Sec. 8-68f. Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations.
Sec. 8-68f. Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations. Each housing authority which receives financial assistance under any state housing program, and
the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its subsidiary when said authority or
subsidiary is the successor owner of housing previously owned by a housing authority
under part II or part VI of this chapter, shall, for housing which it owns and operates,
(1) provide each of its tenants with a written lease, (2) adopt a procedure for hearing
tenant complaints and grievances, (3) adopt procedures for soliciting tenant comment
on proposed changes in housing authority policies and procedures, including changes
to its lease and to its admission and occupancy policies, and (4) encourage tenant participation in the housing authority's operation of state housing programs, including, where
appropriate, the facilitation of tenant participation in the management of housing projects. If such housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its
subsidiary operates both a federal and a state-assisted housing program, it shall use the
same procedure for hearing tenant grievances in both programs. The Commissioner of
Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 54 to establish uniform minimum standards for the requirements
in this section.
(P.A. 89-113, S. 2, 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 00-173; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 94.)
History: 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. 00-173 required written lease and adoption of procedures
for tenant complaints and for tenant participation, and required the commissioner to adopt regulations; May Sp. Sess. P.A.
04-2 applied provisions of section to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or subsidiary, effective July 1, 2004.