Section 8-444. – Special homeowner advocate in Department of Housing. Responsibilities.
There shall be a special homeowner advocate within the Department of Housing. Said advocate shall be responsible for: (1) Coordinating the efforts of the state to provide assistance to owners of residential buildings with concrete foundations that have deteriorated due to the presence of pyrrhotite, (2) working with the federal government regarding any support provided […]
Section 8-359. – Bond issue.
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate three million five hundred thousand dollars. (b) The proceeds […]
Section 8-445. – Bond issue for Crumbling Foundations Assistance Fund.
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred million dollars, provided (1) twenty million dollars […]
Section 8-359a. (Formerly Sec. 17b-800). – Programs for homeless individuals. Standards for shelters.
(a) The Commissioner of Housing may, upon application of any public or private organization or agency, make grants, within available appropriations, to develop and maintain programs for homeless individuals including programs for emergency shelter services, transitional housing services, on-site social services for available permanent housing and for the prevention of homelessness. (b) Each shelter receiving […]
Section 8-345. (Formerly Sec. 17b-812). – Rental assistance for low-income families living in privately-owned rental housing. Regulations. Hearing.
(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall implement and administer a program of rental assistance for low-income families living in privately-owned rental housing. For the purposes of this section, a low-income family is one whose income does not exceed fifty per cent of the median family income for the area of the state in which such […]
Section 8-359b. (Formerly Sec. 17b-800a). – Shelters and services for homeless children and families. Relief from income garnishment orders. Duties of Department of Education.
(a) The Department of Housing, in consultation with appropriate state agencies and within available appropriations, shall (1) allocate existing funding and resources to ensure the availability of homeless shelters that accept intact families or that assist families to find adequate alternative arrangements that allow the family to remain together; and (2) review program eligibility requirements […]
Section 8-345a. (Formerly Sec. 17b-813). – Emergency rental assistance for families eligible to participate in the temporary family assistance program.
The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall provide emergency rental assistance for families eligible for assistance under the temporary family assistance program living in hotels and motels as a component of the program for rental assistance established under section 8-345. (P.A. 87-455, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 9, […]
Section 8-359c. (Formerly Sec. 17b-803). – Program of housing for persons suffering from AIDS. Regulations. Bond issue.
(a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 8-39, to provide financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid to such corporation for the purpose of providing housing for homeless persons suffering from acquired immune […]
Section 8-345b. (Formerly Sec. 17b-812a). – Modification of the rental assistance program subsidy.
The Commissioner of Housing shall modify the rental assistance program subsidy for eligible recipients with earned income in order to operate the program within available appropriations. The Commissioner of Housing shall have the authority to adopt policies or procedures to implement the provisions of this section pending the adoption of the policy or procedure in […]
Section 8-345c. (Formerly Sec. 17b-815). – Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program. Internet publication requirements when accepting new applications.
At least two weeks before any entity in the state that administers vouchers under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 USC 1437f(o), opens its waiting list for the acceptance of new applications for such vouchers, such entity shall notify, in writing or by electronic mail, the operator of an Internet web site designated by […]