It is declared: (a) That there exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that families of low and moderate income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which families of low and moderate income can afford and that such families are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that such conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values; that such conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities; (b) that slum areas cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for families of low and moderate income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects for families of low and moderate income would, therefore, not be competitive with private enterprise; (c) that the clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for families of low and moderate income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
(1949 Rev., S. 923; 1949, 1955, June, 1955, S. 435d; November, 1955, S. N13.)
See Sec. 8-69 for declaration of policy re moderate rental and moderate cost housing.
Cited. 145 C. 196.

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The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(a) "Area of operation" includes the municipality in which a housing authority is created under the provisions of this chapter and may include a neighboring municipality, provided the governing body of such neighboring municipality agrees by proper resolution to the extension of the area of operation to include such neighboring municipality.
(b) "Authority" or "housing authority" means any of the public corporations created by section 8-40, and the Connecticut Housing Authority when exercising the rights, powers, duties or privileges of, or subject to the immunities or limitations of, housing authorities pursuant to section 8-121.
(c) "Bonds" means any bonds, including refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter.
(d) "Clerk" means the clerk of the particular city, borough or town for which a particular housing authority is created.
(e) "Families of low income" means families who lack the amount of income which is necessary, as determined by the authority undertaking the housing project, to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding.
(f) "Families of low and moderate income" means families who lack the amount of income which is necessary, as determined by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, to enable them to rent or purchase moderate cost housing without financial assistance as provided by this part and parts II and III of this chapter.
(g) "Federal government" includes the United States of America, the federal emergency administration of public works or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.
(h) "Governing body" means, for towns having a town council, the council; for other towns, the selectmen; for cities, the common council or other similar body of officials; and for boroughs, the warden and burgesses.
(i) "Housing project" means any work or undertaking (1) to demolish, clear or remove buildings from any slum area, which work or undertaking may embrace the adaptation of such area to public purposes, including parks or other recreational or community purposes; or (2) to provide decent, safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments or other living accommodations for families of low or moderate income, which work or undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, parks, site preparation, gardening, administrative, community, recreational, commercial or welfare purposes and may include the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing dwelling units or structures to be used for moderate or low rental units; or (3) to accomplish a combination of the foregoing. The term "housing project" also may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of the improvements and all other work in connection therewith and may include the reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration, or major repair of existing buildings or improvements which were undertaken pursuant to parts II and VI of this chapter.
(j) "Mayor" means, for cities, the mayor and, for boroughs, the warden.
(k) "Moderate rental" means a rental which, as determined by an authority with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, is below the level at which private enterprise is currently building a needed volume of safe and sanitary dwellings for rental in the locality involved; and "moderate rental housing project" means a housing project, receiving state aid in the form of loans or grants, for families unable to pay more than moderate rental. Such project may include the reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration, or major repair of existing buildings or improvements which were undertaken pursuant to parts II or VI of this chapter.
(l) "Municipality" means any city, borough or town. "The municipality" means the particular municipality for which a particular housing authority is created.
(m) "Obligee of the authority" or "obligee" includes any bondholder, trustee or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the authority property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the state or federal government when it is a party to any contract with the authority.
(n) "Real property" includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such liens.
(o) "Rent" means the entire amount paid to an authority for any dwelling unit.
(p) "Shelter rent" means rent less any charges made by an authority for water, heat, gas and electricity.
(q) "Slum" means any area where dwellings predominate which, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health and morals.
(r) "State public body" means any city, borough, town, municipal corporation, district or other subdivision of the state.
(s) "Veteran" has the meaning assigned by section 27-103 and includes any officer of the United States Public Health Service detailed by proper authority to duty with any of the armed forces and the spouse or widow or widower of such veteran, provided such veteran shall have served for a period of ninety days or more in time of war after December 7, 1941, and shall have resided in this state at any time continuously for two years.
(t) "Family" means a household consisting of one or more persons.
(u) "Eligible developer" or "developer" means (1) a nonprofit corporation; (2) any business corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 601 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the commissioner in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-79a or 8-84; (3) any partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company or association having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having basic documents of organization approved by the commissioner in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-79a or 8-84; (4) a housing authority; (5) a family or person approved by the commissioner as qualified to own, construct, rehabilitate, manage and maintain housing under a mortgage loan made or insured under an agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; or (6) a municipal developer.
(v) "Mortgage" means a mortgage deed, deed of trust, or other instrument which shall constitute a lien, whether first or second, on real estate or on a leasehold under a lease having a remaining term, at the time such mortgage is acquired, which does not expire for at least that number of years beyond the maturity date of the obligation secured by such mortgage as is equal to the number of years remaining until the maturity date of such obligation.
(w) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-79a or 8-84.
(x) "Municipal developer" means a municipality, as defined in subsection (l) of this section, which has not declared by resolution a need for a housing authority pursuant to section 8-40, acting by and through its legislative body, except that in any town in which a town meeting or representative town meeting is the legislative body, "municipal developer" means the board of selectmen if such board is authorized to act as the municipal developer by the town meeting or representative town meeting.
(1949 Rev., S. 924; 1949, 1953, S. 436d; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 15; 1961, P.A. 333; 447, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 73-158, S. 1; P.A. 75-162, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-14, S. 1—3; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; 78-304, S. 19, 22; 78-374, S. 3, 4, 9; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 83-339, S. 1, 2, 9; P.A. 84-493, S. 1, 9; P.A. 85-444, S. 1; P.A. 86- 281, S. 6; P.A. 87-436, S. 1, 23; P.A. 95-79, S. 12, 189; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-76; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 172, 209; 96-271, S. 150, 254.)
History: 1961 acts amended Subdiv. (i)(2) to include the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing units or structures and added Subdiv. (t); 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 73- 158 included commercial purposes in Subpara. (2) of Subsec. (i); P.A. 75-162 redefined "family" to include one, rather than two, or more persons, deleting specific references to elderly single persons and remaining members of tenant families; P.A. 76-14 redefined "housing project" and "moderate rental" to include reconstruction, rehabilitation etc. of existing buildings or improvements undertaken pursuant to Pts. II and VI of Ch. 128; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development; P.A. 78-304 defined "mortgage"; P.A. 78-374 defined "eligible developer"; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 83-339 amended the definition of "authority" to specifically include the commissioner of housing, rewording reference to "authority" in Subdiv. (u) accordingly; P.A. 84-493 amended Subdiv. (k) to provide for state financial assistance to moderate rental housing projects in the form of a grant; P.A. 85-444 added Subsec. (w), defining "nonprofit corporation", and amended Subsec. (u) to delete language included in new definition of "nonprofit corporation"; P.A. 86-281 amended definition of "authority" or "housing authority" in Subdiv. (b) to include Connecticut housing authority instead of commissioner of housing; P.A. 87-436 amended definition of "eligible developer" in Subsec. (u) to include municipal developers and added Subsec. (x) defining "municipal developer"; P.A. 95-79 amended Subdiv. (u)(3) to include a limited liability company in definition of "eligible developer" or "developer", effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 96-76 redefined "bonds" to include refunding bonds; P.A. 96-256 amended definition of "nonprofit corporation" to replace reference to "chapter 600" with "chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto", effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (u) to replace reference to "chapter 599" with "chapter 601 or any predecessor statutes thereto", effective January 1, 1997.
Cited. 216 C. 112, 116.
Subsec. (i):
Cited. 220 C. 556, 562.
Subdiv. (l):
Cited. 12 CA 499, 506, 507.
Subdiv. (n):
General allegation that property was depreciated by erection of housing project nearby not sufficient for injunction or declaratory judgment re constitutionality of act. 145 C. 196.
Subdiv. (t):
Cited. 144 C. 195.

