Sec. 8-45. Rental rates and tenant selection for low rental projects.
Sec. 8-48. Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid.
Sec. 8-64a. Disposal of housing project by housing authority.
Sec. 8-68d. Housing authority annual report.
Sec. 8-68f. Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations.
Sec. 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. (a) For purposes of this section, a “tenant of the authority” means a tenant who lives in housing owned or managed by a housing authority or who is receiving housing assistance in a housing program directly administered by such authority. When the governing body of a municipality other than a town adopts a resolution as described in section 8-40, it shall promptly notify the chief executive officer of such adoption. Upon receiving such notice, the chief executive officer shall appoint five persons who are residents of such municipality as commissioners of the authority, except that the chief executive officer may appoint two additional persons who are residents of the municipality if (1) the authority operates more than three thousand units, or (2) upon the appointment of a tenant commissioner pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the additional appointments are necessary to achieve compliance with 24 CFR 964.415 or section 9-167a. If the governing body of a town adopts such a resolution, such body shall appoint five persons who are residents of such town as commissioners of the authority created for such town, except that such body may appoint two additional persons who are residents of the town if, upon the appointment of a tenant commissioner pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the additional appointments are necessary to achieve compliance with 24 CFR 964.415 or section 9-167a. The commissioners who are first so appointed shall be designated to serve for a term of either one, two, three, four or five years, except that if the authority has five members, the terms of not more than one member shall expire in the same year. Terms shall commence on the first day of the month next succeeding the date of their appointment, and annually thereafter a commissioner shall be appointed to serve for five years except that any vacancy which may occur because of a change of residence by a commissioner, removal of a commissioner, resignation or death shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term. If a governing body increases the membership of the authority on or after July 1, 1995, such governing body shall, by resolution, provide for a term of five years for each such additional member. The term of the chairman shall be three years. At least one of such commissioners of an authority having five members, and at least two of such commissioners of an authority having more than five members, shall be a tenant or tenants of the authority selected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. If, on October 1, 1979, a municipality has adopted a resolution as described in section 8-40, but has no tenants serving as commissioners, the chief executive officer of a municipality other than a town or the governing body of a town shall appoint a tenant who meets the qualifications set out in this section as a commissioner of such authority when the next vacancy occurs. No commissioner of an authority may hold any public office in the municipality for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold office until such commissioner's successor is appointed and has qualified. Not later than January 1, 2024, each commissioner who is serving on said date and, thereafter, upon appointment, each newly appointed commissioner who is not a reappointed commissioner, shall participate in a training for housing authority commissioners provided by an industry-recognized training provider. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk and shall be conclusive evidence of the legal appointment of such commissioner, after said commissioner has taken an oath in the form prescribed in the first paragraph of section 1-25. The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum if the authority consists of five commissioners. Four commissioners shall constitute a quorum if the authority consists of more than five commissioners. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of not less than a majority of the commissioners present unless the bylaws of the authority require a larger number. The chief executive officer, or, in the case of an authority for a town, the governing body of the town, shall designate which of the commissioners shall be the first chairman, but when the office of chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its commissioners. An authority shall select from among its commissioners a vice chairman, and it may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, and technical experts and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it requires, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation, provided, in municipalities having a civil service law, all appointments and promotions, except the employment of the secretary, shall be based on examinations given and lists prepared under such law, and, except so far as may be inconsistent with the terms of this chapter, such civil service law and regulations adopted thereunder shall apply to such housing authority and its personnel. For such legal services as it requires, an authority may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate any of its powers and duties to one or more of its agents or employees. A commissioner, or any employee of the authority who handles its funds, shall be required to furnish an adequate bond. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(b) The authority shall designate a tenant organization as the recognized jurisdiction-wide tenant organization only if (1) the members of the governing board of such tenant organization were elected through a jurisdiction-wide election, and (2) such tenant organization satisfies the requirements for elected jurisdiction-wide resident councils pursuant to regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, except that a tenant of the authority shall be eligible to vote in any election for the governing board of such tenant organization and to serve on the governing board of such tenant organization without regard to whether such tenant receives or lives in housing that receives federal assistance. Any tenant organization that has been designated by the authority as the recognized jurisdiction-wide tenant organization may select tenants for appointment as tenant commissioner in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(c) (1) Not less than sixty days before the appointment of any tenant commissioner or the expiration of the term of any tenant commissioner, whichever is earlier, the housing authority shall notify all tenant organizations comprised of tenants residing within units owned or managed by such housing authority and all tenants of such authority of such pending appointment or expiration of term. The notice shall include information concerning procedures by which tenants may petition for an election pursuant to this subsection.
