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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5942
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1647
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. FUSCO, 81st Dist.
AN ACT IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON THE INITIATION OF
CERTAIN FORECLOSURE ACTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 846 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
during the duration of the public health emergency attributable to the 2
COVID-19 pandemic, no lender may pursue a foreclosure action against 3
a mortgagor who is unable to pay the mortgage because the mortgagor's 4
tenants are not paying rent and cannot be evicted from the mortgaged 5
premises because of the eviction moratorium. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To protect landlords from foreclosure actions who are not being paid
rent.