2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development
Chapter 134 - Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Act
Section 8-265pp - Mortgage assistance program for certain teachers.
The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall develop and administer a program of mortgage assistance to certified teachers (1) employed by priority school districts pursuant to section 10-266p, (2) employed by transitional school districts pursuant to section 10-263c, (3) employed by the Technical Education and Career System at a technical education and career school located in such priority or transitional school districts, or (4) who teach in a subject matter shortage area pursuant to section 10-8b. Such assistance shall be available to eligible teachers for the purchase of a house as their principal residence, provided, in the case of a teacher employed by a priority or a transitional school district, or by the Technical Education and Career System at a technical education and career school located in a priority or transitional school district, the house is located in such district. In making mortgage assistance available under the program, the authority shall utilize down payment assistance or any other appropriate housing subsidies. The terms of any mortgage assistance shall allow the mortgagee to realize a reasonable portion of the equity gain upon sale of the mortgaged property.
(P.A. 00-187, S. 26, 75; P.A. 01-173, S. 57, 67; P.A. 03-278, S. 23; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 00-187 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 renumbered Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4) and added new Subdiv. (3) re teachers employed by regional vocational-technical schools located in priority or transitional school districts, required the house being purchased to be located in such district and defined “minorities”, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change, effective July 9, 2003; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical schools” and “regional vocational-technical school” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools” and “technical high school”, respectively, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced references to technical high school with references to the Technical Education and Career System at a technical education and career school, effective July 1, 2017.