(2) The appointee as tenant commissioner shall be selected by a fair election of the tenants of the authority if, not more than thirty days after the authority notifies such tenants of a pending appointment or expiration of term pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, ten per cent of the tenants of the authority or seventy-five tenants of the authority, whichever is less, petition the authority for an election.
(3) If the tenants of the authority have not petitioned for an election pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, then the appointee as tenant commissioner shall be selected by the recognized jurisdiction-wide tenant organization, if any, by means provided for in the by-laws adopted by such tenant organization. Such means may include, without limitation, a fair election by the tenants of the authority or selection by the governing board of such tenant organization.
(4) If an appointee as tenant commissioner has not been selected by an election of the tenants of the authority or by other means pursuant to the by-laws adopted by the recognized jurisdiction-wide tenant organization by the date ninety days after the date the housing authority provides notice of a pending appointment or expiration of term pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, then the appointing authority shall select the appointee. In making such selection, the appointing authority shall consider any tenant recommended by any tenant organization within its jurisdiction or the jurisdiction-wide tenant organization.
(5) The housing authority shall provide all tenants of the authority with written notice of any election conducted pursuant to this subsection or subsection (b) of this section not later than thirty days before the date of such election. For any election conducted pursuant to this subsection for an authority having more than five commissioners, the housing authority may establish qualifications for the second tenant commissioner as necessary to achieve compliance with 24 CFR 964.415 or section 9-167a.
(d) For any election conducted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the housing authority shall use its best efforts to secure an impartial entity to administer such election. To the extent practicable, such impartial entity shall be selected with the agreement of the recognized jurisdiction-wide tenant organization, if any. In the event of a dispute concerning the procedure for or results of such election, any person may petition the entity administering such election for a resolution of such dispute.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section or any other provision of the general statutes, a commissioner of an authority may serve as a justice of the peace or a registrar of voters.
(1949 Rev., S. 926; 1949, S. 438d; 1967, P.A. 124, S. 1; P.A. 75-415, S. 1; P.A. 78-326; P.A. 79-546; P.A. 90-245; P.A. 94-35, S. 1, 2; 94-156, S. 4, 5; P.A. 97-307, S. 3, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 108; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 5; P.A. 11-203, S. 1; P.A. 23-207, S. 11.)
History: 1967 act specified conditions under which vacancies are to be filled; P.A. 75-415 limited tenant commissioners to one; P.A. 78-326 deleted former limitation on tenant commissioners and specifically allowed more than one tenant commissioner provided residence requirement met; P.A. 79-546 required at least one tenant commissioner and made provision for appointment and for restricting voting power in cases involving rents in housing owned or managed by authority; P.A. 90-245 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re appointment of members who are not residents where the authority operates more than 3,000 units and requiring that authorities with more than five members have at least two members who are residents in units operated by the authority; P.A. 94-35 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate the requirement that additional members not be residents and that such members serve at the pleasure of the chief executive official, to add provision re term duration and to provide that five commissioners constitute a quorum if the authority has more than five members, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 94-156 changed the effective date of P.A. 94-35 from July 1, 1994, to July 1, 1995, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 97-307 added Subsec. (c), allowing commissioners to serve as justices of the peace or registrars of voters, effective July 8, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that commissioner who is a tenant may have previously resided in units operated by authority provided residence was for more than one year and tenant is receiving housing assistance in housing program administered by Department of Economic and Community Development, effective June 29, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “such authority” for “the Department of Economic and Community Development”, effective October 6, 2007; P.A. 11-203 amended Subsec. (a) by defining “tenant of the authority”, by adding language re appointment of 2 additional commissioners if authority operates more than 3,000 units or if necessary to comply with state or federal law, and by deleting language requiring tenant commissioners to reside in housing for more than 1 year and prohibiting tenant commissioners from voting on establishment or revision of rents, added new Subsec. (b) re recognized jurisdiction-wide tenant organizations, deleted former Subsec. (b) re appointment of tenant commissioners, added new Subsecs. (c) and (d) re selection of tenant commissioners, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (e), and made technical changes; P.A. 23-207 amended Subsec. (a) to require training for commissioners upon appointment and made technical changes.
