Upon preliminary approval by the State Bond Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 3-20, the state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract or contracts with an authority, a municipal developer, a nonprofit corporation or a housing partnership for state financial assistance for a congregate housing project, in the form of capital grants, interim loans, permanent loans, deferred loans or any combination thereof for application to the development cost of such project or projects. A contract with an authority, a municipal developer, a nonprofit corporation or a housing partnership may provide that in the case of any loan made in conjunction with any housing assistance funds provided by an agency of the United States government, if such housing assistance funds terminate prior to complete repayment of a loan made pursuant to this section, the remaining balance of such loan may be converted to a capital grant or decreased loan. Any such state assistance contract with an authority, a municipal developer, a nonprofit corporation or a housing partnership for a capital grant or loan entered into prior to the time housing assistance funds became available from an agency of the United States government, may, upon the mutual consent of the commissioner and the authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership, be renegotiated to provide for a loan or increased loan in the place of a capital grant or loan or a part thereof, consistent with the above conditions. Such capital grants or loans shall be in an amount not in excess of the development cost of the project or projects, including, in the case of grants or loans financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, administrative or other cost or expense to be incurred by the state in connection therewith, as approved by said commissioner. In anticipation of final payment of such capital grants or loans, the state, acting by and through said commissioner and in accordance with such contract, may make temporary advances to the authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership for preliminary planning expense or other development cost of such project or projects. Any loan provided pursuant to this section shall bear interest at a rate to be determined in accordance with subsection (t) of section 3-20. Any such authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership may, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Housing, contract with any other person approved by the Commissioner of Housing for the operation of a project undertaken pursuant to this part. As used in this section, “housing partnership” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (n) of section 8-113a.

(P.A. 77-582, S. 5, 10; 77-614, S. 284, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 85, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 83-490; P.A. 85-444, S. 4; P.A. 87-416, S. 5, 24; 87-436, S. 7, 23; P.A. 90-238, S. 10, 32; P.A. 92-166, S. 7, 31; P.A. 93-262, S. 78, 87; 93-309, S. 17, 29; 93-435, S. 73, 95; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 06-93, S. 9; P.A. 11-168, S. 4; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 83-490 allowed for any person approved by the commissioner of housing to contract to operate a project; P.A. 85-444 included references to nonprofit corporations, provided for state financial assistance in form of loans without regard to federal assistance, modified provisions re conversion of loans to grants and deleted references to commissioner on aging and to community housing development corporations and other corporations approved by commissioner on aging; P.A. 87-416 provided that the interest rates on loans would be determined in accordance with Sec. 3-20(t); P.A. 87-436 added provisions authorizing state to enter into contracts with municipal developers; P.A. 90-238 revised provisions re administrative expenses; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical change adding provision re deferred loans, consistent with 1992 public acts; P.A. 93-262 removed reference to Sec. 17a-308(a), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-309 designated the existing section as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting the reference to “July 1, 1994,” re the deadline for the receipt by the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-93 deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations and application to program repealed by the same act and made a conforming change; P.A. 11-168 made housing partnerships eligible to enter into contracts for financial assistance, expanded references to such contracts to include municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships, and added definition of “housing partnership”, effective July 13, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.