(a) Not later than January 1, 1994, the authority shall establish, within available funds, a program to provide emergency mortgage assistance payments to mortgagors in accordance with the provisions of sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk, inclusive. Any necessary and related administrative and operational expenses incurred by the authority in implementing the program may be paid from funds made available for the program.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, or any rule of law to the contrary, on and after July 1, 2008, no judgment of strict foreclosure nor any judgment ordering a foreclosure sale shall be entered in any action instituted by the mortgagee to foreclose a mortgage commenced on or after said date, for the foreclosure of an eligible mortgage unless (1) notice to the mortgagor has been given by the mortgagee in accordance with section 8-265ee and the time for response has expired, and (2) a determination has been made on the mortgagor's application for emergency mortgage assistance payments in accordance with section 8-265ff or the applicable time periods set forth in sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk, inclusive, have expired, whichever is earlier. For purposes of this section and sections 8-265ee to 8-265kk, inclusive, an “eligible mortgage” is a mortgage which satisfies the standards contained in subdivisions (1), (7) and (9) to (12), inclusive, of subsection (e) of section 8-265ff.

(P.A. 93-414, S. 2, 10; P.A. 94-185, S. 2, 10; P.A. 08-176, S. 6; P.A. 09-209, S. 28; 09-219, S. 1; P.A. 10-32, S. 21; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 125.)

History: P.A. 93-414 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-185 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the payment of administrative and operative expenses from program funds and amended Subsec. (b) for consistency with changes made elsewhere in the act, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 08-176 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “July 1, 2008” for “the date a mortgagee agrees to participation in the program established pursuant to sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk, inclusive” and make technical changes, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-209 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 09-219 changed effective date of P.A. 09-209, S. 28, from July 1, 2009, to July 9, 2009, and applicable to applications for emergency mortgage assistance filed on and after July 1, 2008, effective July 9, 2009; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 10, 2010; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical change, effective June 15, 2012.