Definitions

(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing. (b) "Department" means the Department of Housing. (c) "Eligible Senior Citizen" means a resident of the State of Connecticut who is 62 years of age or older, whose income does not exceed the maximum qualifying income for tax relief under the provisions of Section 12-170aa of the Connecticut General Statutes, and who owns and occupies an eligible residential property. (d) "Eligible Residential Property" or "Subject Property" means a residential structure consisting of up to two dwelling units in which at least one of the dwelling units is in need of emergency repairs and rehabilitation and where the owner of such shall reside in at least one of the dwelling units. (e) "Emergency Repair and Rehabilitation" means any repair and rehabilitation activities which are necessary to permit continued use of the property for residential purposes. (f) "Financial Assistance" means a grant-in-aid or loan provided to an eligibile senior citizen for expenses incurred for emergency repairs to or rehabilitation of a residential property. (g) "Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund" means the fund established by Public Act 87-494, administered by the Commissioner, from which loans are made to eligible senior citizens for emergency repairs and rehabilitation to eligible residential properties and for expenses incurred by the Commissioner in the implementation of the program.