Sec. 8-37aaa. Grants for physical needs assessment of eligible housing.
Sec. 8-37aaa. Grants for physical needs assessment of eligible housing. (a) The
Department of Economic and Community Development shall design and administer a
program of grants to owners of eligible housing to pay the cost of a comprehensive
physical needs assessment for each eligible housing development. The final design of
this program shall be subject to review by the State-Assisted Housing Sustainability
Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 8-37zz. Such assessment may be
a twenty-year life cycle analysis covering all physical elements, adjusted for observed
conditions, and shall include, at a minimum, an evaluation of (1) dwelling units; building
interiors and building envelopes; community buildings and amenities; site circulation
and parking; site amenities such as lots; mechanical systems, including an analysis of
technological options to reduce energy consumption and pay-back periods on new systems that produce heat and domestic hot water; and site conditions, (2) compliance with
physical accessibility guidelines under Title II of the federal Americans with Disabilities
Act, and (3) hazardous materials abatement, including lead paint abatement. The costs
of such needs assessments shall be paid from the fund.
(b) A copy of each completed comprehensive physical needs assessment shall be
submitted to the Department of Economic and Community Development in a format
prescribed by the department. The format shall be designed by the department so that
a baseline of existing and standardized conditions of eligible housing can be prepared
and annually updated to reflect changes in the consumer price index and annual construction costs.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 106.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007.