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As used in this title, "affordable housing" means 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.
(P.A. 88-13, S. 2, 3.)
Cited. 37 CA 303, 305. Cited. 42 CA 94.

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In each municipality of the state there is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "housing authority" of the municipality; provided such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until the governing body of the municipality by resolution declares that there is need for a housing authority in the municipality, provided it shall find (1) that insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the municipality or (2) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the municipality available to families of low income at rentals they can afford or (3) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the municipality available to families of moderate income at rentals they can afford. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary, said governing body may take into consideration the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air, space and access available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations, the size and arrangement of the rooms, the sanitary facilities and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes. The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may create a regional housing authority, which shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities conferred upon housing authorities by this chapter and chapter 130. The area of operation of such authority shall include the municipalities for which such authority is created. Such authority shall act through a board of commissioners composed of two representatives from each municipality appointed for terms of four years in the manner provided in section 8-41.
(1949 Rev., S. 925; 1949, S. 437d.)
Cited. 133 C. 546. Hartford Housing Authority is a distinct corporate entity and the city is not responsible for its debts. 143 C. 338. Cited. 208 C. 161, 172, 173, 184. Cited. 213 C. 354, 356. Cited. 216 C. 112, 113, 115, 117, 122—124.
Cited. 38 CA 175, 178.
Cited. 11 CS 465. Local housing authorities are corporations established pursuant to state statutes, with delegated authority to regulate rent subsidy programs. Activities of landlord of low cost housing development constitute "state action" re federal constitution. Informal hearing required before summary process eviction may be instituted. 33 CS 15.

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(a) When the governing body of a municipality other than a town adopts a resolution as described in section 8-40, it shall promptly notify the chief executive officer of such adoption. Upon receiving such notice, the chief executive officer shall appoint five persons who are residents of said municipality as commissioners of the authority, except that where the authority operates more than three thousand units the chief executive officer may appoint two additional persons who are residents of the municipality. If the governing body of a town adopts such a resolution, such body shall appoint five persons who are residents of said town as commissioners of the authority created for such town. The commissioners who are first so appointed shall be designated to serve for a term of either one, two, three, four or five years, except that if the authority has five members, the terms of not more than one member shall expire in the same year. Terms shall commence on the first day of the month next succeeding the date of their appointment, and annually thereafter a commissioner shall be appointed to serve for five years except that any vacancy which may occur because of a change of residence by a commissioner, removal of a commissioner, resignation or death shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term. If a governing body increases the membership of the authority on or after July 1, 1995, such governing body shall, by resolution, provide for a term of five years for each such additional member. The term of the chairman shall be three years. At least one of such commissioners of an authority having five members, and at least two of such commissioners of an authority having more than five members, shall be a tenant or tenants who live in housing owned or managed by such authority, if any exists, provided that any such tenant shall have resided in such housing for more than one year, and provided further that no such tenant shall have the authority to vote on any matter concerning the establishment or revision of the rents to be charged in any housing owned or managed by such authority. If, on October 1, 1979, a municipality has adopted a resolution as described in section 8-40, but has no tenants serving as commissioners, the chief executive officer of a municipality other than a town or the governing body of a town shall appoint a tenant who meets the qualifications set out in this section as a commissioner of such authority when the next vacancy occurs. No commissioner of an authority may hold any public office in the municipality for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor is appointed and has qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk and shall be conclusive evidence of the legal appointment of such commissioner, after he has taken an oath in the form prescribed in the first paragraph of section 1-25. The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum if the authority consists of five commissioners. Four commissioners shall constitute a quorum if the authority consists of more than five commissioners. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of not less than a majority of the commissioners present, unless the bylaws of the authority require a larger number. The chief executive officer, or, in the case of an authority for a town, the governing body of the town, shall designate which of the commissioners shall be the first chairman, but when the office of chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its commissioners. An authority shall select from among its commissioners a vice chairman, and it may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, and technical experts and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it requires, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation, provided, in municipalities having a civil service law, all appointments and promotions, except the employment of the secretary, shall be based on examinations given and lists prepared under such law, and, except so far as may be inconsistent with the terms of this chapter, such civil service law and regulations adopted thereunder shall apply to such housing authority and its personnel. For such legal services as it requires, an authority may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate any of its powers and duties to one or more of its agents or employees. A commissioner, or any employee of the authority who handles its funds, shall be required to furnish an adequate bond. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(b) Any tenant organization composed of tenants residing within units owned or managed by the appointing authority may indicate to such authority its desire to be notified of any pending appointment of any such commissioner. A reasonable time before appointing any such commissioner, the appointing authority shall notify any such tenant organization and, in making such appointment, such authority shall consider tenants suggested by such tenant organizations.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section or any other provision of the general statutes to the contrary, a commissioner of an authority may serve as a justice of the peace or a registrar of voters.
(1949 Rev., S. 926; 1949, S. 438d; 1967, P.A. 124, S. 1; P.A. 75-415, S. 1; P.A. 78-326; P.A. 79-546; P.A. 90-245; P.A. 94-35, S. 1, 2; 94-156, S. 4, 5; P.A. 97-307, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1967 act specified conditions under which vacancies are to be filled; P.A. 75-415 limited tenant commissioners to one; P.A. 78-326 deleted former limitation on tenant commissioners and specifically allowed more than one tenant commissioner provided residence requirement met; P.A. 79-546 required at least one tenant commissioner and made provision for appointment and for restricting voting power in cases involving rents in housing owned or managed by authority; P.A. 90-245 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re appointment of members who are not residents where the authority operates more than 3,000 units and requiring that authorities with more than five members have at least two members who are residents in units operated by the authority; P.A. 94-35 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate the requirement that additional members not be residents and that such members serve at the pleasure of the chief executive official, to add provision re term duration and to provide that five commissioners constitute a quorum if the authority has more than five members, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 94-156 changed the effective date of P.A. 94-35 from July 1, 1994, to July 1, 1995, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 97-307 added Subsec. (c), allowing commissioners to serve as justices of the peace or registrars of voters, effective July 8, 1997.
Cited. 208 C. 161, 175, 184, 185. Cited. 216 C. 112, 116.

