HB05368 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Housing Committee
Last action: 2026-02-27
Official status: Public Hearing 03/03
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details on how the study will be conducted or what form the recommendations for the development of the grant program should take.

Act on Deeply Affordable Housing

This act directs the Department of Housing to study deeply affordable housing and recommend ways to incentivize its development through grants.

What This Bill Does

Defines 'deeply affordable housing' as homes that are deed-restricted for rental or sale at no more than 30% of a family's annual income, where their income is less than or equal to 40% of the state’s median income.
Requires the Department of Housing to study the availability and obstacles of deeply affordable housing in each county.
Examines the potential effectiveness of a grant program to incentivize the development of such housing.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Housing
People who live or want to live in deeply affordable housing

Terms To Know

deeply affordable housing: Housing that is deed-restricted for rental or sale at no more than 30% of a family's annual income, where their income is less than or equal to 40% of the state’s median income.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much funding will be available for grants.
It only requires a study and report; it does not create an actual grant program yet.

Bill History

2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly
Public Hearing 03/03
2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly
Referred to Joint Committee on Housing

Official Summary Text

To direct the Department of Housing to study the availability of certain deed-restricted housing and the potential for a grant program to incentivize the development of such housing.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

LCO No. 2270 1 of 2

General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5368
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2270

Referred to Committee on HOUSING

Introduced by:
(HSG)

AN ACT CONCERNING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) ( Effective from passage ): For the purposes of this 1
section, "deeply affordable housing" means housing that is deed -2
restricted for rental or sale to individuals and families for thirty per cent 3
or less of their annual income, where such income is less than or equal 4
to forty per cent of the median income of the state. The Department of 5
Housing shall conduct a study on the availability of deeply affordable 6
housing in the state. Such study shall examine (1) the availability of such 7
housing in each county, (2) obstacles to the development of such 8
housing, (3) the potential effectiveness of a grant program to incentivize 9
development of such housing, and (4) recommendations for the 10
development of such grant program. Not later than January 1, 2027, the 11
Commissioner of Housing shall report the results of such study , in 12
accordance with the provisions of section 11 -4a of the general statutes, 13
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 14
cognizance of matters relating to housing. 15

Raised Bill No. 5368

LCO No. 2270 2 of 2

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

Statement of Purpose:
To direct the Department of Housing to study the availability of certain
deed-restricted housing and the potential for a grant program to
incentivize the development of such housing.

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