Connecticut § 8-119l - l . Operating subsidies for congregate housing projects.

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

Sec. 8-119l. Operating subsidies for congregate housing projects. The state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract or contracts with an authority, a municipal developer, a nonprofit corporation or a housing partnership for state financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid for an operating cost subsidy for state-financed congregate housing projects developed pursuant to this part. In calculating the amount of the grant-in-aid, the commissioner shall use adjusted gross income of tenants. As used in this section, “adjusted gross income” means annual aggregate income from all sources minus fifty per cent of all unreimbursable medical expenses. As used in this section, “housing partnership” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (n) of section 8-113a.

(June Sp. Sess. S.A. 83-1, S. 35, 37; P.A. 85-444, S. 6; P.A. 87-436, S. 9, 23; P.A. 93-309, S. 19, 29; 93-435, S. 74, 95; P.A. 94-146, S. 1, 2; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 112, 130; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 06-93, S. 11; P.A. 11-168, S. 5; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 85-444 added reference to nonprofit corporations, deleting reference to authorities created by Sec. 8-40, community housing development corporations and other corporations approved by commissioner of aging; P.A. 87-436 authorized contracts with municipal developers; P.A. 93-309 designated the existing section as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to “July 1, 1994,” re the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-146 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the commissioner of housing use adjusted gross income of tenants in calculating the amount of the grant, effective July 1, 1994; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical change, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-93 deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations and application to program repealed by the same act and made conforming changes; P.A. 11-168 made housing partnerships eligible to enter into contracts for financial assistance and added definition of “housing partnership”, effective July 13, 2011; 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.