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Each housing authority shall protect and save harmless any commissioner or any full- time employee of such authority from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence, or for alleged infringement of any person's civil rights, on the part of such commissioner or such employee while acting in the discharge of his duties.
(P.A. 81-168.)
Cited. 208 C. 161, 171.

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(a) No commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project. If any commissioner or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, he shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Failure so to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office. Occupancy of a dwelling unit owned by the housing authority or enrolled in a program of housing authority assistance to low-income families in private accommodations shall not be deemed an interest in any project or in a contract for materials or services or in property included in any project for the purposes of this section.
(b) No person who has served as a commissioner of an authority shall be employed by such authority for a period of two years after leaving office. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a commissioner who has served for more than twenty years for a housing authority which does not have an executive director.
(1949 Rev., S. 927; P.A. 75-415, S. 2; P.A. 83-483, S. 2; P.A. 93-401, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 75-415 excluded occupancy from consideration as "an interest in any project or in a contract for materials or services or in property included in any project"; P.A. 83-483 inserted Subsec. (b) concerning employment of former commissioners; P.A. 93-401 amended Subsec. (b) to exempt commissioners who have served more than twenty years for a housing authority without an executive director from the employment prohibition.
Tenant may not serve as commissioner of the housing project in which he lives. 164 C. 247.

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A commissioner of an authority may be removed by the appointing power for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but a commissioner shall be removed only after opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel before the appointing power, at least ten days prior to which he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk. Such appointing power, for its purposes under this section, may subpoena any books, papers, records, accounts, contracts, deeds, regulations or documents. Any person who wilfully refuses to produce such books, papers, records, accounts, contracts or documents shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 928; 1949, 1951, S. 439d; 1967, P.A. 124, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act made slight change in wording.
Cited. 208 C. 161, 185. Cited. 213 C. 354, 362. Cited. 216 C. 112, 116.

