Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing, Economic and Community Development
412 - Predevelopment Costs
Section 8-412-1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 8-412-1

Current through September 9, 2024

The following definitions apply to Sections 8-412-1 through 8-412-9 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing.

(b) "Department" means the Connecticut Department of Housing.

(c) "Designated Agent" means a nonprofit corporation which has entered into a contract with the State, acting by and through the Commissioner, to administer all or a part of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Predevelopment Cost Revolving Loan Fund.

(d) "Developer" means:

(1) A housing authority established in accordance with Section 8-40 of the Connecticut General Statutes or the Connecticut Housing Authority when exercising the rights, powers, duties or privileges of or subject to the immunities or limitations of housing authorities pursuant to Section 8-121 of the Connecticut General Statutes; or

(2) A nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to Chapter 600 of the Connecticut General Statutes, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership, or operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner; or

(3) A municipal developer, which means a municipality which has not declared by resolution a need for a housing authority pursuant to Section 8-40 of the General Statutes, acting by and through its legislative body, except that in any town in which a town meeting or respresentative town meeting is the legislative body, "municipal developer" means the board of selectman if such board is authorized to act as the municipal developer by the town meeting or representative town meeting; or

(4) A partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, trust or association consisting of:
(A) a housing authority, a nonprofit corporation, or a municipal developer; and

(B)
(i) a business corporation incorporated pursuant to Chapter 599 of the General Statutes, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership, or operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 8-79a or 8-84 of the General Statutes;

(ii) a for-profit partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, trust or association having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having basic documents of organization approved by the Commissioner in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 8-79a or 8-84 of the General Statutes; or

(iii) any combination of the entities included under subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this subdivision.

(e) "Families of Low and Moderate Income" means families who lack the amount of income which is necessary, as determined by the Commissioner, to enable them, without financial assistance, to rent or purchase decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding.

(f) "Family" means a household consisting of one or more persons.

(g) "Financial Assistance" means grants or loans authorized under Sections 8-410 and 8-411 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(h) "Low and Moderate Income Housing Predevelopment Cost Revolving Loan Fund" means the fund established to make loans pursuant to Section 8-410 of the Connecticut General Statute and to pay expenses incurred in administering such loans.

(i) "Predevelopment Costs" means those expenses for a developer which are not administrative, but are necessary for planning activities before any construction, rehabilitaion or renovation of housing for low and moderate income families may begin.

(j) "Predevelopment Cost Project" or "Project" means any work or undertaking to provide decent, safe and sanitary dwelling units for low and moderate income families, which may include planning for the construction, rehabilitation or renovation of such housing.

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