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Sec. 8-45. Rental rates and tenant selection for low rental projects. (a) Each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations, and no housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit or as a source of revenue to the municipality. An authority shall fix the rentals for dwelling in its projects at no higher rates than it finds to be necessary in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available money, revenues, income and receipts of the authority from whatever sources derived, will be sufficient (1) to pay, as the same become due, the principal and interest on the bonds of the authority; (2) to meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the projects, including the cost of any insurance, and the administrative expenses of the authority; and (3) to create, during not less than six years immediately succeeding its issuance of any bonds, a reserve sufficient to meet the largest principal and interest payments which will be due on such bonds in any one year thereafter and to maintain such reserve.
(b) In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall, at all times, rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein at rentals within the financial reach of families of low income. The authority, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Housing, shall fix maximum income limits for the admission and for the continued occupancy of families in such housing, provided such maximum income limits and all revisions thereof for housing projects operated pursuant to any contract with any agency of the federal government shall be subject to the prior approval of such federal agency. The commissioner shall define the income of a family to provide the basis for determining eligibility for the admission and for the continued occupancy of families under the maximum income limits fixed and approved. The definition of family income by the commissioner may provide for the exclusion of all or part of the income of family members which, in the judgment of the commissioner, is not generally available to meet the cost of basic living needs of the family.
(c) Any housing authority administering a tenant-based rental assistance program, such as the federal Housing Choice Voucher program, shall, not later than thirty days after setting or updating the payment standard, as defined in 24 CFR 982.4, or any similar maximum monthly assistance payment for a dwelling accommodation, post such payment standard in a prominent and publicly accessible location on its Internet web site or the Internet web site of the municipality in which such authority is located. Such posting shall include (1) a disclaimer alerting program participants that the maximum allowable payment standard may not be applied in full to the actual rental rate paid by the applicant in certain circumstances, and (2) any rules or regulations adopted by such authority regarding such rental assistance programs.
(d) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the housing authorities of the state, shall develop a common rental application that may be used by any such housing authority.
(e) No housing authority shall refuse to rent any dwelling accommodation to an otherwise qualified applicant on the ground that one or more of the proposed occupants are children born out of wedlock.
(f) Each housing authority 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. The commissioner shall, by regulation, provide for the manner in which such list shall be created, maintained and revised.
(g) No provision of this chapter shall be construed as limiting the right of the authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by such authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof or acquire title thereto through foreclosure proceedings, free from all the restrictions imposed by this chapter with respect to rental rates and tenant selection.
(1949 Rev., S. 930, 952; 1949, 1953, S. 441d; 1957, P.A. 667, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 24, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; 556, S. 1; 800; 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. 1; P.A. 84-143, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 23-207, S. 40.)
History: 1967 acts gave public works commissioner power to define family income to provide basis for eligibility determination, prohibited refusal to rent if occupant is child born out of wedlock and 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 of economic development for department of economic development; 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. 84-143 required the commissioner of housing to provide, by regulation, for the manner of creation, maintenance and revision of waiting lists; 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, effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 23-207 designated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a),(b) and (e) to (g), added Subsec. (c) requiring housing authorities to post housing voucher payment standards on their Internet web sites, added Subsec. (d) requiring the Commissioner of Housing to create a common rental application, and made technical and conforming changes throughout.
