Connecticut HB 5230: AN ACT EXEMPTING INCOME OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EARNED BY A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-FOUR FROM INCLUSION IN THE PARENT'S GROSS INCOME FOR DETERMINATION OF THE PARENT'S ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5230
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 5

Referred to Committee on HOUSING

Introduced by:
REP. ROBERTS, 137th Dist.

AN ACT EXEMPTING INCOME OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS EARNED BY A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-
FOUR FROM INCLUSION IN THE PARENT'S GROSS INCOME FOR
DETERMINATION OF THE PARENT'S ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That section 8-345 of the general statutes be amended to direct the 1
Commissioner of Housing to exempt income of up to one hundred 2
thousand dollars earned by a child under the age of twenty-four living 3
with a parent from the parent's gross income for the purpose of 4
determining such parent's eligibility for participation in the rental 5
assistance program, and that appropriations for the rental assistance 6
program be changed accordingly. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt income of up to one hundred thousand dollars earned by a
child living with a parent from such parent's gross income for the
purpose of determining the parent's eligibility to participate in the rental
assistance program.