Sec. 8-81a. Housing project adaptable for use and occupancy by disabled persons. Pilot program. Regulations. Report.
Sec. 8-81a. Housing project adaptable for use and occupancy by disabled persons. Pilot program. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and
Community Development, in consultation with the Office of Protection and Advocacy
for Persons with Disabilities, shall establish, within available appropriations, a pilot
program requiring that a multifamily housing project built or substantially rehabilitated
with the use of any state financial assistance on and after July 1, 1988, shall be fully
adaptable for use and occupancy by persons having physical or mental disabilities or
by persons without such disabilities.
(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of
this section.
(c) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit a
report to the General Assembly containing an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program authorized under this section not later than six months following
the completion of the project.
(P.A. 88-268, S. 5, 6; P.A. 89-144, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 89-144 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting the office of protection and advocacy for persons with
disabilities for the office of protection and advocacy for handicapped and developmentally disabled persons; P.A. 95-250
and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic
and Community Development.