Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-13ii: Council on Housing Development.

(a) There is established a Council on Housing Development to advise and assist the State Responsible Growth Coordinator in reviewing regulations, developing guidelines and establishing programs concerning the growth of housing in the state, and to approve or modify any municipal housing growth plan or regional housing growth plan if the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management has not acted on such plan in the time provided in section 8-13bb or 8-13cc, as applicable.

(b) The council shall consist of the following regular members: (1) The Governor, or the Governor's designee; (2) the State Responsible Growth Coordinator; (3) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee; (4) the Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee; (5) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee; (6) the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, or the commissioner's designee; (7) the Commissioner of Transportation, or the commissioner's designee; (8) the executive director of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, or the executive director's designee; (9) the executive director of the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority, or the executive director's designee; (10) the president pro tempore of the Senate, or the president's designee; (11) the majority leader of the Senate, or the majority leader's designee; (12) the speaker of the House of Representatives, or the speaker's designee; (13) the majority leader of House of Representatives, or the majority leader's designee; (14) the minority leader of the Senate, or the minority leader's designee; (15) the minority leader of the House of Representatives, or the minority leader's designee; (16) one individual appointed by the chairperson of the majority leaders' roundtable group on affordable housing from the Senate; and (17) one individual appointed by the chairperson of the majority leaders' roundtable group on affordable housing from the House of Representatives.

(c) The chairpersons of the council shall be (1) the president pro tempore of the Senate, or the president's designee, and (2) the speaker of the House of Representatives, or the speaker's designee.

(d) The administrative staff of the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority shall serve as the administrative staff of the council.

(e) The council shall convene not later than January 1, 2026, and meet not less than once every six months thereafter, and more often upon the call of a chairperson, to:

(1) Review and evaluate the plans, programs, regulations and policies of state or quasi-public agencies for opportunities to combine efforts and resources of such agencies to increase housing development;

(2) Develop consistent reporting methods concerning data and documentation related to housing development;

(3) Provide a forum to develop approaches to housing growth that balance both needs for conservation and development, including the need for additional housing and economic growth, the protection of natural resources and the maintenance and support for existing infrastructure;

(4) Review existing discretionary grant programs to make recommendations to state or quasi-public agencies concerning the adherence of such programs with the goals established in the state plan of conservation and development adopted under chapter 297. Such recommendations shall include, but need not be limited to, methods to increase the development of deed-restricted housing in transit-oriented districts and middle housing, as defined in section 8-1a;

(5) Develop guidelines, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and consistent with the requirements of subsection (j) of section 8-13hh, concerning the adoption and development of transit-oriented districts within qualifying transit-oriented communities; and

(6) Review applications for grants-in-aid under the housing growth program established pursuant to section 8-13jj, including any supporting materials submitted by an applicant in connection with such application, that have been submitted by the secretary to the council pursuant to section 8-13jj.

(f) Not later than January 1, 2027, the council shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and housing, concerning the recommendations and guidelines developed by the council pursuant to subdivisions (4) and (5) of subsection (e) of this section or any other recommendations of the council. The coordinator shall publish such recommendations and guidelines on the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management.