History: P.A. 85-444 added reference to nonprofit corporations, deleting reference to authorities created by Sec. 8-40, community housing development corporations and other corporations approved by commissioner of aging; P.A. 87-436 authorized contracts with municipal developers; P.A. 93-309 designated the existing section as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to “July 1, 1994,” re the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-146 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the commissioner of housing use adjusted gross income of tenants in calculating the amount of the grant, effective July 1, 1994; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical change, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-93 deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations and application to program repealed by the same act and made conforming changes; P.A. 11-168 made housing partnerships eligible to enter into contracts for financial assistance and added definition of “housing partnership”, effective July 13, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.