(a) The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall establish and administer a homefinders program, which includes participation by housing authorities, to assist families including recipients of temporary family assistance who are homeless or in imminent danger of eviction or foreclosure. The commissioner shall administer the program within available appropriations.
(b) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 5, 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 53, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 85, 165; P.A. 13-234, S. 49.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended Subsec. (a) to require that program be administered within available appropriations; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-621 transferred to Sec. 17b-806 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting reference to Commissioner of Housing for reference to Commissioner of Social Services and adding “in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services”, and amended Subsec. (b) by substituting reference to Commissioner of Housing for reference to Commissioner of Social Services, effective July 1, 2013; Sec. 17b-806 transferred to Sec. 8-359d in 2015.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development
Chapter 138b - Housing Programs for Homeless Persons
Section 8-358. - Rental payments. Regulations.
Section 8-359d. (Formerly Sec. 17b-806). - Homefinders program.
Section 8-360. - Nondisclosure of location of housing for domestic violence victims.