Sec. 8-37u. Commissioner to coordinate housing policy and activities. Operating plan to be submitted and followed by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Commissioner to consult with Commissione
Sec. 8-37u. Commissioner to coordinate housing policy and activities. Operating plan to be submitted and followed by the Connecticut Housing Finance
Authority. Commissioner to consult with Commissioner of Agriculture. (a) The
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall work with regional
planning agencies, regional councils of elected officials, regional councils of governments, municipalities and municipal agencies, housing authorities and other appropriate
agencies for the purpose of coordinating housing policy and housing activities, provided
such coordination shall not be construed to restrict or diminish any power, right or
authority granted to any municipality, agency, instrumentality, commission or any administrative or executive head thereof in accordance with the other provisions of the
general statutes to proceed with any programs, projects or activities.
(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall coordinate
on an ongoing basis the activities and programs of state agencies or quasi-state authorities which have a major impact on the cost, production or availability of housing, provided, such coordination shall not be construed to restrict or diminish any power, right
or authority granted to any such agency or authority, or of any administrative or executive
head thereof in accordance with the other provisions of the general statutes, to proceed
with any programs, projects or activities, except as specifically provided in this section.
(c) In order to facilitate such coordination, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall submit annually to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development a projected twelve-month operating plan. Said plan shall be prepared in a manner
so as to be consistent with the five-year plan referred to in section 8-37t as such plan is
then in effect. Said plan shall include such matters as the authority determines are necessary and shall include, but not be limited to, production targets under each multifamily
program of the authority, including targets for rental housing production for both elderly
and nonelderly families in a proportion consistent with housing needs estimated pursuant
to section 8-37t; proposed new and expanded programs; proposed outreach activities
to help serve areas of the state or segments of the population whose housing needs have
been particularly underserved, and estimated level of subsidy needed to support the
proposed level of production. The first such plan shall be submitted to the Commissioner
of Economic and Community Development prior to January 1, 1981, and subsequent
plans on each twelve-month anniversary thereof.
(d) In the event the commissioner determines that the Connecticut Housing Finance
Authority has not complied with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, he
shall file a report with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management setting
forth the items of the plan which are inconsistent with the five-year plan and setting
forth those recommendations which in his opinion would result in such plan being consistent with the five-year plan. In the event that the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management concurs with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, he shall convene a panel of the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development, the chairman of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, which panel shall resolve the inconsistencies. Nothing contained in this section shall limit the right or obligation of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority to comply with the provisions of or covenants contained
in any contract with or for the benefit of the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations evidencing indebtedness of such authority.
(e) The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall, to the maximum extent practical, conduct its business according to the plan approved by the commissioner.
(f) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall consult
with the Commissioner of Agriculture with regard to the policies, activities, plans and
programs specified in this section and the impact on and degree of protection provided
to agricultural land by such policies, activities, plans and programs.
(P.A. 79-598, S. 8; P.A. 86-129, S. 2, 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 04-189, S. 1; 04-222, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 86-129 amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) to extend period of plan from three years to five years; 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. 04-189, effective June 1, 2004, repealed Secs. 146 to 148, inclusive, of June 6 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6 which had created a single Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection from separate Departments
of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, necessitating substitution of "Commissioner of Agriculture" for "Commissioner
of Agriculture and Consumer Protection" in P.A. 04-222; P.A. 04-222 added new Subsec. (f) requiring Commissioner of
Economic and Community Development to consult with Commissioner of Agriculture, effective July 1, 2004.
See Sec. 4-124c et seq. re regional councils of elected officials.
See Sec. 4-124i et seq. re regional councils of governments.
See chapter 127 (Sec. 8-31 et seq.) re regional planning agencies.
See chapter 134 (Sec. 8-241 et seq.) re the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.