Shannon v. Commissioner of Housing

**193The defendant, the Commissioner of Housing,1 administers the state rental assistance program (rental program), which, like the federal program operated pursuant to § 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f (section 8 program), provides "rental assistance for low-income families living in privately-owned rental housing." General Statutes (Supp.2016) § 8-345(a) ;2 see also, e.g., *905**194Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Sullivan Associates, 250 Conn. 763, 769-70, 739 A.2d 238 (1999) (discussing section 8 program). In this appeal, we consider whether the…