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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 935
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3494
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING HO USING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8-37mmm of the general statutes is repealed and 1
the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 2
(a) For the purposes of this section, "visitable housing" means one-to-3
four family residential construction that includes three basic 4
architectural features to allow persons with disabilities to easily visit: (1) 5
Interior doorways that provide a minimum thirty-two inch wide 6
unobstructed opening, (2) an accessible means of egress, as defined in 7
Appendix A to 28 CFR Part 36, and (3) a full or half bathroom on the 8
first floor that is compliant with the provisions of the Americans with 9
Disabilities Act of 1990, [as amended,] 42 USC 12101, as amended from 10
time to time. 11
(b) The Department of Housing, in consultation with the Connecticut 12
Housing Finance Authority, may establish a program to encourage the 13
development of visitable housing in the state. The program shall (1) 14
provide a single point of contact for any person seeking financial or 15 Raised Bill No. 935
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technical assistance from the state to construct visitable housing, (2) 16
identify financial incentives for developers who construct visitable 17
housing, and (3) include public education about such housing. [The 18
department shall submit a report on the status of the program, in 19
accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the 20
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing not 21
later than October 1, 2012.] 22
(c) The Department of Housing shall establish, within available 23
appropriations, an informational web page in a conspicuous place on 24
such department's Internet web site with a list of links to available 25
visitable housing resources. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 8-37mmm
Statement of Purpose:
To make technical changes to a statute concerning housing.
[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.]