Sec. 8-219a. Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund.

      Sec. 8-219a. Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund. There is established a "Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund". The fund shall be used to make low interest loans or deferred loans authorized by sections 8-219b and 8-219c, and for expenses incurred by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development in the implementation of the program established by this section and sections 8-219b and 8-219c. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.

      (P.A. 87-494, S. 1, 5; P.A. 92-166, S. 16, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 92-166 made deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and further provided that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.