Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-13jj: Housing growth program.

(a) Not later than July 1, 2028, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish and administer a housing growth program to provide grants-in-aid to assist municipalities in paying costs related to the construction, improvement or expansion of public infrastructure, including, but not limited to, water lines, sewer lines, roads, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and transit infrastructure associated with the development of new dwelling units, as defined in section 47a-1.

(b) To be eligible to receive funding from the program, a municipality shall be in compliance with the provisions of section 8-13bb regarding its housing growth plan or compliance with a regional housing growth plan, if applicable, and shall demonstrate steps such municipality has taken to implement its housing growth policies, and (1) have been determined to be a qualifying transit-oriented community pursuant to section 8-13hh, (2) have adopted a development district established pursuant to a memorandum of agreement with the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority, or (3) meet additional eligibility criteria to be developed by the secretary.

(c) The secretary, with the approval of the Council on Housing Development established pursuant to section 8-13ii, shall develop eligibility criteria, an application process, evaluation criteria, guidelines for expenditure of grants-in-aid and municipal reporting requirements for the program administered pursuant to this section and shall publish such criteria, application process, guidelines and reporting requirements on the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management.

(d) Before approving any application for a grant-in-aid pursuant to this section, the secretary shall forward such application, including any supporting materials submitted in connection with such application, to the Council on Housing Development for review pursuant to section 8-13ii.

(e) Each municipality awarded a grant-in-aid under this section shall refund to the Office of Policy and Management any unexpended amounts upon completion of the project or project for which such grant-in-aid was awarded and amounts not expended in accordance with the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(f) Not later than July 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development. Such report shall include information for the preceding fiscal year on each municipality that applied for a grant-in-aid, including, but not limited to, a description of the public infrastructure project or projects for which each such municipality applied for a grant-in-aid, whether such grant-in-aid was awarded, either in whole or in part and the amount of any such grant-in-aid.