Sec. 8-119m. Congregate housing and congregate housing project joint pilot program. Regulations.
Sec. 8-119m. Congregate housing and congregate housing project joint pilot
program. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Commissioner of Social Services shall establish a joint pilot program to
provide for the development and operation of congregate housing and congregate housing projects, as defined in section 8-119e, in which, at a minimum, (1) residents pay no
more than sixty per cent of their income to live and receive meals in such housing, (2)
residents receive three meals per day and (3) such housing contains a single kitchen
facility and a central dining area. The commissioners may provide technical assistance
and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid or loans for such development and operation
under the program. Any grant-in-aid or loan shall be awarded in accordance with such
terms and conditions as the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development
may prescribe. The pilot program shall provide such assistance for no more than two
congregate housing projects located in different municipalities.
(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation
with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. The regulations
shall establish the criteria for awarding grants-in-aid and loans authorized under this
section, and the terms and conditions of such grants and loans.
(P.A. 89-306, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-230, S. 69, 101; P.A. 93-262, S. 31, 87; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 90-230 corrected an internal reference in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-262 replaced reference to commissioner
on aging and commissioner of human resources with reference to commissioner of social services and deleted Subsec. (c)
re report to general assembly, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department
of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.