Sec.17b-812-12. Family obligations

(a) A family shall comply with subsections (b) and (c) of this section in order to continue participating in the rental assistance program. Failure to comply may result in termination from the program.

(b) A family shall:

(1) Provide information that is true and complete and in compliance with the provisions of the rental assistance certificate;

(2) provide all forms and documents necessary for use in a regularly scheduled reexamination or interim reexamination of family income and composition;

(3) provide the social security numbers of all household members and sign and submit forms that will allow the department or its agent to obtain information to determine eligibility;

(4) not later than thirty days after a request by the department or its agent, provide the department or its agent information to verify that the family is living in the dwelling unit or information related to family absence from the dwelling unit;

(5) notify the department or its agent in writing before any planned absence of thirty days or more, or on or before the thirtieth consecutive day of any unplanned absence. If the entire family is absent from the unit for more than ninety consecutive days, the department shall consider the unit vacated and shall terminate rental assistance, unless the family has notified the department or its agent on or before the thirtieth day of any absence and can show good cause for the extended absence on or before the ninetieth day of any absence. If the family shows good cause, the department or its agent may permit the family to be absent for up to sixty additional days before considering the unit to be vacated;

(6) notify the department or its agent in writing not later than thirty days before moving out of the dwelling unit or terminating the lease;

(7) use the dwelling unit as the family's sole residence;

(8) notify the department or its agent in writing of the birth, adoption or court-awarded custody of a child, not later than thirty days after such birth, adoption or court-awarded custody;

(9) request written approval from the department or its agent before adding any other adult family member as an occupant of the dwelling unit;

(10) notify the department or its agent in writing if any member no longer lives in the dwelling unit, not later than thirty days after such member leaves;

(11) allow the department or its agent to inspect the dwelling unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice as part of regularly scheduled reexaminations, interim examinations and on other occasions deemed necessary by the department or its agent;

(12) immediately notify and forward to the department or its agent a copy of any notice to quit received by the tenant; and

(13) pay utility bills and supply appliances that the owner is not required to provide under the rental agreement.

(c) The family, including each family member, shall not:

(1) Own or have any interest in the dwelling unit other than in a cooperative, or as the owner of a mobile manufactured home leasing space in a mobile manufactured home park, as such terms are defined in section 21-64 of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(2) commit any serious or repeated violation of the rental agreement;

(3) commit fraud, bribery or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with the rental assistance program;

(4) participate in any illegal drug or violent criminal activity leading to the individual's conviction;

(5) sublease the dwelling unit;

(6) receive rental assistance while receiving another housing subsidy for the same dwelling unit or a different dwelling unit under any other state, federal or local housing assistance program; or

(7) willfully damage the dwelling unit or premises or cause serious or repeated damage to the dwelling unit or premises through negligence, or permit any guest to willfully damage the dwelling unit or premises or cause serious or repeated damage to the dwelling unit or premises through negligence.

(Adopted effective February 9, 2000; Transferred from § 17b-812-11a, May 31, 2007; Amended May 31, 2012; Amended December 28, 2012)

Notation

Notes: Section history note reworded. Former note read: "Adopted as § 17b-812-12, effective March 21, 1996; amended February 9, 2000; renumbered and amended May 31, 2007; amended December 28, 2012." (October 14, 2014)