Sec.8-219d-2. Program description

(a) The Commissioner may enter into a contract with nonprofit corporations for financial assistance in the form of grants to assist such corporations with the costs of administrative expenses and technical assistance associated with the development or rehabilitation of housing for low and moderate income families and the elderly. Such grants shall be limited to those nonprofit corporations which have available funding for administrative expenses from other sources in an amount equal to or greater than one hundred percent of the proposed grant. If the nonprofit corporation has been incorporated for less than two years, the Commissioner may approve a grant of up to 100% of such costs. Grants made to nonprofit corporations shall not exceed $100,000.

(b) Nonprofit corporations may receive state financial assistance for the costs of administrative expenses and technical assistance, including, but not limited to: (1) general operating expenses including rent, utilities, supplies, telephone, postage, printing, travel and insurance; (2) benefits and salaries for staff providing the following services: project planning, development, coordination or oversight; clerical, bookkeeping or accounting services; development of financial or in-kind resources for the nonprofit corporation through local fundraising activities or proposals to public or private sources; recruitment, selection and training of housing cooperative members; recruitment and selection of occupants for rental housing; supervision of unskilled volunteers, unemployed or underemployed persons receiving on-the-job training, or persons participating in the construction or rehabilitation of their own dwellings; and financial counseling to prospective homeowners; (3) the provision of technical assistance services to other nonprofit corporations involved in the development of housing for low and moderate income families and the elderly, and (4) other personal services related to the acquisition and rehabilitation or construction of housing, including the cost of hiring a consultant to assist in the development process, assessing the cost of technical problems associated with the construction or rehabilitation of a particular building, preparing construction documents, and estimating costs and monitoring construction.

(c) Nonprofit corporations that receive funding under this program shall be required to comply with all the rules and orders promulgated by the Commissioner and consistent with the Connecticut General Statutes.

(Effective December 17, 1987)