2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 8-37bb. Annual report re fair housing choice and racial and economic integration.
Sec. 8-37bb. Annual report re fair housing choice and racial and economic
integration. (a) On or before December 31, 1991, and annually thereafter, each housing
agency shall submit to the General Assembly a report, for the year ending the preceding
September thirtieth, which analyzes by income group, households served by its housing
construction, substantial rehabilitation, purchase and rental assistance programs. Each
report submitted after December 31, 1991, shall analyze the households served under
each program by race. The analysis shall provide information by housing development,
if applicable, and by program. Each analysis shall include data for all households (1)
entering an agency program during the year ending the preceding September thirtieth
and (2) in occupancy or receiving the benefits of an agency rental program the preceding
September thirtieth. The report of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall also
identify, by census tract, the number of households served in each program and the
total amount of financial assistance provided to such households. The provisions of this
section shall not be construed to preclude a housing agency from reporting additional
information on programs it administers. Each report submitted under this section shall
also analyze the efforts, and the results of such efforts, of each agency in promoting fair
housing choice and racial and economic integration. The provisions of this section shall
not be construed to require an occupant or applicant to disclose his race on an application
or survey form. The Department of Economic and Community Development shall be
deemed to have complied with the requirements of this section upon submission by said
department of the long-range state housing plan and annual update in accordance with
section 8-37t, provided such plan and annual update contain the information required
to be reported by this section.
(c) On and after October 1, 1996, the report shall be submitted to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing and, upon request, to any member of the General Assembly. A summary of the report shall be submitted to each member of the General Assembly if the summary is two pages or less and a notification of the report shall be submitted to each member if the summary is more than two pages. Submission shall be by mailing the report, summary or notification to the legislative address of each member of the committee or the General Assembly, as applicable.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 12, 17; P.A. 91-362, S. 1; P.A. 96-251, S. 4; P.A. 99-94, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 91-362 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and added provision requiring reports to analyze households served by race and the efforts of housing agencies in promoting fair housing choice and racial and economic integration and added new Subsec. (b) re documentation of efforts of agencies in promoting fair housing choice and racial and economic integration and re data on racial composition of occupants and persons on waiting lists of housing projects assisted by the agency; P.A. 96-251 added Subsec. (b) requiring that on and after October 1, 1996, the report be submitted to the housing committee and to any member of the General Assembly upon request and providing for submission of report summaries; P.A. 99-94 amended Subsec. (a) by exempting the Department of Economic and Community Development under certain circumstances from the reporting required by this section.
