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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1436 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 848 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1436 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on HOUSING |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT INCLUDING CERTAIN DEED -RESTRICTED DWELLING UNITS |
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| 19 | 19 | | IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR EXEMPTION FROM |
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| 20 | 20 | | THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | That section 8-30g of the general statutes be amended to (1) include 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | in the ten per cent threshold for exemption from the affordable appeals 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | procedure deed-restricted dwelling units that are (A) conveyed by 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | deeds containing covenants or restrictions which require that, for at 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | least forty years after the initial occupation, such dwelling units be sold 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | or rented at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | for which persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of all annual 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | income equal to or less than one hundred thousand dollars for single tax 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | filers and equal to or less than two hundred thousand dollars for joint 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tax filers, and (B) purchased or rented by individuals or families 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | required to provide proof of full-time employment at the time of 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | application and maintain full-time employment for a minimum of nine 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | months during each calendar year; and (2) require the awarding of one 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | housing unit-equivalent point for each such deed-restricted dwelling 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | unit created to a municipality. 15 Proposed Bill No. 848 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 1436 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 44 | 44 | | To include in the calculation of the threshold for exemption from the |
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| 45 | 45 | | affordable housing appeals procedure deed-restricted housing able to |
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| 46 | 46 | | be sold or rented to certain individuals and families meeting income and |
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| 47 | 47 | | employment requirements and award a municipality housing unit- |
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| 48 | 48 | | equivalent points for each such dwelling unit created. |
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