General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6052
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3846
*03846HB06052HSG*
Referred to Committee on Housing
Introduced by:
(HSG)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6052
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3846
*03846HB06052HSG*
Referred to Committee on Housing
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, shall establish a program requiring that any housing project built or substantially rehabilitated with the use of any financial assistance received from said commissioner or authority on or after October 1, 2011, shall set aside not less than ten per cent of the dwelling units within such housing project as supportive housing units for persons who are chronically homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. For purposes of this section, "housing project" has the same meaning as in section 8-39 of the general statutes.
(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes to carry out the purpose of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To create more supportive housing units in order to end long-term homelessness.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. AYALA, 128th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. AYALA, 128th Dist.
H.B. 6052