Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16a-41(b)-12

Current through October 16, 2024
Section 16a-41(b)-12 - Weatherization services
(a) Households who refuse weatherization services without good cause shall be ineligible to receive fuel assistance in the program year following their refusal of services. Good cause for refusing weatherization services shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(1) A household member is ill and weatherization efforts would compound the health problem(s).
(2) No adult is at home during the day due to employment and cannot take time off from work without loss of income.
(3) No adult is at home during the day because of participation in a therapy or treatment program or a job training or educational program.
(4) The applicant no longer lives at the address where the initial weatherization agreement was made.
(5) If agreement was for home-owned property and it is now in the process of being sold.
(6) Recipient lives in rental housing which is the subject of a dispute with the recipient's landlord and the issue of weatherization services could adversely affect the dispute.
(7) Recipient is not the primary lessee of the unit and the primary lessee does not want weatherization work to be done.
(b) The burden of proof to demonstrate good cause rests with the client. Those households who are unable to accept weatherization services due to their landlords' refusal to authorize weatherization services shall not be subject to denial of fuel assistance benefits.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16a-41(b)-12

Effective July 30, 1992