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(a) An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public powers and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the following enumerated powers in addition to others granted by any provision of the general statutes: (1) To sue and be sued; to have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to have perpetual succession; to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority; and to make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority; (2) within its area of operation, to prepare, carry out, acquire, lease and operate housing projects and to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration or repair of any housing project or any part thereof either directly or in the form of loans or other similar assistance to developers, all such housing projects where families with children are eligible for occupancy to contain reasonably adequate outdoor playground areas; (3) to arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works or facilities for, or in connection with, a housing project or the occupants thereof; (4) to demise any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, buildings, structures or facilities embraced in any housing project and, subject to the limitations contained in this chapter, to establish and revise the rents or charges therefor; to own, hold and improve real or personal property; to purchase, lease, obtain options upon or acquire, by gift, grant, bequest, devise or otherwise, any real or personal property or any interest therein, provided no real property or interest therein shall be acquired for the site of a proposed housing project until the housing authority has held a public hearing concerning such site, notice of which has been published in the form of a legal advertisement in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the municipality at least twice at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than fifteen nor less than ten days, and the last not less than two days, before such hearing; to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the authority against any risks or hazards; to procure insurance or guarantees from the federal government of the payment of any debts or parts thereof, whether or not incurred by such authority, secured by mortgages on any property included in any of its housing projects; (5) to invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds, or any funds not required for immediate disbursements, in investments legal for mutual savings banks, provided that the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (n) of section 36-96 shall not be applicable to any such investment, and to purchase its bonds at a price not more than the principal amount thereof and accrued interest, all bonds so purchased to be cancelled; (6) within its area of operation, to investigate living, dwelling and housing conditions and the means and methods of improving such conditions; to determine where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for families of low and moderate income; to make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of clearing, replanning and reconstructing slum areas, and the problem of providing dwelling accommodations for families of low and moderate income, and to cooperate with the municipality or the state or any political subdivision thereof in action taken in connection with such problems; (7) to promote the creation and preservation of housing for low and moderate income persons and families, either directly or through an agency or instrumentality designated or appointed by the authority, by lending or otherwise making available to developers the proceeds from the sale of obligations which are tax-exempt pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, or Section 11(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or any successor provisions amendatory or supplementary thereto, provided no such obligations or other notes or securities issued by any agency or instrumentality designated or approved by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, shall create or imply any indebtedness of any kind on the part of the housing authority, the state, or any political subdivision thereof; and (8) to exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein granted. No provision of law with respect to the operation or disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to an authority unless the General Assembly specifically so states.
(b) As used in this subsection, "housing project construction work" means the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration or repair of a housing project or any part of a housing project; and "simplified acquisition threshold" has the same meaning as "simplified acquisition threshold", as defined in 41 USC 403(11). All contracts to be made or let by an authority for housing project construction work, supplies, or purchases of personal property of every description, shall be publicly advertised, for the purpose of receiving bids upon the same, in a local daily paper and, if deemed advisable, in other papers, provided the several parts of such housing project construction work, supplies or personal property shall, together, involve an expenditure that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. The bids received in response to such public advertisement shall be publicly opened at a hearing of the authority, the date and time of such hearing being named in such public advertisement, and the contract or award shall be made by the authority with or to the lowest responsible bidder. Such bidding shall not be required for housing project construction work, supplies or personal property previously bid and contracted for by the Department of Administrative Services, the federal General Services Administration, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or a municipality. An expenditure for housing project construction work, supplies or personal property which is less than or equal to the simplified acquisition threshold and any expenditure for legal or other professional services shall be made in accordance with the competitive proposals requirements of 24 CFR 85.36. In any contract let in connection with a housing project, an authority, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this chapter or in any other statute, may include stipulations requiring that the contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimum wages, maximum hours and any conditions which the federal government or any other obligee may have imposed as prerequisite to the granting of financial aid to the housing project.
(1949 Rev., S. 929; 1949, 1955, S. 440d; 1957, P.A. 592, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 302; 1971, P.A. 100; P.A. 79-233, S. 6; 79-536, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-238, S. 1; 80-483, S. 23, 186; P.A. 83-339, S. 3, 9; P.A. 87-211; P.A. 89-211, S. 13; P.A. 92- 12, S. 109; P.A. 94-82, S. 3, 5; P.A. 97-27; P.A. 02-79, S. 2.)
History: 1965 act added public hearing requirement re site of project to make it precedent only to acquisition of real property and amended Subdiv. (d) to amplify notice provisions; 1971 act increased dollar limit for expenditures not requiring advertising for bids to two thousand dollars and limit for waiver of bidding from two to four thousand dollars; P.A. 79- 233 allowed investments as allowed for mutual savings banks if provisions of Subsec. 14b of Sec. 36-96 not applicable to investment; P.A. 79-536 allowed authorities to promote construction of low and moderate-income housing directly or indirectly within limitations set forth in section; P.A. 80-238 changed dollar limit for expenditures not requiring advertising for bids to five thousand dollars and limit for waiver of bidding to ten thousand dollars; P.A. 80-483 replaced "subsection 14b" with "subdivision (b) of subsection (14)" of Sec. 36-96; P.A. 83-339 provided for the issuance of tax-exempt bonds pursuant to Section 103(b)(4)(A) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code; P.A. 87-211 changed dollar limit for expenditures not requiring advertising for bids from five to ten thousand dollars and limit for waiver of bidding from ten to twenty thousand dollars; P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 92-12 made a technical change; P.A. 94-82 amended Subdiv. (g) to authorize authorities to promote creation and preservation of housing and delete the term "construction" and citation to Sec. 103(b)(4)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, effective May 25, 1994; P.A. 97-27 increased threshold for expenditures requiring advertising for bids from ten to twenty-five thousand dollars and limit for cost of expenditures re waiver of bidding from twenty to thirty thousand dollars; P.A. 02-79 divided existing provisions into Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended Subsec. (a) by redesignating existing Subdivs. (a) to (h) as Subdivs. (1) to (8), and amended Subsec. (b) by adding definitions of "housing project construction work" and "simplified acquisition threshold", revising provisions for consistency with said definitions, substituting bidding exemption for bidding waiver procedure, and requiring certain expenditures to be made in accordance with competitive proposals requirements of 24 CFR 85.36, effective July 1, 2002.
See Sec. 51-58 re court seals.
Requirements of this section extend to purchase of standard form policies of fire and extended coverage insurance. Lowest responsible bidder statutes are enacted solely for benefit of public and in no sense create any rights in those who submit bids. 143 C. 338. Provisions that contracts for work, supplies or personal property involving expenditure of more than $1000 be advertised for bid does not restrict housing authority from selecting a type of facility which, in its judgment, will benefit it. 148 C. 536. Housing authority decided to convert from coal heat to gas heat and then advertised for bids on gas installation; plaintiff, a seller of oil, could not complain of decision to convert to gas heat for it was not necessary for housing authority to invite bids for other types of fuel before deciding to convert to gas. Id. Cited. 208 C. 161, 173, 174, 185. Cited. 216 C. 112, 121.
Housing authority is not a board to hear and determine disputes over labor and wages. 10 CS 389. Provision in lease absolving authority from liability owing to lack of repair held ineffective as defense. 16 CS 106. Decision of public officers in awarding contracts will not be interfered with by the courts. 18 CS 302.

