Section 8-218c-18a - Adaptability conversion(a) The Commissioner may provide financial assistance to community housing development corporations which in turn will assist eligible applicants for the purpose of converting adaptable living units into units accessible to persons with disabilities and for the reconversion of such units back to adaptable living units.(b) Financial assistance shall be in the form of a grant to be used by the Community Housing Development Corporation to make grants to eligible applicants.(c) For purposes of this section, eligible applicants shall be any tenant whose income does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the area median income adjusted for family size and medical expenses, as determined from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or a owner of a unit in a complex or building subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of Section 29-273.(d) Eligible modification costs shall be those adaptability conversion features required to convert an adaptable unit. Such adaptability features must meet the Connecticut Building Code, and may include, but are not limited to, grab bars, door hardware and adjustments to kitchen and bathroom fixtures and equipment.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 8-218c-18a
Effective August 19, 1992