CT HB06632

Housing authorities receiving state financial assistance cannot sell, lease, transfer, or destroy housing projects that serve low or moderate-income residents without written Commissioner of Housing approval, effective October 1, 2023.

Commissioner approval requires findings that the action serves state and municipal interests, adequate low/moderate-income housing exists locally, residents participated in relocation planning, and replacement housing is provided on a one-to-one basis.

Displaced residents must receive comparable public/subsidized housing in the same municipality, tenant-based rental subsidies with relocation assistance, or affordable housing deed-restricted units (minimum 20 years) in single-family or multifamily homes.

Commissioner must consider replacing units with housing affordable to households at 25% and 50% of area median income through new construction, rehabilitation, or new rental subsidies.

Specific exemptions apply to King Court in East Hartford (no one-to-one replacement requirement) and Phase I projects in multiple cities including Father Panik Village, Elm Haven, and others; Fairfield Court in Stamford exempt if HUD approves HOPE VI revitalization application.