HB 5847 — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING TO IMPROVE CERTAIN STATE-FUNDED PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS.

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5847 January Session, 2019 LCOAN No.ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING TO IMPROVE CERTAIN STATE-FUNDED PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS.

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(HSG) AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING TO IMPROVE CERTAIN STATE-FUNDED PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS.

(Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this section, "elderly tenants" means tenants sixty-two years of age or older and "younger tenants with disabilities" means tenants who are not yet sixty-two years of age and who have been certified by the Social Security Board as being totally disabled under the Social Security Act, 42 USC 1320d, or certified by any other federal board or agency as being totally disabled.

The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a pilot program to implement the recommendations of the Department of Housing and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, pursuant to special acts 17-19 and 18-12, to improve certain state-funded housing projects that provide services both to both elderly tenants and younger tenants with disabilities.

(b) Not later than August 1, 2019, the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to LCOhousing, No.shall designate three specific buildings within three state- funded housing projects that provide services to elderly tenants and younger tenants with disabilities to participate in the pilot program.

5318 1 of 3 Committee Bill No.5847 housing, shall designate three specific buildings within three state- funded housing projects that provide services to elderly tenants and younger tenants with disabilities to participate in the pilot program.

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(c) Not later than October 1, 2019, anyeach housing authority participating in the program shall agree to implement the following measures in eachthe ofbuilding within the threeauthority's buildingshousing project that was designated under subsection (b) of this section for a period of one calendar year:

Not later than January 11, 2021, the Department of Housing shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing LCOcommittee No.of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing.

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Such report shall include, but not be limited to, an evaluation of the results of the pilot program and any findings and recommendations with regard to future implementation of similar programs in comparable housing projects.

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BUTLER, 72nd Dist.;

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REYES, 75th Dist.

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