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2023 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development
Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects
*Constitutionality of housing act. 145 C. 196. Cited. 148 C. 536. Nature of housing authority and commissioners, federal preemption discussed; tenant may not serve as commissioner of the housing project in which he lives. 164 C. 247. Cited. 213 C. 354.
Cited. 18 CA 393; 38 CA 175.
Cited. 10 CS 389. Housing authority has legal right to set rent at higher rate than that provided in written lease between parties. 11 CS 465.
PART I* CREATION AND POWERS OF AUTHORITY.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RENTAL HOUSING *Cited. 208 C. 161. Secs. 8-40–8-81 cited. 216 C. 112.
AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RENTAL HOUSING *Cited. 208 C. 161. Secs. 8-40–8-81 cited. 216 C. 112.
- Section 8-38. - Finding and declaration of necessity.
- Section 8-39. - Definitions.
- Section 8-39a. - “Affordable housing” defined.
- Section 8-40. - Creation of housing authorities.
- Section 8-41. - Appointment. Qualifications and tenure of commissioners. Selection of tenant commissioners. Commissioners authorized to serve as justice of the peace or registrar of voters.
- Section 8-41a. - Liability of authority for actions of commissioners and employees.
- Section 8-42. - Commissioners and executive or managerial employees to have no interest in project. Limitation on employment of former commissioners.
- Section 8-43. - Removal of commissioners; subpoenas.
- Section 8-44. - Powers of authority.
- Section 8-44a. - Housing authority programs for social and supplementary services, project rehabilitation and improvement and energy conservation. State grants-in-aid, loans and deferred loans. Rental Rehabilitation Fund. Operation or management plan for housing projects.
- Section 8-44b. - Housing authority police force.
- Section 8-45. - Rental rates and tenant selection for low rental projects.
- Section 8-45a. - Consideration of criminal record, alcohol abuse and status as registered sexual offender of applicant or proposed occupant.
- Section 8-45b. - Waiver of regulations.
- Section 8-46. - Penalty for false statement.
- Section 8-47. - Considerations in fixing income limits.
- Section 8-48. - Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid.
- Section 8-49. - Cooperation of housing authorities.
- Section 8-50. - Eminent domain.
- Section 8-51. - Zoning and building laws.
- Section 8-52. - Bonds.
- Section 8-53. - Provisions of bonds, trust indentures and mortgages.
- Section 8-54. - Remedies of an obligee of authority.
- Section 8-55. - Additional remedies conferrable by authority.
- Section 8-56. - Aid from federal and state governments.
- Section 8-56a. - Public hearing prior to construction by authority or developer of HUD-assisted projects.
- Section 8-57. - Agreements to secure federal assistance.
- Section 8-58. - Exemption from taxes and Uniform Securities Act. Payments in lieu of taxes.
- Section 8-59. - Contracts for payments to state public body.
- Section 8-60. - Cooperation in undertaking housing projects.
- Section 8-61. - Advances to housing authority; bonds and notes issued to finance housing projects.
- Section 8-62. - Procedure for state public body.
- Section 8-63. - Reports.
- Section 8-64. - Disposal of property by a housing authority.
- Section 8-64a. - Disposal of housing project by housing authority.
- Section 8-64b. - Nondisclosure of tenant Social Security and bank account numbers.
- Section 8-64c. - Resident participation plan for major physical transformation and disposition activities.
- Section 8-65. - Exemption of property from execution sale.
- Section 8-66. - Administration of projects established for housing war workers.
- Section 8-67. - Injury on housing authority property.
- Section 8-68. - Housing research and studies.
- Section 8-68a. - State grants for community centers.
- Section 8-68b. - Bond issue.
- Section 8-68c. - Notice of certain actions concerning federally assisted multifamily rental housing for low and moderate income persons and families.
- Section 8-68d. - Housing authority annual report.
- Section 8-68e. - Financial assistance to housing authorities for rehabilitation of uninhabitable dwelling units.
- Section 8-68f. - Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations.
- Section 8-68g. - Developer's fees charged by eligible developers.
- Section 8-68h. - Tenant escrow accounts.
- Section 8-68i. - Emergency housing in projects.
- Section 8-68j. - Financially distressed development. Transfer to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.
- Section 8-68k. - Compliance with requirements for operation and disposition of housing projects by successor.
- Section 8-68l. - Tenants' use of common areas for political activity.
- Section 8-69. - Moderate rental housing projects and moderate cost housing; declaration of policy.
- Section 8-70. - State assistance.
- Section 8-70a. - Pilot program for rehabilitation and private management of moderate rental housing projects.
- Section 8-71. - Payments in lieu of taxes, assessments and use charges. Municipal waiver of payment. Exception.
- Section 8-72. - Operation of projects. Rentals. Tenant eligibility. Inspections. Semiannual statements. Penalty for false statement.
- Section 8-72a. - Maximum income limits. Exceptions: Factors to be considered.
- Section 8-73. - Eviction of families having income over maximum limits. Waiver of eviction requirement.
- Section 8-74. - Hearing on and approval of proposed projects. Use of modern materials. Regulations. Wage rates.
- Section 8-75. - Veterans' preference.
