Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 204a - Property Tax Relief for Elderly Homeowners and Renters and Persons with Permanent Total Disability
Section 12-170e. - State grants to renters qualified under section 12-170d.

(a)(1) A renter qualifying under section 12-170d shall be entitled to a payment from the state equivalent to the lesser of the maximum amount in the following table or thirty-five per cent of the sum of all charges for rents, electricity, gas, water and fuel actually paid during the preceding calendar year less five per cent of the qualifying income received during the preceding calendar year.





(2) The amounts of income at each level of qualifying income, as provided in the table in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall be adjusted annually in a uniform manner to reflect the annual inflation adjustment in Social Security income. Each such adjustment of qualifying income shall be determined to the nearest one hundred dollars and shall be applicable in determining the amount of grant allowed under this subsection with respect to charges for rents, electricity, gas, water and fuel actually paid during the preceding calendar year. Each such adjustment of qualifying income shall be prepared by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in relation to the annual inflation adjustment in Social Security, if any, becoming effective at any time during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the first day of October each year and shall be distributed to the assessors in each municipality not later than the thirty-first day of December next following.
(b) A person who qualifies at the close of any calendar year, who ceased to be a renter during such year, or a person who first became a qualified renter during the calendar year shall apportion his qualifying income on the basis of the number of months that he was a renter and the income so apportioned to the months during which he was a renter shall constitute his qualifying income for purposes of calculating the amount of grant under subdivision (a) of this section provided the maximum grant shall be a fraction of the amount shown in such table, the numerator of which shall be the number of months of the year that he was a renter and the denominator the numeral twelve.
(P.A. 74-55, S. 9, 14; P.A. 80-463, S. 3, 6; P.A. 81-1, S. 2, 3; 81-132, S. 2, 3; P.A. 84-515, S. 4, 7; P.A. 85-612, S. 3, 6; June 11, Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 4, 8; P.A. 87-586, S. 2, 10, 12; P.A. 88-321, S. 6, 10; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 564; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4, S. 24; P.A. 22-74, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 80-463 replaced table in Subsec. (a) with new table and added Subsec. (a)(2) and (3), effective June 6, 1980, and applicable to renters re grants allowed in calendar year commencing January 1, 1981, and each calendar year thereafter; P.A. 81-1 clarified amount of grant for a renter qualified and participating on June 5, 1981, effective January 14, 1981, and applicable to grants for renters allowed in calendar year commencing January 1, 1981, and each calendar year thereafter; P.A. 81-132 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to provide for annual adjustment of qualifying income levels to reflect the annual inflation adjustment in social security income in the twelve months preceding October first each year, effective May 19, 1981, and applicable to grants for renters in calendar year commencing January 1, 1982, and thereafter; P.A. 84-515 increased the maximum amount of grant for renters as indicated in the schedule of maximum grants in this section and increased the maximum levels of qualifying income to reflect the annual inflation adjustments effective for the calendar years commencing January 1, 1982, and January 1, 1983, as required under Subsec. (a)(a), effective June 13, 1984, and applicable to the calendar year 1985 and each calendar year thereafter; P.A. 85-612 amended the formula for determining amount of benefit under Subsec. (a) so that the method of computation in which a sum equal to the amount by which 20% of all charges for rents and utilities in preceding year exceeds 5% of qualifying income is changed by increasing 20% to 22% and the alternative method of allowing the maximum grant under the schedule, if less than the amount determined above, is changed by proportional increases in the maximum grant payable at each level of qualifying income in the schedule, and amended Subsec. (a)(2) by eliminating the provision that any renter qualified under the program prior to June 6, 1980, is entitled to a grant not less than such renter would receive, if qualified accordingly, under the provisions in effect on June 5, 1980, effective July 12, 1985, and applicable to payments to renters in calendar years commencing on or after January 1, 1986; June 11, Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1 added Subsec. (a)(3) providing for a minimum benefit applicable to renters who received a grant in the calendar year commencing January 1, 1985, effective July 8, 1986, pursuant to Art. 4, Sec. 15 of the Constitution of Conn. and Sec. 2-30 of the general statutes, and applicable to grants for renters in the calendar year commencing January 1, 1986; P.A. 87-586 increased the formula for calculating grants to renters from 22% to 35% of the sum of charges for rents, electricity, gas, water and fuel paid by the renter in the calendar year preceding less 5% of the renter's qualifying income in such preceding year and the amounts of qualifying income allowed at each level of maximum grant in the schedule of maximum qualifying income and corresponding grants, and added a minimum amount of benefit for each level of maximum qualifying income in the schedule, effective July 6, 1987, and applicable to grants for renters in calendar years commencing on or after January 1, 1987, and further provided that the “provisions of said public act 86-1 (of the June 11, 1986, special session) having been codified in the general statutes, revised to January 1, 1987, are deemed adopted and made effective July 8, 1986, the effective date of said public act 86-1”; P.A. 88-321 revised the schedule of qualifying income and corresponding amounts of grant to reflect the increase in the maximum qualifying income to $20,000, jointly with spouse, if married, and $16,200 if unmarried, effective May 10, 1988, and applicable to grants for renters in the calendar year 1988 and thereafter; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing in Subsec. (a)(2), effective June 19, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “state” with “municipality”, effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “municipality” with “state”, effective November 21, 2017; P.A. 22-74 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by substituting “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” for “Commissioner of Housing”, effective July 1, 2022.

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