1100 – Statement of Legislative Findings and Purpose.
§ 1100. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a serious shortage of decent affordable housing in the state for persons of low income; that the cost of providing such housing without public participation and assistance is prohibitively high; that there exists throughout the state a significant […]
1101 – Definitions.
§ 1101. Definitions. For the purposes of this article: 1. “Commissioner” shall mean the commissioner of the state division of housing and community renewal. 2. “Corporation” shall mean the housing trust fund corporation established by section forty-five-a of this chapter. 3. “Rehabilitation” shall mean all work necessary to bring a residential property into compliance with […]
1021 – Definitions.
§ 1021. Definitions. As used in this article, any term defined in article seventeen of this chapter shall have the same meaning herein as set forth therein and the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. “Federal assistance” means assistance from the Farmer’s Home Administration pursuant to title five of the United States Housing […]
1023 – Rural Housing Assistance Contracts.
§ 1023. Rural housing assistance contracts. 1. The commissioner may enter into contracts with eligible sponsors for the provision, in eligible projects, of housing for persons of low income. Such contracts shall provide for the payment by the division to the sponsor of periodic rental assistance payments with respect to the housing accommodations occupied by […]
1005 – Enforcement of Standards for Contract Performance.
§ 1005. Enforcement of standards for contract performance. 1. The division shall by regulation provide for formal evaluation of the performance of a corporation to determine its progress in achieving the objectives outlined in the annual housing preservation and community renewal plan contained in its contract with the division. Such evaluation shall include a review […]
1006 – Technical Services and Assistance to Corporations and Rural Areas.
§ 1006. Technical services and assistance to corporations and rural areas. 1. In accordance with the policy of this article, the division shall encourage the creation, development and strengthening of new not-for-profit corporations to perform housing preservation and community renewal activities in the rural areas of the state, and is authorized to take all steps […]
1007 – Rules and Regulations.
§ 1007. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall issue rules and regulations for the administration of this article. Such rules and regulations shall include provisions concerning requirements as to eligibility for contracting with the commissioner; the form of applications for contracts; supervision and evaluation of corporations which contract with the commissioner including standards and performance […]
1008 – Relationship to Other Laws.
§ 1008. Relationship to other laws. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to deny or limit the right of any corporation to seek or receive assistance under, or otherwise participate in, any other program pursuant to this chapter, or any other governmental program relating to housing or community renewal. Nothing in this article shall […]
1009 – Annual Report.
§ 1009. Annual report. The commissioner shall, on or before December thirty-first in each year submit a report to the legislature on the implementation of this article. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, for each company receiving payments under this article: a description of such company’s contract amount and cumulative total; the […]
1010 – Rural Aging Services.
§ 1010. Rural aging services. Housing preservation and community renewal activities which are otherwise eligible under subdivision five of section one thousand two of this article, but which are or have been funded under the rural aging services program operated jointly by the division and the state office for the aging, shall not be subject […]