General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1076
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3620
*03620_______HSG*
Referred to Committee on Housing
Introduced by:
(HSG)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1076
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3620
*03620_______HSG*
Referred to Committee on Housing
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING RESIDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE REVITALIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Disposition" means the sale, lease, transfer or other change in the ownership or control of a housing project or portion thereof; (2) "major physical transformation" means any renovation, rehabilitation, revitalization or redevelopment of real property or portion thereof for which the estimated cost exceeds fifty per cent of the estimated replacement value of such real property or portion thereof; and (3) "authority" or "housing authority", "housing project" and "real property" have the same meanings as in section 8-39 of the general statutes.
(b) Any housing authority that intends to undertake, in connection with a housing project, the major physical transformation or disposition of any real property or portion thereof that is owned or managed by such authority, shall notify all residents of such real property of its intention. If a tenant organization represents the residents of such real property, the authority and the organization shall enter into an agreement establishing the methods by which the residents and organization may participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the major physical transformation or disposition activities. If no tenant organization represents the residents of such real property, the authority shall make reasonable efforts to encourage residents to form a tenant organization. Until such organization is formed, the authority shall consult with residents to establish the methods by which the residents may participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the major physical transformation or disposition activities. The developer undertaking the major physical transformation, if any, and the entity that will own, lease or otherwise control the real property or portion thereof, if any, shall be parties to any agreement reached with a tenant organization.
(c) Any authority undertaking major physical transformation or disposition activities shall make reasonable efforts to provide residents and tenant organizations with resources concerning housing policy and resident outreach, training, organizing and legal rights.
(d) No authority shall be eligible to receive financial assistance for the major physical transformation of any real property or portion thereof from the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or the executive director of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority unless such commissioner or executive director expressly finds that such authority is complying with the provisions 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 ensure that residents of public housing may participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the revitalization or disposition of a public housing project.
[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.]