Raised Bill No. 265, introduced in the February Session, 2024, and referred to the Committee on Housing, proposes amendments to Section 8-37rrr of the general statutes, effective October 1, 2024. The bill requires the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with other relevant commissioners, to submit an annual report on the number of departmental clients and recipients of rental assistance certificates. The report, due by January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, must include detailed information on the utilization of rental assistance vouchers or certificates, including the number of applicants on waitlists for a rental certificate, the number of applicants from waitlists who received a certificate in the prior year, the date of the last opening on any waitlist, the number of applications submitted at the last opening, and the number of applicants added to any waitlist during the prior year. The report should also establish targets to ensure that rental assistance program resources are allocated in accordance with legislative intent.

The bill includes insertions that expand the reporting requirements to include additional information about waitlists for the rental assistance program. It also updates the reporting deadline from 2014 to 2025. Deletions from the current law include the removal of the year "2014" and the word "and," which is replaced with language specifying the timing of the report and the inclusion of waitlist information. The purpose of the bill is to ensure that the Commissioner of Housing provides more comprehensive annual reports concerning the administration of waitlists for the rental assistance program.

Statutes affected:
Raised Bill: 8-37rrr