History: P.A. 87-455 amended Subsec. (a) by making persons having documented financial need who reside in emergency shelters or emergency housing eligible for grants and amended Subsec. (b) by authorizing emergency shelters under contract with department of human resources to pay security deposit to landlords; Sec. 17-31jj transferred to Sec. 17-599 in 1991; P.A. 91-211 amended Subsec. (b) to allow the commissioner to enter into a written agreement with a landlord to pay for certain damages if incurred in lieu of paying a security deposit, to require the reduction of any amount owed to the department under the program by a grant recipient from any subsequent grant provided to the recipient and to require that the issuance of grants and agreements for payment of damages in any fiscal year not exceed the amount available for the program in that fiscal year; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-599 transferred to Sec. 17b-802 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 amended Subsec. (a) by changing program of grants to persons residing in emergency shelters or housing to security deposit guarantee program for use in lieu of a security deposit, deleting reference to “public assistance”, inserting provision re recipients of temporary family assistance or aid under the state supplement program, adding provision re persons who cannot remain in permanent housing due to any reason specified in Subsec. (a) of Sec. 17b-808, and making conforming changes, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provisions re payment of security deposit directly to the landlord, deleting