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Sec. 8-44a. Housing authority programs for social and supplementary services, project rehabilitation and improvement and energy conservation. State grants-in-aid, loans and deferred loans. Rental Rehabilitation Fund. Operation or management plan for housing projects. (a) Any housing authority may prepare and submit to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for approval a program of social and supplementary services and project rehabilitation and improvement for any or all housing projects within the jurisdiction of such housing authority. Such program shall include the estimated costs of the services, rehabilitation and improvement and the method and staff required to carry out such program. After approval of such program by the commissioner, the state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioner, may enter into a contract with the housing authority conditioned upon the housing authority performing the program approved. Such contract shall provide for state financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid, loan, deferred loan or combination thereof equal to the cost of such program, including administrative or other cost or expense to be incurred by the state in connection with such program as approved by the commissioner, provided such contract shall provide financial assistance in the form of a loan, or deferred loan rather than a grant only in a case where, and to the extent that, repayment ability exists because of an adequate rental structure or funds are made available by an agency of the United States government in such amounts and for such periods of time as are required to repay such loan, together with interest. The contract shall further provide that in the event such funds provided by an agency of the United States government shall terminate prior to complete repayment of a loan or deferred loan made pursuant to this subsection, the remaining balance of such loan shall be deemed to be a grant-in-aid. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.
(b) Said commissioner shall establish a program of rehabilitation and major repair, including any repair, replacement or installation as may be necessary for energy conservation, of (1) existing rental housing projects developed with state financial assistance, pursuant to this chapter or chapter 129, to restore such projects to a sound, habitable and energy-efficient condition, (2) housing developed with state financial assistance pursuant to chapter 138b, (3) projects developed with state financial assistance pursuant to section 8-214f, (4) projects developed with state financial assistance pursuant to section 8-432 and (5) projects developed with state financial assistance pursuant to section 8-218. Each housing authority, nonprofit corporation, community housing development corporation, municipal developer or other eligible developer, as defined in subdivision (17) of section 8-430, shall prepare and submit to said commissioner a request for any necessary construction, rehabilitation and major repair with respect to each such housing project within the jurisdiction of such authority, nonprofit corporation, community housing development corporation, municipal developer or other eligible developer, as defined in subdivision (17) of section 8-430, including the construction or rehabilitation of facilities adjacent to such project which are functionally related to and serve the needs of such project. Each such request shall include a detailed description and the estimated cost of such construction, rehabilitation or major repair. After approval by said commissioner of such construction, rehabilitation or major repair as requested, or any part thereof, the state, acting by and in the discretion of said commissioner, may enter into a contract with such authority, nonprofit corporation, community housing development corporation, municipal developer or other eligible developer, as defined in subdivision (17) of section 8-430, providing for state financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid, loan, deferred loan or combination thereof equal to the cost of such approved construction, rehabilitation or major repair, including, in the case of grants-in- aid or loans or deferred loans financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, administrative or other cost or expense to be incurred by the state in connection with such program as approved by the commissioner, provided such contract shall provide financial assistance in the form of a loan or deferred loan rather than a grant only in a case where, and to the extent that, repayment ability exists because of an adequate rental structure or funds are made available by an agency of the United States government in such amounts and for such periods of time as are required to repay such loan or deferred loan, together with interest. The contract shall further provide that in the event such funds provided by an agency of the United States government shall terminate prior to complete repayment of a loan or deferred loan made pursuant to this subsection, the remaining balance of such loan or deferred loan shall be deemed to be a grant-in-aid. Such grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans shall be provided from the proceeds of state bonds authorized and issued in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.
(c) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section the State Bond Commission shall have power, from time to time to authorize issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate forty-two million dollars. All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(d) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds and notes authorized by subsection (c) of this section, except refunding bonds and notes, shall be deposited in a fund designated the "Rental Rehabilitation Fund", which fund shall be used to make the grants, loans and deferred loans authorized by subsection (b) of this section. Payments from the fund to authorities shall be made by the State Treasurer on certification of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development in accordance with the contract for financial assistance between the state and such authority. All payments by an authority of state service charges, as authorized by subsection (f) of this section, financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds authorized pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in said fund. All payments of service charges not financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.
(e) The State Treasurer is authorized to invest such moneys in the Rental Rehabilitation Fund as he deems to be available for such purpose in obligations of or guaranteed by the state or the United States of America or agencies or instrumentalities thereof and, without limitation on the foregoing, in such other obligations, including time deposits or certificates of deposit, as may be permitted investments by the Treasurer for the General Fund of the state and secured in such manner as the Treasurer may require.
(f) Grants, loans and deferred loans or combinations thereof made under the authority of this section and financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds authorized pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, shall include, as part of the project cost, a state service charge, as approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.
(g) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall approve an operation or management plan of each housing project, which shall provide an income adequate for debt service, administration, including a state service charge, other operating costs and establishment of reasonable reserves for repairs, maintenance and replacements, vacancy and collection losses.
(h) Subject to the approval of the Governor, any administrative or other cost or expense incurred by the state in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of this section, including the hiring of necessary employees and the entering upon necessary contracts, may be paid from the Rental Rehabilitation Fund.
(i) Any principal and interest payments received pursuant to this section from eligible developers shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund.
(j) On and after the effective date of regulations adopted under section 8-437, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall not accept any application for state financial assistance pursuant to this section except an application for a project or development not qualifying for financial assistance pursuant to section 8-433.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 22; 1969, P.A. 379; P.A. 77-564; 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-83, S. 1—4; 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-397, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-105; 81-230; 81-355; P.A. 84-443, S. 2, 20; P.A. 85-558, S. 3, 17; P.A. 86-217, S. 1, 2; 86-396, S. 4, 25; P.A. 87-380, S. 1, 2; 87-405, S. 2, 26; P.A. 90-238, S. 2, 32; P.A. 92-166, S. 1, 31; 92-214; P.A. 93-309, S. 12, 29; 93-435, S. 70, 95; P.A. 94-40, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: 1969 act deleted provisions concerning relief from repayment of principal and interest not exceeding two per cent of state loans and grants-in-aid for additional assistance in contracts between housing authority and state; P.A. 77- 564 added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re rehabilitation and repair programs for moderate rental housing projects and re bonding for financing such programs; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-83 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to include loans and to clarify specific conditions governing which form financial assistance is to take; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; October, 1979, P.A. 79-4 amended Subsec. (b) to include repairs etc. for energy conservation and energy efficiency and amended Subsec. (c) to set June 30, 1980, deadline for bond issuance, to raise limit from ten to twelve million dollars with two million reserved for energy conservation expenditures; P.A. 80-397 amended Subsec. (c) to change deadline to June 30, 1983, and to increase limit to fifteen million dollars with three million reserved for energy conservation expenditures; P.A. 81-105 extended the moderate rental rehabilitation program for five years to a total of ten; P.A. 81-230 allowed financial assistance in form of loan rather than grant where repayment ability exists because of adequate rental structure; P.A. 81-355 provided for state recovery of administrative costs and service charges, created moderate rental rehabilitation fund and provided for approval by the commissioner of an operation or management plan for each housing project in new Subsecs. (d) to (i); P.A. 84-443 amended Subsec. (c) to increase the authorization limit to twenty-two million and to remove the authorization deadline; P.A. 85-558 increased the bond authorization limit in Subsec. (c) to twenty-nine million dollars; P.A. 86-217 amended Subsec. (b) to repeal prohibition on paying grants, loans or combination thereof under Subsec. (b) after end of tenth year following establishment of program; P.A. 86-396 increased bond authorization from twenty-nine million dollars to thirty-five million dollars; P.A. 87-380 made technical changes, changed "moderate rental housing" to "rental housing", made Subsec. (b) program applicable to rental housing projects developed with state financial assistance and to adjacent facilities, including construction thereof, and eliminated three million dollars reserved for energy conservation expenditures from Subsec. (c); P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization from thirty-five million dollars to forty-two million dollars; P.A. 90-238 revised provisions re administrative expenses, state service fees and allocation of moneys to various housing funds; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) by making deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and further provided that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time and made technical changes to Subsecs. (b), (d) and (f) consistent with changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 92-214 amended Subsec. (b) by making rehabilitation and repair of housing for the homeless reimbursable expenses under the program and making nonprofit corporations, community housing development corporations and municipal developers eligible applicants and adding Subdiv. designations; P.A. 93-309 added new Subsec. (j) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (j) by deleting the reference to "July 1, 1994," re the deadline for the receipt by the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-40 amended Subsec. (b) to make program applicable to projects developed with financial assistance under Secs. 8-214f, 8-432 and 8-218, and to add reference to eligible developers under Sec. 8- 430(17), effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.
Cited. 213 C. 354, 362.

