Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects
Section 8-49. - Cooperation of housing authorities.

Any authority or authorities may join or cooperate with one another or with the Commissioner of Housing in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and the giving of security therefor, planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area within which one or more of such authorities are authorized to exercise their powers. For such purpose any cooperating authority may, by resolution, prescribe and authorize said commissioner or any authority so joining and cooperating with it to act in its behalf in the exercise of any of such powers or the cooperating authorities may, by resolution, appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full powers to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any of their powers as prescribed by resolution of such authority.

(1949 Rev., S. 931, 964; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-144, S. 1–3, 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development and P.A. 78-144 authorized commissioner to act on behalf of authority upon authorization by authority to do so; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

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

Chapter 128 - Department of Housing: Municipal Housing Projects

Section 8-38. - Finding and declaration of necessity.

Section 8-39. - Definitions.

Section 8-39a. - “Affordable housing” defined.

Section 8-40. - Creation of housing authorities.

Section 8-41. - Appointment. Qualifications and tenure of commissioners. Selection of tenant commissioners. Commissioners authorized to serve as justice of the peace or registrar of voters.

Section 8-41a. - Liability of authority for actions of commissioners and employees.

Section 8-42. - Commissioners and executive or managerial employees to have no interest in project. Limitation on employment of former commissioners.

Section 8-43. - Removal of commissioners; subpoenas.

Section 8-44. - Powers of authority.

Section 8-44a. - Housing authority programs for social and supplementary services, project rehabilitation and improvement and energy conservation. State grants-in-aid, loans and deferred loans. Rental Rehabilitation Fund. Operation or management plan...

Section 8-44b. - Housing authority police force.

Section 8-45. - Rental rates and tenant selection for low rental projects.

Section 8-45a. - Consideration of criminal record, alcohol abuse and status as registered sexual offender of applicant or proposed occupant.

Section 8-45b. - Waiver of regulations.

Section 8-46. - Penalty for false statement.

Section 8-47. - Considerations in fixing income limits.

Section 8-48. - Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid.

Section 8-49. - Cooperation of housing authorities.

Section 8-50. - Eminent domain.

Section 8-51. - Zoning and building laws.

Section 8-52. - Bonds.

Section 8-53. - Provisions of bonds, trust indentures and mortgages.

Section 8-54. - Remedies of an obligee of authority.

Section 8-55. - Additional remedies conferrable by authority.

Section 8-56. - Aid from federal and state governments.

Section 8-56a. - Public hearing prior to construction by authority or developer of HUD-assisted projects.

Section 8-57. - Agreements to secure federal assistance.

Section 8-58. - Exemption from taxes and Uniform Securities Act. Payments in lieu of taxes.

Section 8-59. - Contracts for payments to state public body.

Section 8-60. - Cooperation in undertaking housing projects.

Section 8-61. - Advances to housing authority; bonds and notes issued to finance housing projects.

Section 8-62. - Procedure for state public body.

Section 8-63. - Reports.

Section 8-64. - Disposal of property by a housing authority.

Section 8-64a. - Disposal of housing project by housing authority.

Section 8-64b. - Nondisclosure of tenant Social Security and bank account numbers.

Section 8-64c. - Resident participation plan for major physical transformation and disposition activities.

Section 8-65. - Exemption of property from execution sale.

Section 8-66. - Administration of projects established for housing war workers.

Section 8-67. - Injury on housing authority property.

Section 8-68. - Housing research and studies.

Section 8-68a. - State grants for community centers.

Section 8-68b. - Bond issue.

Section 8-68c. - Notice of certain actions concerning federally assisted multifamily rental housing for low and moderate income persons and families.

Section 8-68d. - Housing authority annual report.

Section 8-68e. - Financial assistance to housing authorities for rehabilitation of uninhabitable dwelling units.

Section 8-68f. - Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations.

Section 8-68g. - Developer's fees charged by eligible developers.

Section 8-68h. - Tenant escrow accounts.

Section 8-68i. - Emergency housing in projects.

Section 8-68j. - Financially distressed development. Transfer to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.

Section 8-68k. - Compliance with requirements for operation and disposition of housing projects by successor.

Section 8-68l. - Tenants' use of common areas for political activity.

Section 8-69. - Moderate rental housing projects and moderate cost housing; declaration of policy.

Section 8-70. - State assistance.

Section 8-70a. - Pilot program for rehabilitation and private management of moderate rental housing projects.

Section 8-71. - Payments in lieu of taxes, assessments and use charges. Municipal waiver of payment. Exception.

Section 8-72. - Operation of projects. Rentals. Tenant eligibility. Inspections. Semiannual statements. Penalty for false statement.

Section 8-72a. - Maximum income limits. Exceptions: Factors to be considered.

Section 8-73. - Eviction of families having income over maximum limits. Waiver of eviction requirement.

Section 8-74. - Hearing on and approval of proposed projects. Use of modern materials. Regulations. Wage rates.

