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