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(a) Any housing authority created by section 8-40 shall have the power to establish a housing authority police force, the members of which shall be employees of such housing authority and shall be known as housing authority police officers. Housing authority police officers shall be appointed by the local board, agency or person empowered to appoint municipal police officers, subject to approval of the housing authority. The requirements for appointment as a police officer in the municipality in which the housing authority is located, except for age and physical qualifications, shall be mandatory for housing authority police officers in such municipality. No person shall be appointed to such housing authority police force unless he has been awarded a certificate attesting to his successful completion of an approved municipal police basic training program, as provided in section 7-294e. The initial appointment shall be for a probationary term upon completion of which the appointing authority may promote such probationary officers to permanent status; provided such promotion shall be in accordance with procedures applicable to municipal police officers in the municipality and shall be made subject to the approval of the housing authority. Housing authority police officers shall have and exercise the powers and authority conferred upon municipal police officers and shall be subject to the ultimate supervision and control of the chief of police of the municipality in which the housing authority operates.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any housing authority police force which existed prior to October 1, 1970, pursuant to Title 1 of Public Law 89-754, 80 Stat. 1255, the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, and which, for any reason, does not constitute a housing authority police force pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall constitute a housing authority police force pursuant to this subsection and the members of such police forces may exercise the powers granted to such members pursuant to this subsection. The members of such police force may act, at the expense of the municipality, as special police officers upon property owned or managed by any housing authority. Such special police officers: (1) May arrest, without previous complaint and warrant, any person for any offense in their jurisdiction, when such person is taken or apprehended in the act or on the speedy information of others; (2) when in the immediate pursuit of one who may be arrested under the provisions of this subsection, may pursue such offender outside of their jurisdiction into any part of the municipality to effect an arrest; (3) shall be peace officers as defined in subdivision (9) of section 53a-3; (4) shall have the authority to serve criminal process within their jurisdiction; (5) shall, when on duty, wear a uniform, distinct in color from that worn by the police officers of the municipality; (6) shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a shield, distinct in shape from that worn by the police officers of the municipality which shall bear the words "special police"; (7) shall complete a forty-hour basic training program provided by the municipality within one hundred eighty days of June 27, 1983; (8) shall take an oath of office.
(1971, P.A. 424; P.A. 83-346, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 83-346 added Subsec. (b).
Cited. 216 C. 112, 116.

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Each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations, and no housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit or as a source of revenue to the municipality. To this end an authority shall fix the rentals for dwelling in its projects at no higher rates than it finds to be necessary in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available money, revenues, income and receipts of the authority from whatever sources derived, will be sufficient (a) to pay, as the same become due, the principal and interest on the bonds of the authority; (b) to meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the projects, including the cost of any insurance, and the administrative expenses of the authority; and (c) to create, during not less than six years immediately succeeding its issuance of any bonds, a reserve sufficient to meet the largest principal and interest payments which will be due on such bonds in any one year thereafter and to maintain such reserve. In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall, at all times, rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein at rentals within the financial reach of families of low income. The authority, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, shall fix maximum income limits for the admission and for the continued occupancy of families in such housing, provided such maximum income limits and all revisions thereof for housing projects operated pursuant to any contract with any agency of the federal government shall be subject to the prior approval of such federal agency. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall define the income of a family to provide the basis for determining eligibility for the admission and for the continued occupancy of families under the maximum income limits fixed and approved. The definition of family income, by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, may provide for the exclusion of all or part of the income of family members which, in the judgment of said commissioner, is not generally available to meet the cost of basic living needs of the family. No housing authority shall refuse to rent any dwelling accommodation to an otherwise qualified applicant on the ground that one or more of the proposed occupants are children born out of wedlock. Each housing authority shall provide a receipt to each applicant for admission to its housing projects stating the time and date of application and shall maintain a list of such applications which shall be a public record as defined in section 1-200. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall, by regulation, provide for the manner in which such list shall be created, maintained and revised. No provision of this chapter shall be construed as limiting the right of the authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by such authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof or acquire title thereto through foreclosure proceedings, free from all the restrictions imposed by this chapter with respect to rental rates and tenant selection.
(1949 Rev., S. 930, 952; 1949, 1953, S. 441d; 1957, P.A. 667, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 24, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; 556, S. 1; 800; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 82-130, S. 1; P.A. 84-143, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: 1967 acts gave public works commissioner power to define family income to provide basis for eligibility determination, prohibited refusal to rent if occupant is child born out of wedlock and substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 82-130 provided for the issuance of a receipt and the maintenance of a list of applicants; P.A. 84-143 required the commissioner of housing to provide, by regulation, for the manner of creation, maintenance and revision of waiting lists; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.
See Sec. 8-45a re criteria and consideration of applicant's or proposed occupant's history of criminal activity.
See Sec. 8-72 re rentals and tenant eligibility in moderate income housing.
Duties of commissioners. 164 C. 247. Cited. 213 C. 354, 362.