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Sec. 8-48. Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid. In the cases of any tenants who are the recipients of one hundred per cent social services aid from the Department of Social Services of the state or any municipality and who have no income from any other source, rentals shall be fixed by each housing authority for the ensuing rental year established by the authority based on one-half of the costs and expenses set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 8-45, plus the full amount of costs and expenses set forth in subdivisions (2) and (3) of said subsection as set forth in the operating statements of the authority for the preceding fiscal year, which total amount shall be divided by the total number of rooms contained in all low-rent housing projects operated by such housing authority to establish the rental cost per room per annum for such tenants, from which figure shall be computed the rent per month per room. Said rentals shall govern for said rental year.
(September, 1957, P.A. 24, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 41; 615, S. 27; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 23-207, S. 41.)
History: 1959 acts provided costs and expenses be as set forth in operating statements of authority for preceding fiscal year rather than as set forth in annual budgets of the authority and deleted a termination date of June 30, 1959, for section; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of department of income maintenance for welfare department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of social services department for income maintenance department, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 23-207 made technical and conforming changes.
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Sec. 8-64a. Disposal of housing project by housing authority. No housing authority that receives or has received any state financial assistance may sell, lease, transfer or destroy, or contract to sell, lease, transfer or destroy, any housing project or portion thereof in any case where such project or portion thereof would no longer be available for the purpose of low or moderate income rental housing as a result of such sale, lease, transfer or destruction, except the Commissioner of Housing may grant written approval for the sale, lease, transfer or destruction of a housing project if the commissioner finds, after a public hearing, that (1) the sale, lease, transfer or destruction is in the best interest of the state and the municipality in which the project is located, (2) an adequate supply of low or moderate income rental housing exists in the municipality in which the project is located, (3) the housing authority has developed a plan for the sale, lease, transfer or destruction of such project in consultation with the residents of such project and representatives of the municipality in which such project is situated and has made adequate provision for such residents' and representatives' participation in such plan, which plan may include the construction of housing that is subject to an affordable housing deed restriction, as defined in section 12-81bb, for not less than twenty years and that is owner-occupied single-family or multifamily housing to replace existing housing units at a ratio of not less than one-to-one, and (4) any person who is displaced as a result of the sale, lease, transfer or destruction will (A) be relocated to a comparable dwelling unit of public or subsidized housing in the same municipality, (B) receive a tenant-based rental subsidy and will receive relocation assistance under chapter 135, or (C) be relocated to a housing unit within a single-family or multifamily residence in the same municipality that is subject to an affordable housing deed restriction, as defined in section 12-81bb, for not less than twenty years. The commissioner shall consider the extent to which the housing units that are to be sold, leased, transferred or destroyed will be replaced with housing that is affordable to households with incomes below twenty-five per cent of the area median income and to households with incomes below fifty per cent of the area median income, in ways that may include, but need not be limited to, newly constructed housing, rehabilitation of housing that is abandoned or has been vacant for at least one year, or new federal, state or local tenant-based or project-based rental subsidies. The commissioner shall give the residents of the housing project or portion thereof that is to be sold, leased, transferred or destroyed written notice of such public hearing by first class mail not less than ninety days before the date of the hearing. Such written approval shall contain a statement of facts supporting the findings of the commissioner. This section shall not apply to the sale, lease, transfer or destruction of a housing project pursuant to the terms of any contract entered into before June 3, 1988. The commissioner shall not impose a one-for-one replacement requirement on King Court in East Hartford. This section shall not apply to phase I of Father Panik Village in Bridgeport, Elm Haven in New Haven, Pequonnock Gardens Project in Bridgeport, Evergreen Apartments in Bridgeport, Quinnipiac Terrace/Riverview in New Haven, Dutch Point in Hartford, William V. Begg Apartments in Waterbury, Southfield Village in Stamford, Marina Village in Bridgeport and, upon approval by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development of a HOPE VI revitalization application and a revitalization plan that includes at least the one-for-one replacement of low and moderate income units, Fairfield Court in Stamford.
