| 14 | | - | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than June 15, 2022, the |
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| 15 | | - | Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of |
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| 16 | | - | Education and housing, civil rights and education advocates, shall |
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| 17 | | - | establish the Open Choice Voucher pilot program. Such pilot program |
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| 18 | | - | shall designate twenty rental assistance program certificates under |
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| 19 | | - | section 8-345 of the general statutes over a period of two years for use |
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| 20 | | - | by families who (1) qualify as low income under the rental assistance |
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| 21 | | - | program, (2) have participated for at least one year in the interdistrict |
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| 22 | | - | public school attendance program, established under section 10-266aa |
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| 23 | | - | of the general statutes, in the Hartford region, and (3) would like to |
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| 24 | | - | move to the town where their child participating in the interdistrict |
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| 25 | | - | public school attendance program attends school. |
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| 26 | | - | (b) The Commissioner of Housing shall develop procedures for |
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| 27 | | - | landlord recruitment, family recruitment, housing search assistance and |
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| 28 | | - | counseling for such pilot program. As existing rental assistance |
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| 29 | | - | certificates become available, the commissioner shall make ten rental |
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| 30 | | - | assistance certificates available during the school year commencing in |
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| 31 | | - | 2022 and ten additional rental assistance certificates during the school Substitute House Bill No. 6436 |
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| 17 | + | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than June 15, 2022, the 1 |
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| 18 | + | Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of 2 |
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| 19 | + | Education and housing, civil rights and education advocates, shall 3 |
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| 20 | + | establish the Open Choice Voucher pilot program. Such pilot program 4 |
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| 21 | + | shall designate twenty additional rental assistance program certificates 5 |
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| 22 | + | under section 8-345 of the general statutes over a period of two years for 6 |
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| 23 | + | use by families who (1) qualify as low income under the rental assistance 7 |
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| 24 | + | program, (2) have participated for at least one year in the interdistrict 8 |
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| 25 | + | public school attendance program, established under section 10-266aa 9 |
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| 26 | + | of the general statutes, in the Hartford region, and (3) would like to 10 |
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| 27 | + | move to the town where their child participating in the interdistrict 11 |
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| 28 | + | public school attendance program attends school. 12 |
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| 29 | + | (b) The Commissioner of Housing shall develop procedures for 13 |
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| 30 | + | landlord recruitment, family recruitment, housing search assistance and 14 |
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| 31 | + | counseling for such pilot program. The commissioner shall make ten 15 |
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| 32 | + | rental assistance certificates available during the school year 16 |
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| 33 | + | commencing in 2022 and ten additional rental assistance certificates 17 |
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| 34 | + | during the school year commencing in 2023 for such pilot program. All 18 |
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| 35 | + | participants in the pilot program shall have access to the residence 19 Substitute Bill No. 6436 |
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| 35 | | - | year commencing in 2023 for such pilot program. All participants in the |
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| 36 | | - | pilot program shall have access to the residence mobility counseling |
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| 37 | | - | program established under section 8-348 of the general statutes. |
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| 38 | | - | (c) The Commissioner of Housing shall submit an interim report and |
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| 39 | | - | final report concerning such pilot program, in accordance with the |
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| 40 | | - | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing |
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| 41 | | - | committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters |
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| 42 | | - | relating to housing and education. The commissioner shall submit the |
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| 43 | | - | interim report on or before August 31, 2022, and a final report on or |
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| 44 | | - | before August 31, 2023. Each report shall include, but need not be |
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| 45 | | - | limited to: (1) A summary of program implementation, including efforts |
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| 46 | | - | to inform and educate families about the program, recruit landlords and |
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| 47 | | - | provide search assistance and counseling, and (2) assessment of |
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| 48 | | - | program utilization rates, waiting list numbers, and the racial, ethnic |
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| 49 | | - | and household composition and income demographics of the program |
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| 50 | | - | participants and those on the waiting list. The final report shall include |
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| 51 | | - | an assessment of program performance during the pilot period based |
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| 52 | | - | on available data, including, but not limited to, data concerning both the |
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| 53 | | - | implementation of the program by the Department of Housing and the |
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| 54 | | - | use of the program, and any recommendations the commissioner may |
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| 55 | | - | have regarding future implementation or an extension of the pilot |
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| 56 | | - | program. |
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| 42 | + | mobility counseling program established under section 8-348 of the 20 |
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| 43 | + | general statutes. 21 |
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| 44 | + | (c) The Commissioner of Housing shall submit an interim report and 22 |
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| 45 | + | final report concerning such pilot program, in accordance with the 23 |
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| 46 | + | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 24 |
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| 47 | + | committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 25 |
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| 48 | + | relating to housing and education. The commissioner shall submit the 26 |
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| 49 | + | interim report on or before August 31, 2022, and a final report on or 27 |
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| 50 | + | before August 31, 2023. Each report shall include, but need not be 28 |
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| 51 | + | limited to: (1) A summary of program implementation, including efforts 29 |
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| 52 | + | to inform and educate families about the program, recruit landlords and 30 |
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| 53 | + | provide search assistance and counseling, and (2) assessment of 31 |
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| 54 | + | program utilization rates, waiting list numbers, and the racial, ethnic 32 |
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| 55 | + | and household composition and income demographics of the program 33 |
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| 56 | + | participants and those on the waiting list. The final report shall include 34 |
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| 57 | + | an assessment of program performance during the pilot period based 35 |
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| 58 | + | on available data, including, but not limited to, data concerning both the 36 |
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| 59 | + | implementation of the program by the Department of Housing and the 37 |
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| 60 | + | use of the program, and any recommendations the commissioner may 38 |
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| 61 | + | have regarding future implementation or an extension of the pilot 39 |
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| 62 | + | program. 40 |
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| 63 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 64 | + | sections: |
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| 66 | + | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 69 | + | HSG Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO |
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| 70 | + | APP Joint Favorable |
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