Sec. 8-367a. Financial assistance for tenant management organizations. Pilot program. Regulations. Report.
Sec. 8-367a. Financial assistance for tenant management organizations. Pilot
program. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development shall establish a pilot program to provide financial assistance in the form
of a grant-in-aid for expenses incurred in the establishment of a tenant management
organization in a state-assisted or federally-assisted housing project, including the cost
of technical assistance and training designed to teach tenants how to manage and maintain public housing. The pilot program shall provide such assistance in up to three municipalities. Such grants-in-aid shall be awarded in accordance with such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe.
(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. The regulations shall establish the criteria for awarding the grants-in-aid
authorized under this section and the terms and conditions of such grants.
(c) Not later than January 15, 1989, the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development shall submit a report containing an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program authorized under this section to the joint standing committee on planning and development.
(P.A. 87-406, S. 3, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
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.