(a) The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, in consultation with the advisory panel established under section 8-265h, shall develop and administer a program of mortgage assistance to low or moderate income families or persons, as defined in section 8-243. In making mortgage assistance available under the program, the authority shall utilize down payment assistance or any other appropriate housing subsidies. The terms of any mortgage assistance shall allow the mortgagee to realize a reasonable portion of the equity gain upon sale of the mortgaged property.
(b) On or before March 15, 1998, and annually thereafter, the authority shall submit a report on the program to the advisory panel established pursuant to section 8-265h.
(P.A. 91-314, S. 2, 4; P.A. 92-69, S. 3, 5; P.A. 97-36, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 92-69 deleted provisions from Subsec. (a) limiting eligibility to first-time homebuyers who do not have a down payment or sufficient annual income to qualify for existing mortgage assistance programs; P.A. 97-36 changed annual report deadline in Subsec. (b) from January first to March fifteenth.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development
Chapter 134 - Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Act
Section 8-241. - Short title: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Act.
Section 8-242. - Declaration of policy.
Section 8-242a. - Establishment of subsidiaries by authority.
Section 8-244a. - Commissioner of Economic Development to be member of authority.
Section 8-244b. - Establishment of State Housing Authority.
Section 8-244c. - State Housing Authority to be successor to Connecticut Housing Authority.
Section 8-244d. - Bonds, notes or other obligations.
Section 8-244e. - Definitions. Additional powers and duties of Commissioner of Housing.
Section 8-245. - State personnel may be board members of authority.
Section 8-246. - Executive director. Appointment and duties.
Section 8-248. - Perpetual succession of authority.
Section 8-249. - Quorum. Board action. Written procedures.
Section 8-250. - Purpose and powers of authority.
Section 8-252. - Issuance of bonds by authority.
Section 8-253. - Mortgage loans and insurance of mortgage payments.
Section 8-253a. - Additional loan conditions.
Section 8-254. - Applications for mortgage insurance.
Section 8-254a. - Tenant selection plans of mortgagors.
Section 8-255. - Mortgage insurance premiums.
Section 8-256. - Default by mortgagor and subsequent action.
Section 8-260. - Reports to Governor and General Assembly. Audit.
Section 8-261. - Pledge by state as to limitation or alteration of rights vested in authority.
Section 8-262. - Interpretation of powers.
Section 8-262a. - Penalty for false statement.
Section 8-263. - Provisions controlling over inconsistent law.
Section 8-264 and 8-265. - Purchase of or loans on mortgages insured by state agencies. Bond issue.
Section 8-265a. - Land of authority subject to local regulation.
Section 8-265b. - Tax-exempt status of authority. Payment in lieu of taxes.
Section 8-265bb. - Contract for state assistance to authority.
Section 8-265cc. - Definitions.
Section 8-265e. - Annual study of current market rent levels.
Section 8-265g. - Mortgage assistance for low or moderate income families or persons.
Section 8-265h. - Housing advisory panel.
Section 8-265hh. - Repayment agreement.
Section 8-265i. - Reverse annuity mortgage program.
Section 8-265ii. - Adoption of procedures.
Section 8-265jj. - Filing of notice of agreement to participate in program with the authority.
Section 8-265mm. - Pilot program of home purchasing assistance for police officers.
Section 8-265o. - Definitions.
Section 8-265oo. - Residential mortgage loan refinancing guarantee program.
Section 8-265p. - Residential mortgage refinancing guarantee program.
Section 8-265pp. - Mortgage assistance program for certain teachers.
Section 8-265q. - Mortgagee participation.
Section 8-265qq. - Assessment increase deferred for rehabilitated properties.
Section 8-265r. - Eligibility of loans.
Section 8-265rr. - Mortgage refinancing program for homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages.
Section 8-265ss. - Homeowner's Equity Recovery Opportunity loan program.
Section 8-265t. - Points. Annual premium.
Section 8-265tt. - Definitions.
Section 8-265u. - Termination of loan guarantee.
Section 8-265v. - Written procedures.