{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-116a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-116a","heading":"Occupants need not be family units; design of construction; maximum income and asset limit; waiting list; false statement.","body":"The following provisions shall be applicable to housing for elderly persons: (1) There shall be no requirement that the occupants of such housing constitute families and housing may be provided in separate dwelling units for elderly persons living alone; (2) housing for elderly persons shall conform to standards established by the Commissioner of Housing and shall be designed so as to alleviate the infirmities characteristic of the elderly; (3) the authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Housing, shall fix maximum standard income and asset limits for admission to such housing; (4) each housing authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership shall provide a receipt to each applicant for admission to its housing projects stating the time and date of application and shall maintain a list of such applications, which shall be a public record as defined in section 1-200 and which shall be created, maintained and revised in a manner which the Commissioner of Housing shall, by regulation, provide; and (5) any person who makes a false statement concerning the income of the elderly person for whom application for admission to a project under this part is made may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.","path":["TITLE 8. ZONING, PLANNING, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 128*. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING: MUNICIPAL HOUSING PROJECTS","PART VI*. HOUSING FOR ELDERLY PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_128.htm#sec_8-116a","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:56Z","sha256":"09a6e43aecf757c11d7e4a12a0b00fe9481a3a40db0dafd657ac1913c6463fa8","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-116","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-116b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}