Housing

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• Incentive Housing Zone Program

  The State provides financial incentives to municipalities seeking to create Incentive Housing Zones (IHZ) to promote the expansion of market-rate and affordable housing opportunities.  

  Agency: Department of Housing

• Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Program

  This program prevents evictions and foreclosures through mediation and a Rent Bank. A trained mediator meets with tenants and landlords or homeowners and lenders to resolve disputes which may include unpaid rent or mortgage payments, repairs, housing code violations and communication problems. The Rent Bank provides funds to help pay rent or mortgage arrears.

  Agency: Department of Housing

• First-time Home Buyer Information

  First-time homeowners can get advice, a home-buying checklist to follow and apply for a mortgage through the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA).

  Agency: Department of Housing

• Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program

  Eligible homeowners facing foreclosure due to financial hardship may be eligible for temporary monthly mortgage payment assistance for up to five years. An EMAP loan is secured by a fixed-rate, subordinate mortgage on the homeowner's residence.

  Agency: Department of Housing

• CDBG Small Cities

  Through the CDBG-Small Cities Program, the state provides funding and technical support to municipalities with populations of less than 50,000 for projects that achieve local community, affordable housing, and economic development objectives, principally benefiting low- and moderate-income persons.  

  Agency: Department of Housing

• CT Housing Search

  Property owners and those seeking apartments can list and peruse rental housing available anywhere in the state free of charge. Resources also are available for senior citizens and individuals with disabilities looking for housing.

  Agency: Department of Housing

• Annual Funding Schedule

  The Department of Housing posts a schedule of funding rounds at the beginning of each fiscal year to provide a predictable timetable of the agency's funding for developers, public housing authorities, municipalities and other interested parties seeking funding to construct new affordable housing or preserve existing affordable housing.

  Agency: Department of Housing

• Security Deposit Guarantee Program

  The Security Deposit Guarantee Program provides a guarantee to landlords for up to two month's rent rather than an actual cash payment for eligible individuals and family seeking to obtain rental housing.

  Agency: Department of Housing

• File a Housing Discrimination Complaint

  Residents who think they were discriminated against while seeking and applying for housing can submit a complaint to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Access filing complaints forms and descriptions of various types of discriminations.

  Agency: Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities

• Renters Rebate

  The state provides a reimbursement program for elderly and/or totally disabled tenants whose incomes do not exceed certain limits. Anyone with questions regarding the program can call the program hotline at 860-418-6377.  

  Agency: Office of Policy and Management

• Environmental Engineering – Subsurface Sewage

  Approximately 30 percent of Connecticut's population resides in buildings that dispose of their domestic sewage with on-site sewage disposal systems that are typically conventional septic systems. Citizens can find design manuals for subsurface sewage disposal systems for households.

  Agency: Department of Public Health