Section 8-75. - Veterans' preference.

Section 8-76. - Sale of projects. Regulations to establish priority order of purchasers. Payment and disposition of purchase price.

Section 8-76a. - Commissioner's authority to service notes and mortgages.

Section 8-77. - Preference among municipalities.

Section 8-78. - Aggregate of bonds and notes state may issue for moderate rental housing projects.

Section 8-79. - Preliminary expenses.

Section 8-79a. - Regulations.

Section 8-80. - Issuance of bonds and notes.

Section 8-81. - Repayment of loans.

Section 8-81a. - Housing project adaptable for use and occupancy by disabled persons. Pilot program. Regulations. Report.

Section 8-82. - Purchase and sale of units by state. Insurance of mortgage loans. Mortgage loans.

Section 8-83. - Preference in granting mortgage loans.

Section 8-84. - Regulations.

Section 8-85. - Foreclosure; conveyance of title and assignment of claims to state.

Section 8-86. - Housing bonds or notes.

Section 8-87. - Housing Mortgage Fund.

Section 8-88. - Investment.

Section 8-89. - Commissioner to be agent for mortgages and loans.

Section 8-90. - Applicability of provisions.

Section 8-91. - Payment of administrative expenses.

Section 8-92. - Inspection by commissioner.

Section 8-93. - Tax exemption.

Section 8-94. - Wage rates.

Section 8-95 to 8-104. - Flood relief housing, generally.

Section 8-105. - Declaration of public necessity.

Section 8-106. - Definitions.

Section 8-107. - Development of projects.

Section 8-108. - Cooperation with housing authorities or federal government.

Section 8-109. - Bonds to be legal investments.

Section 8-110. - Federal aid.

Section 8-111. - Powers to be additional.

Section 8-112. - Declaration of policy.

Section 8-112a. - Declaration of policy.

Section 8-113. - Definitions. Powers of housing authorities.

Section 8-113a. - Definitions.

Section 8-114. - Contracts for state assistance.

Section 8-114a. - State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships.

Section 8-114b. - Municipal authorities.

Section 8-114c. - Mobile manufactured homes. Transfer to municipal housing authorities.

Section 8-114d. - Resident services coordinators.

Section 8-115. - Commission to approve plans, financing and rental.

Section 8-115a. - Authority of Commissioner of Housing.

Section 8-115b. - Powers of authority.

Section 8-116. - Occupants need not be family units; design of construction; housing restricted to elderly.

Section 8-116a. - Occupants need not be family units; design of construction; maximum income and asset limit; waiting list; false statement.

Section 8-116b. - Possession of pets.

Section 8-116c. - Eligibility for occupancy. Eviction.

Section 8-116d. - Termination of lease or rental agreement upon acceptance for admission to housing project.

Section 8-117. - Establishment of rentals. Penalty for false statement concerning income.

Section 8-117a. - Applicability of other statutes.

Section 8-117b. - Disposal of projects. Conversion to a congregate housing project.

Section 8-118. - Payments in lieu of taxes and assessments.

Section 8-118a. - Payments in lieu of taxes and assessments.

Section 8-118b. - Contract to convey project to state on default.

Section 8-118c. - Bond issue for additional development cost of projects.

Section 8-119. - Bond issue.

Section 8-119a. - Bond issues.

Section 8-119b. - Expenses payable from fund.

Section 8-119c. - Amendment of contracts for assistance.

Section 8-119aa. - Purchase of conversion condominiums for state assisted housing.

Section 8-119bb. - Declaration of policy.

Section 8-119cc. - Implementation.

Section 8-119dd. - State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships.

Section 8-119ee. - Bond issue.

Section 8-119ff. - Preliminary expenses.

Section 8-119gg. - Payments in lieu of taxes and assessments.

Section 8-119hh. - Disposal of projects.

Section 8-119ii. - Expenses payable from fund.

Section 8-119jj. - Regulations.

Section 8-119kk. - Rental assistance for elderly persons residing in state-assisted rental housing for the elderly. Regulations.

Section 8-119ll. - Comprehensive assessment of rental assistance for elderly persons and persons with disabilities.

Section 8-119d. - Declaration of policy.

Section 8-119e. - Definitions.

Section 8-119f. - Program design and oversight.

Section 8-119g. - Implementation. Maximum income limits for admission. Deduction for congregate housing employment income.

Section 8-119h. - State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships.

Section 8-119i. - Bond issues. Administrative costs.

Section 8-119j. - Conversion to a “housing project”.

Section 8-119k. - Payment in lieu of taxes.

Section 8-119l. - Operating subsidies for congregate housing projects.

Section 8-119m. - Congregate housing and congregate housing project joint pilot program. Regulations.

Section 8-119n. - Congregate housing project pilot program offering assisted living services. Regulations. Report.

Section 8-119t. - Grants-in-aid for expanding independent living opportunities. Definition. Regulations.

Section 8-119x. - Database of dwelling units suitable for persons with disabilities.