AN ACT CONCERNING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is listed as 'from passage,' but no specific calendar date for enactment is provided in the source text.

Study on Deeply Affordable Housing

This law requires the Department of Housing to study how much deeply affordable housing exists and whether grants could help build more.

What This Bill Does

• Defines 'deeply affordable housing' as homes costing no more than 30% of income for families earning up to 40% of the state median income.
• Requires the Department of Housing to study how much deeply affordable housing is available in each county.
• Directs the department to identify obstacles that stop this type of housing from being built.
• Asks the department to look at whether a grant program could encourage developers to build more of these homes.
• Requires the Commissioner of Housing to send a report with study results and recommendations by January 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Housing
• Families earning less than or equal to 40% of the state median income

Terms To Know

Deeply affordable housing

Homes restricted by a legal document so that rent or purchase price is no more than 30% of the income for families earning up to 40% of the state median.

Deed-restricted

A rule written into the property ownership record that limits who can buy or rent the home and how much they pay.

Limits and Unknowns

• This law only orders a study; it does not create any new grant programs yet.
• The final report is due on January 1, 2027, but no specific funding for the grants has been approved in this text.

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

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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