General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6421
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2565
*02565_______HSG*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6421
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2565
*02565_______HSG*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HOUSING GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8-68f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
Each housing authority [which receives] that owns and operates housing under part II or part IV of this chapter or that receives or has received financial assistance under any state housing program, and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary when said authority or subsidiary is the successor owner of housing previously owned by a housing authority under part II or part VI of this chapter, shall, for any such housing, [which it owns and operates,] (1) provide each of its tenants with a written lease, (2) adopt a procedure for hearing tenant complaints and grievances, (3) adopt procedures for soliciting tenant comment on proposed changes in housing authority policies and procedures, including changes to its lease and to its admission and occupancy policies, and (4) encourage tenant participation in the housing authority's operation of state housing programs, including, where appropriate, the facilitation of tenant participation in the management of housing projects. If such housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary operates both a federal and a state-assisted housing program, it shall use the same procedure for hearing tenant grievances in both programs. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish uniform minimum standards for the requirements in this section. If such regulations have not been adopted by February 1, 2014, the commissioner shall submit a report on said date in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing. Such report shall detail the reasons why such regulations have not been adopted.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 8-68f
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
8-68f
Statement of Purpose:
To clarify the scope of section 8-68f of the general statutes and to ensure that the Department of Economic and Community Development promptly adopts the regulations required under said section.
[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.]