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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7227
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3989
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING AG ING IN PLACE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Department of Housing 1
shall, within available appropriations, conduct a study of methods to 2
assist senior citizens who wish to continue independently living in 3
their homes as long as possible. Specifically, the study shall consider: 4
(1) Application of the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit 5
program, 26 USC 42, to further encourage the development of housing 6
near public transit and livable community settings; 7
(2) Whether the Housing Trust Fund program, as established under 8
section 8-336p of the general statutes, has specific regulations that give 9
extra consideration to projects that serve senior citizens; 10
(3) Increasing current building standards beyond those required by 11
the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USC 12101, to 12
require building standards that consider people with limited physical 13
capabilities and apply those standards to private housing and single 14 Raised Bill No. 7227
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family units built with public funds; and 15
(4) Integration of local efficiency principles into decision making as 16
it relates to housing for senior citizens. 17
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Housing 18
shall submit a report on the results of such study, in accordance with 19
the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 20
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 21
matters relating to housing. 22
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To direct the Department of Housing to conduct a study of methods to
facilitate seniors residing in their homes as long as possible.
[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.]