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HB05410 • 2026

AN ACT PROVIDING HOUSING FOR CERTAIN IMPOVERISHED VETERANS.

AN ACT PROVIDING HOUSING FOR CERTAIN IMPOVERISHED VETERANS.

Housing
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
Last action
2026-02-27
Official status
Public Hearing 03/03
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how funding will be secured or allocated for this program.

Housing Help for Poor Veterans

This act establishes a program to provide prefabricated homes at no cost to certain impoverished veterans in Rocky Hill.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a housing program for qualifying veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and have low income.
  • Requires the Commissioner of Housing and the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to work together to offer these homes.
  • Sets standards for the prefabricated structures, including size and basic amenities like bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom.
  • Establishes an application process for veterans to apply for housing under this program.
  • Requires annual reports on the performance of the veterans' housing program.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and have low income.
  • The Commissioner of Housing and the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs.

Terms To Know

Prefabricated structure
A home built in parts off-site and assembled on location, often quicker and more cost-effective than traditional construction methods.
Federal poverty line
The level of income set by the federal government below which a family is considered to be living in poverty.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if there are more applicants than available homes.
  • Does not detail how funding for this program will be secured or allocated.
  • The effectiveness of the housing program may depend on factors like availability and cost of prefabricated structures.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/03

  2. 2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs

Official Summary Text

To establish a program for the provision of prefabricated homes to certain impoverished veterans.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
LCO No. 2194 1 of 3

General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5410
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2194

Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY
AFFAIRS

Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT PROVIDING HOUSING FOR CERTAIN IMPOVERISHED
VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) There is established a 1
veterans' housing program through which the Commissioner of 2
Housing, in coordination with the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, 3
may provide housing to any qualifying veteran, at no cost to such 4
veteran, in the form of a prefabricated structure upon the grounds of the 5
Department of Veterans Affairs in Rocky Hill. 6
(b) Each prefabricated structure described in subsection (a) of this 7
section shall have an area of not less than five hundred square feet, shall 8
have insulated exterior walls and shall include two bedrooms, a full 9
kitchen and a bathroom. 10
(c) On and after January 1, 2027, a veteran, as defined in section 27 -11
103 of the general statutes, whose income falls below the federal poverty 12
line and who is able to demonst rate having been without a permanent 13
residence for the immediately preceding ninety days, may apply to the 14

Raised Bill No. 5410

LCO No. 2194 2 of 3

Commissioners of Housing and Veterans Affairs, in a form and manner 15
prescribed by said commissioner s, to receive housing under the 16
program established in subsection (a) of this section. Not later than ten 17
days after receipt of any such application, said commissioners shall 18
verify whether the applicant qualifies for such housing and shall notify 19
such applicant of the commissioners' determination as to approval or 20
rejection of such application. Any such approval shall be for one year, 21
after which a veteran may reapply under this subsection. 22
(d) Any veteran whose application under subsection (d) of this 23
section has been approved shall be permitted to occupy a prefabricated 24
structure described in subsection (a) of this section, if available, not later 25
than sixty days after such approval, provided either the Commissioner 26
of Housing or Commissioner of Veterans Affairs may revoke such 27
approval or place restrictions or other conditions upon such occupancy 28
in cases where an occupant is posing a risk to the health, safety, security 29
or well-being of other occupants or the integrity of any prefabricated 30
structure. 31
(e) Not later than January 15, 2028, and annually thereafter, the 32
Commissioners of Housing and Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit a 33
report on the performance of the veterans housing program established 34
in subsection (a) of this section, and any recommendations for 35
improvement thereof, to the joint standing committees of the General 36
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing and 37
veterans' and military affairs, in accordance with the provisions of 38
section 11-4a of the general statutes. 39
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 New section

Statement of Purpose:
To establish a program for the provision of prefabricated homes to
certain impoverished veterans.

Raised Bill No. 5410

LCO No. 2194 3 of 3

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