(e) Nothing in this section shall give any person a right to continued receipt of rental assistance at any time that the program is not funded.
(f) Whenever an individual who qualifies for rental assistance pursuant to this section moves into congregate housing, as defined in section 8-119e, the Commissioner of Housing shall calculate the rental assistance for such individual to include the entire period of his occupancy in the congregate housing facility, regardless of the rental-assistance status of any former congregate housing occupant.
(g) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section. The regulations shall establish maximum income eligibility guidelines for such rental assistance and criteria for determining the amount of rental assistance which shall be provided to elderly persons, provided the amount of assistance for elderly persons who are certificate holders shall be the difference between thirty per cent of their adjusted gross income, less a utility allowance, and the base rent.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 117, 165; P.A. 13-234, S. 29.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsecs. (a) and (f) by substituting “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development”, amended Subsec. (g) by deleting provision re commissioner administering program pursuant to certain regulations and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2013.
See Sec. 8-112a et seq. re housing for elderly persons.
See Sec. 8-119d et seq. re congregate housing for the elderly.
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