- Section 8-76. - Sale of projects. Regulations to establish priority order of purchasers. Payment and disposition of purchase price.
- Section 8-76a. - Commissioner's authority to service notes and mortgages.
- Section 8-77. - Preference among municipalities.
- Section 8-78. - Aggregate of bonds and notes state may issue for moderate rental housing projects.
- Section 8-79. - Preliminary expenses.
- Section 8-79a. - Regulations.
- Section 8-80. - Issuance of bonds and notes.
- Section 8-81. - Repayment of loans.
- Section 8-81a. - Housing project adaptable for use and occupancy by disabled persons. Pilot program. Regulations. Report.
- Section 8-82. - Purchase and sale of units by state. Insurance of mortgage loans. Mortgage loans.
- Section 8-83. - Preference in granting mortgage loans.
- Section 8-84. - Regulations.
- Section 8-85. - Foreclosure; conveyance of title and assignment of claims to state.
- Section 8-86. - Housing bonds or notes.
- Section 8-87. - Housing Mortgage Fund.
- Section 8-88. - Investment.
- Section 8-89. - Commissioner to be agent for mortgages and loans.
- Section 8-90. - Applicability of provisions.
- Section 8-91. - Payment of administrative expenses.
- Section 8-92. - Inspection by commissioner.
- Section 8-93. - Tax exemption.
- Section 8-94. - Wage rates.
- Section 8-105. - Declaration of public necessity.
- Section 8-106. - Definitions.
- Section 8-107. - Development of projects.
- Section 8-108. - Cooperation with housing authorities or federal government.
- Section 8-109. - Bonds to be legal investments.
- Section 8-110. - Federal aid.
- Section 8-111. - Powers to be additional.
- Section 8-112. - Declaration of policy.
- Section 8-112a. - Declaration of policy.
- Section 8-113. - Definitions. Powers of housing authorities.
- Section 8-113a. - Definitions.
- Section 8-114. - Contracts for state assistance.
- Section 8-114a. - State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships.
- Section 8-114b. - Municipal authorities.
- Section 8-114c. - Mobile manufactured homes. Transfer to municipal housing authorities.
- Section 8-114d. - Resident services coordinators.
- Section 8-115. - Commission to approve plans, financing and rental.
- Section 8-115a. - Authority of Commissioner of Housing.
- Section 8-115b. - Powers of authority.
- Section 8-116. - Occupants need not be family units; design of construction; housing restricted to elderly.
- Section 8-116a. - Occupants need not be family units; design of construction; maximum income and asset limit; waiting list; false statement.
- Section 8-116b. - Possession of pets.
- Section 8-116c. - Eligibility for occupancy. Eviction.
- Section 8-116d. - Termination of lease or rental agreement upon acceptance for admission to housing project.
- Section 8-117. - Establishment of rentals. Penalty for false statement concerning income.
- Section 8-117a. - Applicability of other statutes.
- Section 8-117b. - Disposal of projects. Conversion to a congregate housing project.
- Section 8-118. - Payments in lieu of taxes and assessments.
- Section 8-118a. - Payments in lieu of taxes and assessments.
- Section 8-118b. - Contract to convey project to state on default.
- Section 8-118c. - Bond issue for additional development cost of projects.
- Section 8-119. - Bond issue.
- Section 8-119a. - Bond issues.
- Section 8-119b. - Expenses payable from fund.
- Section 8-119c. - Amendment of contracts for assistance.
- Section 8-119bb. - Declaration of policy.
- Section 8-119cc. - Implementation.
- Section 8-119dd. - State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships.
- Section 8-119ee. - Bond issue.
- Section 8-119ff. - Preliminary expenses.
- Section 8-119gg. - Payments in lieu of taxes and assessments.
- Section 8-119hh. - Disposal of projects.
- Section 8-119ii. - Expenses payable from fund.
- Section 8-119jj. - Regulations.
- Section 8-119kk. - Rental assistance for elderly persons residing in state-assisted rental housing for the elderly. Regulations.
- Section 8-119ll. - Comprehensive assessment of rental assistance for elderly persons and persons with disabilities.
- Section 8-119mm to 8-119yy. - Reserved for future use.
- Section 8-119d. - Declaration of policy.
- Section 8-119e. - Definitions.
- Section 8-119f. - Program design and oversight.
- Section 8-119g. - Implementation. Maximum income limits for admission. Deduction for congregate housing employment income.
- Section 8-119h. - State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships.
- Section 8-119i. - Bond issues. Administrative costs.
- Section 8-119j. - Conversion to a “housing project”.
- Section 8-119k. - Payment in lieu of taxes.
- Section 8-119l. - Operating subsidies for congregate housing projects.
- Section 8-119m. - Congregate housing and congregate housing project joint pilot program. Regulations.
- Section 8-119n. - Congregate housing project pilot program offering assisted living services. Regulations. Report.
- Section 8-119o to 8-119s. - Reserved for future use.
AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS
- Section 8-119t. - Grants-in-aid for expanding independent living opportunities. Definition. Regulations.
- Section 8-119u to 8-119w. - Reserved for future use.
- Section 8-119x. - Database of dwelling units suitable for persons with disabilities.
- Section 8-119y and 8-119z. - Reserved for future use.
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