Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 134 - Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Act
Section 8-265c. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Discrimination re housing financed by authority barred.

The authority shall require that occupancy of all housing financed or otherwise assisted under this chapter be open to all persons regardless of race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry, sex or gender identity or expression and that the contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction or rehabilitation of such housing shall take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity for employment without discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry, sex or gender identity or expression.

(1972, P.A. 208, S. 11; P.A. 11-55, S. 5.)
*Note: On and after January 1, 2023, this section, as amended by section 13 of public act 21-32, is to read as follows:
“Sec. 8-265c. Discrimination re housing financed by authority barred. The authority shall require that occupancy of all housing financed or otherwise assisted under this chapter be open to all persons regardless of race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry, sex or gender identity or expression or erased criminal history record information, as defined in section 46a-80a, and that the contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction or rehabilitation of such housing shall take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity for employment without discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression or erased criminal history record information.”
(1972, P.A. 208, S. 11; P.A. 11-55, S. 5; P.A. 21-32, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 11-55 prohibited discrimination on basis of gender identity or expression; P.A. 21-32 added provision re discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information, effective January 1, 2023.

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