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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1365
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A GRANT PROGRAM TO CREATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WITH CERTAIN DEED
RESTRICTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) The Department of 1
Housing shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant 2
program to provide funds to applicants to create affordable housing 3
developments in which sixty per cent of the dwelling units are deed 4
restricted to individuals or families with a maximum annual income of 5
thirty-five thousand dollars. 6
(b) The Commissioner of Housing shall develop standards for the 7
affordable housing development grant program. The department may 8
consult and coordinate with other state agencies, quasi-public agencies, 9
housing authorities and municipalities in developing such standards 10
and implementing the grant program. 11
(c) Not later than November 1, 2025, the Commissioner of Housing 12
shall develop eligibility criteria to be used in selecting among applicants 13
for such grants, develop application forms and deadlines and post in a 14
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conspicuous location on the Internet web site of the department a 15
description of the grant program that includes, but is not limited to, such 16
criteria, forms and deadlines. 17
(d) Not later than January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the 18
department shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 19
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of 20
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing. 21
Such report shall include information for the preceding calendar year 22
on the number of grant applications received, the number of grants 23
awarded and a list of applicants that received grants and the amount of 24
such grants. 25
(e) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations, in 26
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to 27
implement the provisions of this section.28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a grant program to create affordable housing developments
in which sixty per cent of dwelling units are deed restricted to
individuals or families with a maximum income of thirty-five thousand
dollars.
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