(P.A. 88-267, S. 2, 4; 89-113, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-195; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-299; P.A. 01-194, S. 3, 9; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 28; P.A. 10-134, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 23; P.A. 14-49, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 502; P.A. 16-108, S. 1; P.A. 23-144, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 89-113 removed the one year limitation on the applicability of section 2 of P.A. 88-267, thereby necessitating its codification, added further findings to be made by the commissioner of housing prior to approving the sale, lease, transfer or destruction of state-assisted housing projects and added public hearing and notice requirements in connection therewith; 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. 96-195 deleted Subdiv. (3) requiring replacement with an equal number of dwelling units, renumbering the remaining Subdivs. accordingly; P.A. 97-299 inserted new Subdiv. (3) re development of plan for disposal of project prior to approval, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as (4), added provisions re type of housing or subsidy as alternatives available to displaced persons for relocation and required commissioner to consider extent to which disposed units will be replaced; P.A. 01-194 added exception for Pequonock Gardens Project in Bridgeport, effective July 11, 2001; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 added exceptions for Evergreen Apartments in Bridgeport, Quinnipiac Terrace/Riverview in New Haven, Dutch Point in Hartford, Southfield Village in Stamford and, upon approval by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development of a HOPE VI revitalization application and a revitalization plan that includes at least the one-for-one replacement of low and moderate income units, Fairfield Court in Stamford, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 10-134 provided that commissioner shall not impose one-for-one replacement requirement on King Court in East Hartford; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-49 added exception for William V. Begg Apartments in Waterbury and made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added exception for Marina Village in Bridgeport, effective June 30, 2015; P.A. 16-108 added provision re commissioner to consider extent to which housing units will be replaced with housing affordable to households below 25 per cent and below 50 per cent of area median income; P.A. 23-144 amended Subdiv. (3) by adding provision re commissioner to consider a housing authority's plans to construct deed-restricted affordable housing, redesignated existing provisions as Subdivs. (4)(A) and (4)(B), added Subdiv. (4)(C) re relocation of residents to such housing, and made technical changes throughout.
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Sec. 8-68d. Housing authority annual report. Each housing authority shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Housing and the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the authority is located not later than March first, annually. The report shall contain (1) an inventory of all existing housing owned or operated by the authority, including the total number, types and sizes of rental units and the total number of occupancies and vacancies in each housing project or development, and a description of the condition of such housing, (2) a description of any new construction projects being undertaken by the authority and the status of such projects, (3) the number and types of any rental housing sold, leased or transferred during the period of the report which is no longer available for the purpose of low or moderate income rental housing, (4) the results of the authority's annual audit conducted in accordance with section 4-231 if required by said section, and (5) such other information as the commissioner may require by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 88-267, S. 1, 4; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 23-207, S. 15.)
History: 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, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 23-207 added new Subdiv. (4) requiring housing authorities to include the results of required audits in annual reports to the Commissioner of Housing and redesignated existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (5).
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Sec. 8-68f. Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations. Each housing authority that receives financial assistance under any state housing program, and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary when said authority or subsidiary is the successor owner of housing previously owned by a housing authority under part II or part VI of this chapter, shall, for housing which it owns and operates, (1) provide each of its tenants with a written lease, (2) provide each of its tenants, at the time the tenant signs an initial lease and annually thereafter, with contact information for the management of the housing authority, the local health department and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, and a copy of the guidance concerning the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants that is posted on the Internet web site of the judicial branch, (3) adopt a procedure for hearing tenant complaints and grievances, (4) adopt procedures for soliciting tenant comment on proposed changes in housing authority policies and procedures, including changes to its lease and to its admission and occupancy policies, and (5) encourage tenant participation in the housing authority's operation of state housing programs, including, where appropriate, the facilitation of tenant participation in the management of housing projects. If such housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary operates both a federal and a state-assisted housing program, it shall use the same procedure for hearing tenant grievances in both programs. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish uniform minimum standards for the requirements in this section.
(P.A. 89-113, S. 2, 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 00-173; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 94; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 23-207, S. 12.)
History: 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. 00-173 required written lease and adoption of procedures for tenant complaints and for tenant participation, and required the commissioner to adopt regulations; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 applied provisions of section to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or subsidiary, effective July 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 23-207 added new Subdiv. (2) re housing authorities to provide management contact information to tenants, local health departments and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, and to provide tenants with a copy of guidance concerning the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants published by the Judicial Department, redesignated existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3) and Subdivs. (3) and (4) as Subdivs. (4) and (5), and made technical corrections throughout.
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