Sec. 8-339. (Formerly Sec. 17b-802). Security deposit guarantee program. (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish, within available appropriations, and administer a security deposit guarantee program for (1) any individual or family whose income is sixty per cent or less of the median income of the state, adjusted for family size, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and who have a documented financial need as determined by the commissioner, (2) any individual who is served a writ, summons and complaint in a summary process action instituted pursuant to chapter 832, or (3) any individual who receives a certificate or voucher from a rental assistance program or federal Housing Choice Voucher program. Under the security deposit guarantee program, the commissioner may provide security deposit guarantees for use by persons who are eligible pursuant to this subsection in lieu of a security deposit on a rental dwelling unit. Eligible persons may receive a security deposit guarantee in an amount not to exceed the equivalent of two months' rent on such rental unit. No person may apply for and receive a security deposit guarantee more than once in any twenty-four-month period without the express authorization of the commissioner, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner may deny eligibility for the program to an applicant for whom the commissioner has paid one or more claims by landlords. The commissioner shall prioritize the provision of security deposit guarantees to eligible veterans and may establish priorities for providing security deposit guarantees to other eligible persons described in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this subsection in order to administer the program within available