Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions
Section 8-37hh. - Decision. Appeal. Extension of time for filing appeal.

(a) Not later than sixty days after such hearing, the Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designated hearing officer, shall render a final decision based upon all the evidence introduced before him or her and applying all pertinent provisions of law, regulations and departmental policy, and such final decision shall supersede the decision made without a hearing, provided final definitive administrative action shall be taken by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee within ninety days after the request of such hearing pursuant to section 8-37gg. Notice of such final decision shall be given to the aggrieved person by mailing him or her a copy thereof within one business day of its rendition. Such decision after hearing shall be final except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) The applicant for such hearing, if aggrieved, may appeal therefrom in accordance with section 4-183. Appeals from decisions of said commissioner shall be privileged cases to be heard by the court as soon after the return day as shall be practicable.
(c) The commissioner may, for good cause shown by an aggrieved person, extend the time for filing an appeal to Superior Court beyond the time limitations of section 4-183, as set forth below:
(1) Any aggrieved person who is authorized to appeal a decision of the commissioner, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, but who fails to serve or file a timely appeal to the Superior Court pursuant to section 4-183, may, as provided in this subsection, petition that the commissioner, for good cause shown, extend the time for filing any such appeal. Such a petition must be filed with the commissioner in writing and contain a complete and detailed explanation of the reasons that precluded the petitioner from serving or filing an appeal within the statutory time period. Such petition must also be accompanied by all available documentary evidence that supports or corroborates the reasons advanced for the extension request. In no event shall a petition for extension be considered or approved if filed later than ninety days after the rendition of the final decision. The decision as to whether to grant an extension shall be made consistent with the provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection and shall be final and not subject to judicial review.
(2) In determining whether to grant a good cause extension, as provided for in this subsection, the commissioner, or the commissioner's authorized designee, shall, without the necessity of further hearing, review and, as necessary, verify the reasons advanced by the petition in justification of the extension request. A determination that good cause prevented the filing of a timely appeal shall be issued in writing and shall enable the petitioner to serve and file an appeal within the time provisions of section 4-183 from the date of the decision granting an extension. The circumstances that precluded the petitioner from filing a timely appeal, and which may be deemed good cause for purposes of granting an extension petition, include, but are not limited to: (A) Serious illness or incapacity of the petitioner which has been documented as materially affecting the conduct of personal affairs; (B) a death or serious illness in the petitioner's immediate family that has been documented as precluding the petitioner from perfecting a timely appeal; (C) incorrect or misleading information given to the petitioner by the agency, relating to the appeal time period, and shown to have been materially relied on by the petitioner as the basis for failure to file a timely appeal; (D) evidence that the petitioner did not receive notice of the agency decision; and (E) other unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances of an exceptional nature which prevented the filing of a timely appeal.
(P.A. 15-29, S. 2.)

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development

Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions

Section 8-37r. - Department of Housing. Commissioner. Successor to certain functions, powers and duties. Designation as public housing agency.

Section 8-37s. - Commissioner to monitor housing needs and publish data on housing production.

Section 8-37t. - State's consolidated plan for housing and community development.

Section 8-37u. - Commissioner to coordinate housing policy and activities. Operating plan to be submitted and followed by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Commissioner to consult with Commissioner of Agriculture.

Section 8-37v. - Research activities.

Section 8-37w. - Model ordinance and procedures for regulation of land development.

Section 8-37x. - Powers of Commissioner of Housing. Housing authority purchases. Deferred payments of interest or principal. When commissioner deemed an eligible developer. Dissolution of eligible developer of state-financed property. Exceptions. Reg...

Section 8-37y. - Powers of Commissioner of Housing re state real property transferred to Department of Housing and surplus real property made available by the federal government.

Section 8-37z. - Duties of commissioners re involuntary displacement of residents of single-family or multifamily dwellings. Regulations.

Section 8-37aa. - Income-grouped housing: Definitions.

Section 8-37bb. - Annual report re fair housing choice and racial and economic integration.

Section 8-37cc. - Housing agencies to serve households with incomes less than fifty per cent of area median income and to promote fair housing choice and racial and economic integration.

Section 8-37dd. - Retention of housing assisted by housing agencies.

Section 8-37ee. - Establishment of affirmative duty for entities participating in programs assisted or supervised by state housing agencies to promote fair housing.

Section 8-37ff. - Maintenance of comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing.

Section 8-37gg. - Fair hearings by commissioner. Application.

Section 8-37hh. - Decision. Appeal. Extension of time for filing appeal.

Section 8-37jj. - Electric resistance as primary source of heat.

Section 8-37kk. - Preference to loans for energy efficient projects.

Section 8-37ll. - Submission of residential antidisplacement and relocation assistance plan to responsible commissioner. Regulations.

Section 8-37mm. - Homelessness prevention and response fund. Grants to capitalize operating and replacement reserves in supportive housing units. Bonds.

Section 8-37pp. - Affordable housing. State assistance authorized. Terms and conditions. Regulations.

Section 8-37qq. - Uses of funds for bond-financed state housing programs. Housing Assistance Bond Fund. Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.

Section 8-37rr. - Definitions.

Section 8-37ss. - Housing funds consolidation. Procedures.

Section 8-37tt. - Administrative oversight charges.

Section 8-37uu. - Transfer of housing loan portfolio to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.

Section 8-37vv. - Rental Housing Revolving Loan Fund. Regulations.

Section 8-37ww. - Demonstration program for energy-efficient and environmentally safe housing.

Section 8-37xx. - State-assisted housing sustainability: Definitions.

Section 8-37yy. - State-Assisted Housing Sustainability Fund. Financial assistance for preservation of eligible housing. Regulations.

Section 8-37zz. - State-Assisted Housing Sustainability Advisory Committee.

Section 8-37aaa. - Grants for physical needs assessment of eligible housing.

Section 8-37lll. - Certification of affordable housing units within certified historic structures. Regulations.

Section 8-37mmm. - Visitable housing.

Section 8-37nnn. - Interagency council on affordable housing.

Section 8-37ooo. - Deputy Commissioner of Housing. Appointment. Duties.

Section 8-37qqq. - Annual report re activities of Department of Housing.

Section 8-37rrr. - Annual report re rental assistance.

Section 8-37sss. - Term “commissioner” to be substituted for “secretary”. Term “Housing” to be substituted for “the Office of Policy and Management”, “Economic and Community Development” and “Social Services”.