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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1523 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6490 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1523 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on HOUSING |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. CANDELARIA J., 95th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM ANNUAL RENTAL PRICE |
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| 19 | 19 | | INCREASE FOR RESIDENTIAL LEASES AND PERMITTING TENANTS |
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| 20 | 20 | | TO FILE A COMPLAINT ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF SUCH MAXIMUM |
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| 21 | 21 | | ANNUAL INCREASE. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | That title 47a of the general statutes be amended to (1) allow a 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | landlord to raise rental prices by the sum of the local Consumer Price 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Index and five per cent, with a maximum one-time annual increase of 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ten per cent, (2) prohibit a landlord who increases rental prices in an 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | amount less than the maximum allowed annual amount to apply the 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | unused increase in a future year, (3) require a landlord to notify a tenant 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | of any increase in rental price ninety days prior to the increase, in 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | writing, and include the original rental price and new price, and how 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the percentage of such rental increase was calculated, (4) require each 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | increase in rental price to comply with fair housing laws, (5) allow a 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | landlord to request a limited, temporary waiver of the maximum annual 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | rental price increase if such landlord invests in significant, long-term 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | property improvements, (6) permit a tenant to file a complaint with the 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Department of Housing alleging violations of the maximum annual 14 Proposed Bill No. 6490 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 1523 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | rental increase, and require such complaint to be investigated within 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | thirty days, and (7) permit the Department of Housing to require a 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | landlord to reduce rental prices, refund overcharges and pay civil 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | penalties for violations of this section, and provide for any subsequent 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | or wilful violations be subject to enhanced penalties not to exceed one 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | thousand dollars per violation. 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 50 | 50 | | To establish a maximum annual rental price increase with certain |
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| 51 | 51 | | limited exceptions, permit a tenant to file a complaint with the |
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| 52 | 52 | | Department of Housing alleging violations of the maximum annual |
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| 53 | 53 | | rental price increase, and provide enhanced penalties for such |
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| 54 | 54 | | violations. |
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