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Information from EvictionHelpCT.org

• Eviction Help - Providing Help to Eligible Tenants Facing Eviction or Loss of Housing Subsidy (CT Right to Counsel Program)

Connecticut State Department of Housing

Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities

Information from the Connecticut Network for Legal Aid:

• Top Ten Housing Myths
• Tenants' Rights: Repairs
• Your Rights When Your Landlord Is In Foreclosure
• Are You Having Problems With Your Housing Authority or Subsidized Housing?
• Utility Problems with Landlords
• Are You Facing Eviction?
• Lockouts: Can My Landlord Lock Me Out?
• Tenants' Rights: Rent Increases and Fair Rent Commissions
• A Guide to Mediation in Eviction Cases
• Have You Been Ordered to Move Because Your Apartment Is Not Safe? A Renter's Right to Relocation Assistance
• Know Your Rights: Sexual Harassment and Housing
• Renters Have Legal Rights
• Tips for Renting After Eviction
• A Renter's Rights During and After Foreclosure
• Special Protections for Seniors and Disabled Tenants
• Tenant's Rights: Security Deposits
• Tenant's Rights: Repairs

Publication from the Citizens Advisory Council for Housing Matters:

• Housing Issues in the Small Claims Session of the Superior Court (2018) Reference book covering claims by the tenant for return of a security deposit, claims by the landlord for back rent, claims by the landlord for property damage, and claims for attorney's fees and punitive damages.

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection:

• Tenants in Foreclosed Properties: Best Practices for Owners Taking Title after Foreclosure (Produced by the Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut) This document provides a basic summary of the laws regarding tenants' rights in Connecticut after a foreclosure, as well as recommendations for how owners, mortgage loan servicers, and REO property managers should interact with tenants after a foreclosure.

Connecticut Department of Banking:

• Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants in Foreclosed Properties"Persons who rent an apartment in a property that is going through foreclosure have legal protections that safeguard them from unfair treatment and upheaval. Since some of these protections have been enhanced by recent legislation, it is a good time to remind property owners, property managing and servicing companies and real estate brokers of their legal obligations"

Publications from the Office of the Chief State's Attorney:

• Landlord/Tenant Disputes Police Training Manual (2009)
  • Addresses the four types of complaints that are most likely to call for police action.
    • Lockouts and self-help evictions
    • Unlawful entry
    • No-heat and termination of essential services
    • Criminal damage to landlord's property

    Publications from the Connecticut Fair Housing Center:

    • Tenant Rights
    • Moving Forward: Connecticut Renters' Guide
    • Fair Housing Resources

    OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

    • Issue Brief: COVID-19 Housing Assistance - 2020-R-0314
    • COVID-19 Renter Assistance - 2020-R-0137
    • COVID-19 Assistance for Homeowners and Landlords - 2020-R-0147
    • Residential Tenants' Protections During the COVID-19 Pandemic - 2020-R-0124

    Fair Housing and Related Issues

    • Landlord Obligations to Allow Assistance Animals 2020-R-0277
    • Refusing to Rent to Section 8 Recipients - 2018-R-0348
    • Updated Report: Housing for Adults with Criminal Records - 2016-R-0023
    • Summary of Federal and State Fair Housing Laws - 2013-R-0430
    • Housing for Ex-Offenders - 2006-R-0062

    Rent and Rent Collection

    • Protections Against Rent Increases - 2023-R-0247
    • Mobile Manufactured Home Park Residents: Rights and Protections Against Rent Increases - 2021-R-0221
    • Late Rent Grace Period and Fees - 2018-R-0232
    • Provisions Concerning Rent Payments Under CGS sec. 47a-3a - 2015-R-0247
    • Collection of Past Due Rent And Payment of Attorneys' Fees - 2008-R-0290
    • Landlord and Tenant Process for Collecting Overdue Rent - 2007-R-0480
    • Landlords and Utility Services - 2018-R-0361
    • Landlords' Responsibilities for Abandoned Property - 2019-R-0234
    • Tenant's Security Deposit - 2018-R-0026
    • Landlord's Protections Regarding a Tenant's Abandoned Possessions - 2016-R-0333
    • Evicted Tenants' Property- 2015-R-0223
    • Towns Storing Evicted Tenants' Possessions- 2010-R-0515
    • State Laws on Landlords' Treatment of Abandoned Property - 2006-R-0164
    • Mold Laws - 2018-R-0233
    • Options Regarding Unhealthy Apartments - 2008-R-0618

    Uniform Relocation Assistance Act

    • The Connecticut Uniform Relocation Assistance Act's Application to Municipal Code Enforcements - 2020-R-0359
    • Uniform Relocation Assistance Act and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act - 2017-R-0105
    • The Application of Connecticut's Uniform Relocation Assistance Act to Municipal Code Enforcement - 2015-R-0235
    • Uniform Relocation Assistance Act - 2004-R-0383
    • Connecticut Law on Landlords Installing Security Cameras - 2022-R-0234

    Library Materials

    • Connecticut Landlord and Tenant Law with Forms 3d, by Noble F. Allen (2021).
    • The Connecticut Summary Process Manual, by Paul J. Marzinotto (2002).

