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General Assembly File No. 165
February Session, 2026 Substitute House Bill No. 5361
House of Representatives, March 25, 2026
The Committee on Housing reported through REP. FELIPE of
the 130th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the
House, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT REVISING A PROVISION CONCERNING HOUSING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 8 -2g of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2026): 3
(b) Upon the adoption of any regulation under subsection (a) of this 4
section, the zoning commission or municipal agency exercising the 5
powers of a zoning commission shall notify the legislative body of the 6
municipality of such adoption and request that the municipality 7
establish or designate an agency to implement a program designed to 8
establish income criteria in accordance with said subsection (a) and 9
oversee the sale or rental of any units of affordable housing constructed 10
pursuant to said subsection (a) to persons and families satisfying such 11
income criteria. Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish or 12
designate a municipal agency to implement such program. If the 13
legislative body does not enact such ordinance [within] not later than 14
one hundred twenty days [following] after the date of such request, the 15
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zoning commission or municipal agency exercising the powers of a 16
zoning commission may notify the housing authority of the 17
municipality or, in any municipality which has not by resolution 18
authorized its housing authority to transact business in accordance with 19
the provisions of section 8-40, the municipal agency with responsibility 20
for housing matters that it has adopted such regulation. Upon receiving 21
such notice, the housing authority or municipal agency with 22
responsibility for housing matters shall implement such program. Any 23
such program shall provide for a method of selecting persons satisfying 24
such income criteria to purchase or rent such units of affordable housing 25
from among a pool of applicants which method shall not discriminate 26
on the basis of age, gender, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, 27
marital status, intellectual disability, physical disability, including, but 28
not limited to, blindness or deafness, place of residency, number of 29
children or veterans' status. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2026 8-2g(b)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
The title was changed.
HSG Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
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The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general,
fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill makes technical changes which do not result in a fiscal impact
to the state or municipalities.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5361
AN ACT REVISING A PROVISION CONCERNING HOUSING.
SUMMARY
This bill makes technical changes to a law related to affordable
housing construction.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2026
COMMITTEE ACTION
Housing Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 14 Nay 5 (03/10/2026)