{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-208","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-208","heading":"State grants-in-aid for housing code enforcement.","body":"The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance to initiate, expand or improve housing code enforcement programs to promote the preservation or rehabilitation of housing, in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to two-thirds of the cost of the program, as approved by the commissioner, for two years after execution of the state assistance agreement, one-half of such cost for an additional period not to exceed three years and thereafter one-third the cost of the program. To facilitate the effective enforcement of housing codes throughout the state, the commissioner may prepare a model State Housing Code. Any municipality may adopt such code by ordinance.","path":["TITLE 8. ZONING, PLANNING, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 133. HOUSING, REDEVELOPMENT AND URBAN RENEWAL AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_133.htm#sec_8-208","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":"2026-09-06T19:06:57Z","sha256":"80d1636dd83d9aecc793e5e0b9ba3710be697f8f16afcb736a392a33181781e5","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-207-and-8-207a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-208a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}