R.C.S.A. § 8-412-1
Definitions
Cite as Conn. Agencies Regs. § 8-412-1
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.