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A housing authority, as defined in subsection (b) of section 8-39, in determining eligibility for the rental of public housing units may establish criteria and consider relevant information concerning (1) an applicant's or any proposed occupant's history of criminal activity involving: (A) Crimes of physical violence to persons or property, (B) crimes involving the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution or use of, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, use or distribute, a controlled substance, as defined in section 21a-240, or (C) other criminal acts which would adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of other tenants, (2) an applicant's or any proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern of abuse, of alcohol when the housing authority has reasonable cause to believe that such applicant's or proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern of abuse, of alcohol may interfere with the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents, and (3) an applicant or any proposed occupant who is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under section 54-252 on account of being convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a sexually violent offense. In evaluating any such information, the housing authority shall give consideration to the time, nature and extent of the applicant's or proposed occupant's conduct and to factors which might indicate a reasonable probability of favorable future conduct such as evidence of rehabilitation and evidence of the willingness of the applicant, the applicant's family or the proposed occupant to participate in social service or other appropriate counseling programs and the availability of such programs.
(1969, P.A. 133; P.A. 95-247, S. 7; P.A. 99-157, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 95-247 replaced prior provisions that had prohibited a housing authority from refusing to rent a dwelling accommodation to an otherwise qualified applicant on the ground that any of the proposed occupants has a criminal record with provisions that authorize a housing authority to establish criteria and consider relevant information concerning an applicant's or any proposed occupant's history of criminal activity, that specify types of criminal activity that may be considered, that require the housing authority to give consideration to the time, nature and extent of the applicant's or proposed occupant's conduct and to factors which might indicate a reasonable probability of favorable future conduct and that specify examples of such factors; P.A. 99-157 designated existing provisions re criminal activity as Subdiv. (1), redesignating Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3), re types of crimes, as Subparas. (A), (B) and (C), respectively, and added new Subdiv. (2) re alcohol abuse and new Subdiv. (3) re lifetime registration as a sexual offender.
Cited. 213 C. 354, 362.

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Any person who makes a false statement concerning any of the eligibility requirements for a public housing project, as defined in subsection (b) of section 21a-278a, in an application for admission to or continued occupancy of such public housing may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 930, 952; 1949, 1953, S. 441d; 1957, P.A. 667, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 24, S. 2; P.A. 99-245, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 99-245 expanded prohibition against false statements from those concerning family income to any eligibility requirements.
See Sec. 8-72 re penalty for false statement with respect to moderate income rentals.

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In fixing maximum income limits under section 8-45, the authority and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall take into consideration (1) the latest average wage as computed by the Labor Commissioner for the city or town served by the authority, (2) the number of vacancies in the projects under the authority's control and (3) the number of applications for admission to tenancy which are refused because of income disqualification.
(1957, P.A. 399, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78- 303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.

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In the cases of any tenants who are the recipients of one hundred per cent social services aid from the Department of Social Services of the state or any municipality and who have no income from any other source, rentals shall be fixed by each housing authority for the ensuing rental year established by the authority based on one-half of the costs and expenses set forth in subsection (a) of section 8-45, plus the full amount of costs and expenses set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of said section as set forth in the operating statements of the authority for the preceding fiscal year, which total amount shall be divided by the total number of rooms contained in all low-rent housing projects operated by such housing authority to establish the rental cost per room per annum for such tenants, from which figure shall be computed the rent per month per room. Said rentals shall govern for said rental year.
(September, 1957, P.A. 24, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 41; 615, S. 27; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: 1959 acts provided costs and expenses be as set forth in operating statements of authority for preceding fiscal year rather than as set forth in annual budgets of the authority and deleted a termination date of June 30, 1959, for section; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of department of income maintenance for welfare department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of social services department for income maintenance department, effective July 1, 1993.
Cited. 213 C. 354, 362.

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Any authority or authorities may join or cooperate with one another or with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and the giving of security therefor, planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area within which one or more of such authorities are authorized to exercise their powers. For such purpose any cooperating authority may, by resolution, prescribe and authorize said commissioner or any authority so joining and cooperating with it to act in its behalf in the exercise of any of such powers or the cooperating authorities may, by resolution, appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full powers to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any of their powers as prescribed by resolution of such authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 931, 964; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-144, S. 1—3, 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department of economic development and P.A. 78-144 authorized commissioner to act on behalf of authority upon authorization by authority to do so; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.

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An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it deems necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of such real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority, in its own name and at its own expense and cost, may prefer a petition and exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in section 48-12 and acts supplementary thereto. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired, provided no real property belonging to the municipality, the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.
(1949 Rev., S. 932.)
Only real property may be acquired under this section. Not proper to add damages for loss of business. 139 C. 73. Cited. 145 C. 196.

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Each housing project of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which such project is situated.
(1949 Rev., S. 933.)
Cited. 213 C. 354, 362. Cited. 216 C. 112, 116.

