Sec. 8-355. Definitions.
Sec. 8-355. Definitions. As used in sections 8-355 to 8-359, inclusive:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.
(2) "Community housing development corporation" means a corporation which has
qualified for assistance under section 8-217.
(3) "Homeless person" means any person who does not have overnight shelter or
sufficient income or resources to secure such shelter.
(4) "Nonprofit corporation" shall be construed as defined in section 8-39.
(5) "Utility allowance" means the average monthly amount a person or family
spends for heat and other utilities, excluding telephone, which is not supplied or paid
for by the owner of the dwelling unit rented by the person or family.
(P.A. 85-485, S. 1; P.A. 87-309, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 87-309 made a technical change in the reference contained in Subdiv. (4); P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211
replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community
Development.