pursuant to section 8-216b for housing and community development projects undertaken in a housing development zone…

Sec. 8-380. Fixing of assessments in housing development zones. Any municipality which includes an area which has been designated as a housing development zone pursuant to section 8-378 shall provide, by ordinance, for the fixing of assessments on all commercial and residential p…

Sec. 8-381. Regulations. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish such additional qualifications for designation as a housing development zone and such other requirements as necessary to carry out the provisi…

Secs. 8-382 and 8-383. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-384. Regional housing councils. (a) There shall continue to be a regional housing council within each planning region of the state, as designated under the provisions of section 16a-4a, which shall consist of not less than seven members of the public representing a fair cr…

Sec. 8-385. Housing Advisory Committee. Section 8-385 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 87-550, S. 3, 10; P.A. 89-126, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 5; P.A. 94-138, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-68, S. 4; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 155; 13-247, S. 286; …

Sec. 8-386. Regional fair housing compact pilot program. Report. (a) Upon submission of the initial report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Housing pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4 of public act 87-550*, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation…

Sec. 8-387. Housing Infrastructure Fund. State financial assistance to municipalities located in pilot program planning regions. (a) There is established a fund to be known as the “Housing Infrastructure Fund”. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited the…

Sec. 8-388. Regulations. The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purpose of section 8-387. Such regulations shall establish t…

Sec. 8-389. Priority financial or technical assistance in connection with regional fair housing compact. Upon the incorporation of a successfully negotiated regional fair housing compact into a regional plan of conservation and development by a regional planning agency pursuant t…

Secs. 8-390 to 8-394. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-395. Tax credits for housing programs. (a) As used in this section, (1) “business firm” means (A) any business entity authorized to do business in the state and subject to the corporation business tax imposed under chapter 208, (B) any company subject to a tax imposed unde…

Sec. 8-395a. Workforce housing opportunity development projects. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing. (2) “Eligible workforce housing opportunity development project” or “project” means a project for the construction or substantial re…

Secs. 8-396 to 8-399. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-400. Definitions. As used in sections 8-400 to 8-405, inclusive: (1) “Authority” means the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority as created under section 8-244; (2) “Developer”, “mortgagor” or “eligible mortgagor” means (A) a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to …

Sec. 8-401. Grants-in-aid or deferred loans to rental housing projects financed by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority first mortgages. Upon preliminary approval by the State Bond Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 3-20, the state, acting by and through the Commis…

Sec. 8-402. Rental subsidy certificates. The state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with the authority, developer, or mortgagor of the authority and the authority may enter into a contract with a developer or mortgagor of the authority…

Sec. 8-403. Second mortgage loans to rental housing projects financed by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority first mortgages. Upon preliminary approval by the State Bond Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 3-20, the state, acting by and through the Commissioner of …

Sec. 8-404. Equity interest in exchange for state financial assistance. Any contract for financial assistance awarded under sections 8-400 to 8-405, inclusive, shall contain the requirement that the state or the authority, as the case may be, shall receive, in exchange for any su…

Sec. 8-405. Deposits to and payments from the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund. The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued for the purposes of sections 8-401 and 8-403, issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made aft…

Sec. 8-406. Regulations. Section 8-406 is repealed, effective July 1, 1995. (P.A. 88-261, S. 7, 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 41, 42; 95-309, S. 10–12.)