Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-347
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Sec. 8-347. (Formerly Sec. 17b-804). Rent bank program.
Official statutory text
(b) To be eligible for assistance under this section, a family shall document, as appropriate, loss of income or increase in expenses including, but not limited to, loss of employment, medical disability or emergency, loss or delay in receipt of other benefits, natural or man-made disaster, substantial and permanent change in household composition or any other condition which the commissioner determines constitutes a severe hardship and is not likely to recur.
(c) No family shall receive financial assistance under this section in excess of three thousand five hundred dollars during any eighteen consecutive months.
(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to determine eligibility standards for grants under this section and to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c) No family shall receive financial assistance under this section in excess of three thousand five hundred dollars during any eighteen consecutive months.
(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to determine eligibility standards for grants under this section and to carry out the purposes of this section.
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