Connecticut General Statutes Title 8 — Zoning, Planning, Housing Chapters
Four Title 8 chapters approved as adjacent regimes to Title 47a: ch. 138a Rental and Other Assistance (§§ 8-345–8-354, CT's Rental Assistance Program, the state's own Section-8 analogue), ch. 126a Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals (§§ 8-30g–8-30j, the anti-exclusionary-zoning appeal defining "affordable" for most CT deed-restricted units), ch. 138m Healthy Homes Fund (§§ 8-446–8-450, lead/asthma/health remediation fund for rental housing), and ch. 138 Security Deposit Assistance (§§ 8-337–8-344, the state security-deposit guarantee programme, pairing with § 47a-21). Live-verified 2026-09-16.
Provisions (41)
§ 8-115
Commission to approve plans, financing and rental.
§ 8-116
Occupants need not be family units; design of construction; housing restricted to elderly.
§ 8-116a
Occupants need not be family units; design of construction; maximum income and asset limit; waiting list; false statement.
§ 8-116b
Possession of pets.
§ 8-116c
Eligibility for occupancy. Eviction.
§ 8-116d
Termination of lease or rental agreement upon acceptance for admission to housing project.
§ 8-119g
Implementation. Maximum income limits for admission. Deduction for congregate housing employment income.
§ 8-119kk
Rental assistance for elderly persons residing in state-assisted rental housing for the elderly. Regulations.
§ 8-254a
Tenant selection plans of mortgagors.
§ 8-265c
Discrimination re housing financed by authority barred.
§ 8-265e
Annual study of current market rent levels.
§ 8-30g
Affordable housing land use appeals procedure. Definitions. Affordability plan; regulations. Conceptual site plan. Maximum monthly housing cost. Percentage-of-income requirement. Appeals. Modification of application. Commission powers and remedies. Exempt municipalities. Moratorium. Model deed restrictions.
§ 8-30h
Annual certification of continuing compliance with affordability requirements. Noncompliance.
§ 8-30i
Sales price of certain housing subject to affordable housing deed restriction or limitation of bylaws of condominium unit owners' association.
§ 8-30j
Affordable housing plan. Submission to Office of Policy and Management. Hearing and adoption. Filing requirement. Review and amendment of plan.
§ 8-337 and 8-338
Security deposit loans; regulations; report. Connecticut Security Deposit Revolving Loan Fund.
§ 8-339
(Formerly Sec. 17b-802). Security deposit guarantee program.
§ 8-345
(Formerly Sec. 17b-812). Rental assistance for low-income families living in privately-owned rental housing. Regulations. Hearing.
§ 8-345a
(Formerly Sec. 17b-813). Emergency rental assistance for families eligible to participate in the temporary family assistance program.
§ 8-345b
(Formerly Sec. 17b-812a). Modification of the rental assistance program subsidy.
§ 8-345c
(Formerly Sec. 17b-815). Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program. Internet publication requirements when accepting new applications.
§ 8-345d
Disclosure of program participants prohibited. Exceptions.
§ 8-346
(Formerly Sec. 17b-814). Rental assistance for low-income families living in newly created rental housing. Pilot program. Regulations.
§ 8-346a
(Formerly Sec. 17b-811a). Transitionary rental assistance for private housing. Regulations. Hearing.
§ 8-347
(Formerly Sec. 17b-804). Rent bank program.
§ 8-347a
(Formerly Sec. 17b-805). Assessment and mediation program.
§ 8-348
Residence mobility counseling program.
§ 8-446
Healthy Homes Fund.
§ 8-446a
Funds allocated for lead removal, remediation and abatement.
§ 8-45
Rental rates and tenant selection for low rental projects.
§ 8-45a
Consideration of criminal record, alcohol abuse and status as registered sexual offender of applicant or proposed occupant.
§ 8-48
Rentals for persons receiving welfare aid.
§ 8-64b
Nondisclosure of tenant Social Security and bank account numbers.
§ 8-64c
Resident participation plan for major physical transformation and disposition activities.
§ 8-68c
Notice of certain actions concerning federally assisted multifamily rental housing for low and moderate income persons and families.
§ 8-68f
Tenants' rights and grievance procedures. Regulations.
§ 8-68h
Tenant escrow accounts.
§ 8-68l
Tenants' use of common areas for political activity.
§ 8-72
Operation of projects. Rentals. Tenant eligibility. Inspections. Semiannual statements. Penalty for false statement.
§ 8-73
Eviction of families having income over maximum limits. Waiver of eviction requirement.
§ 8-81a