    The above treatises are available at each of your local law libraries .

    Useful Websites

    • Legal Protections Concerning Foreclosures and Evictions During the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency - Executive and Court Orders
    • Legal Information Institute's Law About Landlord-Tenant Law
    (Extends, with modifications, section 4 of Executive Order No. 12D) --->
    • Notice Regarding Right to Counsel Program for Eviction ProceedingsSeptember 14, 2020 Superior Court Notice Regarding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Eviction Moratorium --->
    • CARES Act Affidavit of Compliance - JD-HM-41
      • To determine if a mortgage loan is included in the CARES Act, you may visit the following websites: Fannie Mae Lookup ~ Freddie Mac Lookup ~ HUD Multifamily Housing Property Search

      Connecticut Public Acts

      • 2024 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate (Office of Legislative Research)
      • 2023 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate (Office of Legislative Research)
      • Public Act No. 23-207 - An Act Establishing a Tax Abatement for Certain Conservation Easements and Addressing Housing Affordability for residents in the State.
      • Public Act No. 22-30 - An Act Concerning Fair Rent Commissions (Effective Oct. 1, 2022)
      • Public Act No. 21-34 - An Act Concerning the Right to Counsel in Eviction Proceedings. . .
      • 2022 Public Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate
      • 2021 Public Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate

      Connecticut General Statutes

      Selected Statutes:

      • Sec. 47a-4. Terms prohibited in a rental agreement.
      • Sec. 47a-4c. Landlord prohibited from requiring electronic funds transfer as exclusive form of payment.
      • Sec. 47a-7. Landlord's responsibilities.
      • Sec. 47a-7a. Landlord and tenant responsibilities re bed bug infestations.
      • Sec. 47a-11. Tenant responsibilities.
      • Sec. 47a-15. Noncompliance by tenant. Remedy of breach by tenant. Landlord's remedies.
      • Sec. 47a-16. When landlord may enter rented unit.
      • Sec. 47a-18. Judicial relief if tenant refuses entry.
      • Sec. 47a-18a. Judicial relief if landlord unlawfully enters.
      • Sec. 47a-19. Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue.
      • Sec. 47a-23. Notice to quit possession or occupancy of premises. Form. Delivery. Federal termination notice.
      • Sec. 47a-23a. Complaint.
      • Sec. 47a-23b. Service of notice to quit or summons if lessee a nonresident or if whereabouts unknown.
      • Sec. 47a-23c. Prohibition on eviction of certain tenants except for good cause.
      • Sec. 47a-26. Failure to Appear. Judgment.
      • Sec. 47a-26a. Failure to Plead. Judgment.
      • Sec. 47a-26j. Records of Summary Process Actions (2024 Supplement)

      Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being

      • Sec. 19a-109. Heating and provision of utilities for buildings. Hot water. Termination of services

      Title 8. Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development

      • Chapter 135 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act
        "The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by state and local land acquisition programs, by building code enforcement activities, or by a program of voluntary rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements conducted pursuant to governmental supervision."

      Title 53a - Crimes
      

      • Sec. 53a-117e. Criminal damage of a landlord's property in the first degree: Class D felony.
      • Sec. 53a-117f. Criminal damage of a landlord's property in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor.
      • Sec. 53a-117g. Criminal damage of a landlord's property in the third degree: Class B misdemeanor.

      Connecticut Regulations

      • Sec. 8-68f-1 through Sec. 8-68f-22. Tenant Rights in State Public Housing

      Connecticut Practice Book

      Selected rules:

      • Sec. 17-30. Summary Process; Default and Judgment for Failure to Appear or Plead
      • Sec. 17-53. Summary Process Executions

      Federal Laws - US Code

      Title 42, Chapter 135: Residency and Service Requirements in Federally Assisted Housing

      • Subchapter I - Standards and Obligations of Residency in Federally Assisted Housing
      • Subchapter II - Authority to Provide Preferences for Elderly Residents and Units for Disabled Residents in Certain Section 8 Assisted Housing
      • Subchapter III - Service Coordinators for Elderly and Disabled Residents of Federally Assisted Housing
      • Subchapter IV - General Provisions
      • Subchapter V - Safety and Security in Public and Assisted Housing

      Federal Regulations (CFR)

      Title 24, Chapter II, Part 247: Evictions from Certain Subsidized and HUD-Owned Projects

      • Chapter 8: Termination

      Recent Landlord/Tenant Opinions

      • Recent Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court Landlord/Tenant Opinions
        (From the Law Libraries' NewsLog)