Connecticut § 8-48 - Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid.
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§ 8-48. Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid.
Sec. 8-48. Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid. In the cases of any tenants who are the recipients of one hundred per cent social services aid from the Department of Social Services of the state or any municipality and who have no income from any other source, rentals shall be fixed by each housing authority for the ensuing rental year established by the authority based on one-half of the costs and expenses set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 8-45, plus the full amount of costs and expenses set forth in subdivisions (2) and (3) of said subsection as set forth in the operating statements of the authority for the preceding fiscal year, which total amount shall be divided by the total number of rooms contained in all low-rent housing projects operated by such housing authority to establish the rental cost per room per annum for such tenants, from which figure shall be computed the rent per month per room. Said rentals shall govern for said rental year.
(September, 1957, P.A. 24, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 41; 615, S. 27; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 23-207, S. 41.)
History: 1959 acts provided costs and expenses be as set forth in operating statements of authority for preceding fiscal year rather than as set forth in annual budgets of the authority and deleted a termination date of June 30, 1959, for section; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of department of income maintenance for welfare department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of social services department for income maintenance department, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 23-207 made technical and conforming changes.
Cited. 213 C. 354.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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