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SB00152 • 2026

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSING INSPECTIONS.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSING INSPECTIONS.

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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
2026-03-09
Official status
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is July 1, 2026, but no specific start date for inspections is provided in the text.

Funding for Rental Assistance Program Housing Inspections

This bill provides $250,000 to the Department of Hiring additional full-time staff to inspect rental homes in the state assistance program.

What This Bill Does

  • Sets aside $250,000 from the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
  • Gives this money to the Department of Housing.
  • Uses these funds to hire additional full-time staff members.
  • Requires new workers to inspect rental homes in the state assistance program.
  • Checks if housing units follow health and safety rules.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Housing
  • Workers hired as full-time home inspectors
  • Rental properties participating in the state assistance program

Terms To Know

Appropriating funds
Setting aside a specific amount of money from the government budget for a certain use.
General Fund
The main account where state tax money is kept before it is spent on programs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill only provides funding for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
  • It does not say how many new inspectors will be hired with this money.
  • The text does not list specific penalties if a home fails inspection.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations

  2. 2026-03-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations

  3. 2026-03-06 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  4. 2026-03-06 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  5. 2026-03-05 HSG

    Joint Favorable Change of Reference Appropriations

  6. 2026-02-13 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 02/17

  7. 2026-02-11 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Housing

Official Summary Text

To appropriate funds to the Department of Housing for the purpose of hiring additional full-time rental home inspectors for the rental assistance program.

Current Bill Text

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LCO 1204 1 of 1

General Assembly Raised Bill No. 152
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1204

Referred to Committee on HOUSING

Introduced by:
(HSG)

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM HOUSING INSPECTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective July 1, 2026 ) The sum of two hundred fifty 1
thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Housing from 2
the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, for 3
administration of the rental assistance program established in sections 4
8-345 to 8-346a, inclusive, of the general statutes, for purposes of hiring 5
additional full -time staff to inspect compliance of housing units with 6
state and local health, housing, building and safety codes pursuant to 7
subsection (b) of section 8-345 of the general statutes. 8
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 New section

HSG Joint Favorable C/R APP