Substitute House Bill No. 5153
Public Act No. 24-86
AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 8-395 of the 2024 supplement to
the general statutes, as amended by section 30 of public act 23-207, is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective June 1,
2024):
(a) As used in this section, (1) "business firm" means (A) any business
entity authorized to do business in the state and subject to the
corporation business tax imposed under chapter 208, [or] (B) any
company subject to a tax imposed under chapter 207, [or] (C) any air
carrier subject to the air carriers tax imposed under chapter 209, [or] (D)
any railroad company subject to the railroad companies tax imposed
under chapter 210, [or] (E) any regulated telecommunications service,
express, cable or community antenna television company subject to the
regulated telecommunications service, express, cable and community
antenna television companies tax imposed under chapter 211, or (F) any
utility company subject to the utility companies tax imposed under
chapter 212, (2) "nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation
incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes
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ownership or operation of housing and having articles of incorporation
approved by the executive director of the Connecticut Housing Finance
Authority in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section
8-79a or 8-84, (3) "workforce housing development project" or "project"
means the construction or substantial rehabilitation of dwelling units for
rental housing where (A) ten per cent of the units are affordable
housing, (B) [forty] fifty per cent of the units are rented to the workforce
population designated by the developer, in consultation with the
municipality where such project is located, and (C) [fifty] forty per cent
of the units are rented at a market rate and includes, but is not limited
to, an eligible workforce housing opportunity development project, as
defined in section 8-395a, as amended by this act, (4) "affordable
housing" means rental housing for which persons and families pay
thirty per cent or less of their annual income, where such income is less
than or equal to the area median income for the municipality in which
such housing is located, as determined by the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development, (5) "substantial rehabilitation"
means either (A) the costs of any repair, replacement or improvement to
a building that exceeds twenty-five per cent of the value of such
building after the completion of all such repairs, replacements or
improvements, or (B) the replacement of two or more of the following:
(i) Roof structures, (ii) ceilings, (iii) wall or floor structures, (iv)
foundations, (v) plumbing systems, (vi) heating and air conditioning
systems, or (vii) electrical systems, and (6) "market rate" means the
rental income that such unit would most probably command on the
open market as indicated by present rentals being paid for comparable
space in the area where the unit is located.
Sec. 2. Subsection (e) of section 8-395a of the 2024 supplement to the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective June 1, 2024):
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as defined in section 8-13m, of the municipality and of any other
applicable municipal agency for the proposed workforce housing
opportunity development project. After all such approvals are granted,
the municipality may, not later than thirty days after such approval, by
vote of its legislative body or, in a municipality where the legislative
body is a town meeting, by vote of the board of selectmen, designate the
workforce population that [forty] fifty per cent of the project shall be
dedicated to. Such designation may include volunteer firefighters,
teachers, police officers, emergency medical personnel or other
professions of persons working in the municipality. If the municipality
does not vote within such time period, the developer shall designate the
workforce population.