§ 8-116a — Occupants need not be family units; design of construction; maximum income and asset limit; waiting list; false statement.

The following provisions shall be applicable to housing for elderly persons: (1) There shall be no requirement that the occupants of such housing constitute families and housing may be provided in separate dwelling units for elderly persons living alone; (2) housing for elderly persons shall conform to standards established by the Commissioner of Housing and shall be designed so as to alleviate the infirmities characteristic of the elderly; (3) the authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Housing, shall fix maximum standard income and asset limits for admission to such housing; (4) each housing authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership shall provide a receipt to each applicant for admission to its housing projects stating the time and date of application and shall maintain a list of such applications, which shall be a public record as defined in section 1-200 and which shall be created, maintained and revised in a manner which the Commissioner of Housing shall, by regulation, provide; and (5) any person who makes a false statement concerning the income of the elderly person for whom application for admission to a project under this part is made may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Legislative History

(1959, P.A. 600, S. 6; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 82-130, S. 3; P.A. 83-574, S. 7, 20; P.A. 84-143, S. 3; P.A. 85-238, S. 4; P.A. 87-436, S. 4, 23; P.A. 91-374, S. 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 99-244, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.) History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 82-130 provided for the issuance of a receipt and the maintenance of a list of applicants; P.A. 83-574 amended section to include references to nonprofit corporations; P.A. 84-143 required the commissioner of housing to provide, by regulation, for the manner of creation, maintenance and revision of waiting lists; P.A. 85-238 added references to housing partnerships; P.A. 87-436 added references to municipal developers; P.A. 91-374 specified that the maximum income established be a maximum standard income; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 99-244 deleted the requirement for the commissioner to fix limits for continued occupancy; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.