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An authority shall have the power to issue bonds, from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it determines, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds on which the principal and interest are payable (a) exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; (b) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects, whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or (c) from its revenues generally. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the federal government or other source, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any housing project, projects or other property of the authority. Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority shall not be obligations of the municipality or of the state or any political subdivision thereof and such bonds shall so state on their face, and neither the municipality nor the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon nor, in any event, shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of such authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any debt limitation or restriction. Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be sold and executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution, its trust indenture or its mortgage may provide. If any commissioner or officer of the authority whose signature appears on any bonds or coupons ceases to be such commissioner or officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable. In any suit, action or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of the provisions of any bonds of an authority or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority to aid in financing a housing project to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low income shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for a housing project of such character and such project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located and constructed in accordance with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 934; 1969, P.A. 424, S. 7; P.A. 83-339, S. 4, 9.)
History: 1969 act deleted six per cent per year maximum for interest on bonds; P.A. 83-339 removed provisions concerning conditions for the sale of bonds at par value or less than par value.
Cited. 208 C. 161, 188.
Cited. 11 CS 465.

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In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have power: (a) To pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees or revenues to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence; (b) to mortgage all or any part of its real or personal property, then owned or thereafter acquired; (c) to covenant against pledging all or any part of its rents, fees and revenues, or against mortgaging all or any part of its real or personal property, to which its right or title then exists or may thereafter come into existence, or against permitting any lien to remain or stand against such revenues or property; to covenant with respect to limitations on its right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any housing project or any part thereof and to covenant as to the additional debts or obligations which may be incurred by it; (d) to covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance of such bonds in escrow or otherwise and as to the use and disposition of the proceeds thereof; to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds; to covenant against extending the time for the payment of its bonds or interest thereon; to redeem the bonds and to covenant for their redemption and to provide the terms and conditions thereof; (e) to covenant, subject to the limitations contained in this chapter, as to the rents and fees to be charged in the operations of a housing project or projects and as to the amount to be raised each year or other period of time by rents, fees and other revenues and the use and disposition to be made thereof; to create or to authorize the creation of special funds for moneys held for construction or operating costs, contingencies, debt service, reserves or other purposes and to covenant as to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds; (f) to prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which shall consent thereto and the manner in which such consent may be given; (g) to covenant as to the use of any or all of its real or personal property; to warrant its title and to covenant as to the maintenance of its real and personal property, the replacement thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon and the use and disposition of insurance moneys; (h) to covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the breach by it of any covenant, condition or obligation; and to covenant and prescribe the procedure in the event of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of its bonds or obligations shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and as to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived; (i) to vest in a trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any proportion of them the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or any covenants securing or relating to the bonds; to vest in a trustee or trustees the right, in the event of a default by such authority, to take possession of and use, operate and manage any housing project or part thereof, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom and to dispose of such moneys in accordance with the agreement of the authority with such trustee; to provide for the powers and duties of a trustee or trustees and to limit liabilities thereof and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any proportion of them may enforce any covenant or rights securing or relating to the bonds; and (j) to exercise all or any part or combination of the powers herein granted; to make covenants, in addition to the covenants herein expressly authorized, of like or different character; to make such covenants and to do any and all such acts as may be necessary or desirable in order to secure its bonds or, in the absolute discretion of such authority, as will tend to make the bonds more marketable notwithstanding that such covenants or acts may not be enumerated herein. The validity of a pledge made by an authority pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall not be affected by the deposit of the funds pledged in a savings account in the name of the authority pursuant to the pledge agreement, and section 36a-291 shall not be applicable to such pledge.
(1949 Rev., S. 935; 1963, P.A. 650, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act provided that validity of pledge not affected by deposit of funds pledged in savings account and that Sec. 36-113 not applicable to pledge.

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An obligee of an authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: (a) By mandamus or other proceeding in the Superior Court, to compel such authority and the commissioners, officers, agents or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of such authority with or for the benefit of such obligee and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements of such authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon such authority by this chapter and (b), by suit or other proceeding in the Superior Court, to enjoin the performance of any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the rights of such obligee of such authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 936.)

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An authority shall have power, by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract, to confer upon any trustee or any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights otherwise conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit or other proceeding in the Superior Court: (a) To cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee; (b) to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of such authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom, and, if such receiver is appointed, he may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part thereof and operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues or other charges thereafter arising therefrom and keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of such authority as the court directs; and (c) to require such authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were trustees of an express trust.
(1949 Rev., S. 937.)

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In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the state or federal government for or in aid of any housing project within its area of operation and to take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government, and to comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases or agreements as may be necessary or desirable therefor. It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance or operation of any housing project by such authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 938; P.A. 84-493, S. 2, 9.)
History: P.A. 84-493 provided for state financial assistance.
Cited. 213 C. 354, 362.
Cited. 11 CS 465.

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Sec. 8-56a. Public hearing prior to construction by authority or developer of HUD-assisted projects. Whenever a developer or a housing authority intends to construct a public housing project which is subject to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development site and neighborhood standards for public housing placement pursuant to 24 CFR 941.202, such developer or housing authority shall: (1) Publish a description of the project plan, including but not limited to, a physical description of the project, a description of the families to be served by the project, a description of existing neighborhood support services, a projection of the impact of the project on existing services, and a description of such developer's or authority's plan to introduce new services or to upgrade or increase existing services in order to successfully integrate the project and its residents into the neighborhood; such description shall be published at least twice, once not less than thirty days prior to the hearing required by this section, and once not less than fourteen days prior to such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which such project is planned, and a sign shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the property on which such project is planned, stating the date and time of such public hearing; (2) hold a public hearing for residents in the neighborhoods affected by the proposed public housing project; and (3) identify the specific activities to be provided in meeting its obligation under federal law to assure that the housing will be accessible to social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and services and other municipal facilities and services equivalent to neighborhoods with unassisted standard housing. If a public hearing required by federal or state law is conducted which meets the requirements of this section, such public hearing shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this section.
(P.A. 99-258.)

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