Connecticut § 8-365 State financial assistance to municipalities with programs for financing of low and moderate income rental housing.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 8-365 — State financial assistance to municipalities with programs for financing of low and moderate income rental housing.

Connecticut § 8-365

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

Ch. 138cGrants to Municipalities for Financing of Low and Moderate Income Rental Housing

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-365 (2026).

Text

(a)The Commissioner of Housing shall make grants-in-aid to any municipalities which have created programs to provide for the financing of new construction or substantial rehabilitation of dwelling units in projects in which a majority of the tenants shall be low and moderate income families if such municipal programs meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.

(b)In order to be eligible for grants made pursuant to this section, a municipal program must:

(1)Provide for a separate and distinct fund for any moneys received for or dedicated to such program, which fund shall not lapse at the end of the municipal fiscal year;

(2)allow for unrestricted direct contributions from private persons, municipal funds and federal funds to such fund; and (3) include a mechanism to guarant

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(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall make grants-in-aid to any municipalities which have created programs to provide for the financing of new construction or substantial rehabilitation of dwelling units in projects in which a majority of the tenants shall be low and moderate income families if such municipal programs meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. (b) In order to be eligible for grants made pursuant to this section, a municipal program must: (1) Provide for a separate and distinct fund for any moneys received for or dedicated to such program, which fund shall not lapse at the end of the municipal fiscal year; (2) allow for unrestricted direct contributions from private persons, municipal funds and federal funds to such fund; and (3) include a mechanism to guarantee that a majority of the tenants in any project financed by such program shall be low and moderate income families. (c) Any grant made by the commissioner shall be in an amount equal to fifty per cent of all such funds deposited in a municipal fund from private persons. (d) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

(P.A. 86-306, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-506, S. 1, 9; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.) History: P.A. 87-506 allowed for contributions of municipal and federal funds to a fund; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; 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 in Subsecs. (a) and (d), effective June 19, 2013.