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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6889
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING EVICTIONS FOR CAUSE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 47a-23c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, this 3
section applies to any tenant who resides in a building or complex 4
consisting of five or more separate dwelling units or who resides in a 5
mobile manufactured home park and who: [is either: (A) Sixty-two] (A) 6
Is sixty-two years of age or older, or whose spouse, sibling, parent or 7
grandparent is sixty-two years of age or older and permanently resides 8
with that tenant, [or] (B) is a person with a physical or mental disability, 9
as defined in subdivision (12) of section 46a-64b, or whose spouse, 10
sibling, child, parent or grandparent is a person with a physical or 11
mental disability who permanently resides with that tenant, but only if 12
such disability can be expected to result in death or to last for a 13
continuous period of at least twelve months, or (C) has resided in such 14
building, complex or mobile manufactured home park for not less than 15
twelve months. 16
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(2) With respect to tenants in common interest communities, this 17
section applies only to (A) a conversion tenant, as defined in subsection 18
(3) of section 47-283, who (i) is described in subdivision (1) of this 19
subsection, or (ii) is not described in subdivision (1) of this subsection 20
but, during a transition period, as defined in subsection (4) of section 47-21
283, is residing in a conversion condominium created after May 6, 1980, 22
or in any other conversion common interest community created after 23
December 31, 1982, or (iii) is not described in subdivision (1) of this 24
subsection but is otherwise protected as a conversion tenant by public 25
act 80-370, and (B) a tenant who is not a conversion tenant but who is 26
described in subdivision (1) of this subsection if [his] such tenant's 27
landlord owns five or more dwelling units in the common interest 28
community in which the dwelling unit is located. 29
(3) As used in this section, "tenant" includes each resident of a mobile 30
manufactured home park, as defined in section 21-64, including a 31
resident who owns [his own home] the home in which such resident 32
resides, "landlord" includes a "licensee" and an "owner" of a mobile 33
manufactured home park, as defined in section 21-64, "complex" means 34
two or more buildings on the same or contiguous parcels of real 35
property under the same ownership, and "mobile manufactured home 36
park" means a parcel of real property, or contiguous parcels of real 37
property under the same ownership, upon which five or more mobile 38
manufactured homes occupied for residential purposes are located. 39
(b) (1) No landlord may bring an action of summary process or other 40
action to dispossess a tenant described in subsection (a) of this section 41
except for one or more of the following reasons: (A) Nonpayment of 42
rent; (B) refusal to agree to a fair and equitable rent increase, as [defined] 43
described in subsection (c) of this section; (C) material noncompliance 44
with section 47a-11 or subsection (b) of section 21-82, which materially 45
affects the health and safety of the other tenants or which materially 46
affects the physical condition of the premises; (D) voiding of the rental 47
agreement pursuant to section 47a-31, or material noncompliance with 48
the rental agreement; (E) material noncompliance with the rules and 49
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regulations of the landlord adopted in accordance with section 47a-9 or 50
21-70; (F) permanent removal by the landlord of the dwelling unit of 51
such tenant from the housing market; or (G) bona fide intention by the 52
landlord to use such dwelling unit as [his] such landlord's principal 53
residence or, if the tenant is not sixty-two years of age or older or a 54
person with a physical or mental disability, as the principal residence 55
for such landlord's child, grandchild, parent or grandparent, provided 56
in either case that (i) the landlord is a natural person, (ii) the landlord 57
gave such tenant at least ninety days' advanced written notice, (iii) there 58
is no other unit in the building or complex or mobile manufactured 59
home park reasonably available to the landlord or such landlord's 60
relative at that time or within a reasonable period of time, and (iv) the 61
landlord has a bona fide belief that such use for principal residency will 62
continue for not less than six months. 63
(2) The ground stated in subparagraph (G) of subdivision (1) of this 64
subsection is not available to the owner of a dwelling unit in a common 65
interest community occupied by a conversion tenant. 66
(3) A tenant may not be dispossessed for a reason described in 67
subparagraph (B), (F) or (G) of subdivision (1) of this subsection during 68
the term of any existing rental agreement. 69
(c) (1) The rent of a tenant protected by this section may be increased 70
only to the extent that such increase is fair and equitable, based on the 71
criteria set forth in section 7-148c. 72
(2) Any such tenant aggrieved by a rent increase or proposed rent 73
increase may file a complaint with the fair rent commission, if any, for 74
the town, city or borough where [his] such tenant's dwelling unit or 75
mobile manufactured home park lot is located; or, if no such fair rent 76
commission exists, may bring an action in the Superior Court to contest 77
the increase. In any such court proceeding, the court shall determine 78
whether the rent increase is fair and equitable, based on the criteria set 79
forth in section 7-148c. 80
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(d) A landlord, to determine whether a tenant is a protected tenant, 81
as described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection 82
(a) of this section, when such protected status is not readily apparent to 83
a landlord, may request proof of such protected status. On such request, 84
any tenant claiming protection shall provide proof of the protected 85
status within thirty days. [The] If such protected status is based on the 86
physical or mental disability of the tenant or the spouse, sibling, child, 87
parent or grandparent who resides with such tenant, such proof [shall] 88
may include evidence of receipt of Social Security disability benefits or 89
supplemental security income, a statement of a [physician or an 90
advanced practice registered nurse in the case of alleged blindness or 91
other physical disability] medical professional, social services agency, 92
counselor, case manager or peer support group concerning such 93
disability, or a statement from another reliable third party who is in a 94
position to know about such person's disability. Evidence of receipt of 95
Social Security disability benefits or supplemental security income shall 96
constitute proof of protected status. 97
(e) (1) On and after January 1, 2024, whenever a dwelling unit located 98
in a building or complex consisting of five or more separate dwelling 99
units or in a mobile manufactured home park is rented to, or a rental 100
agreement is entered into or renewed with, a tenant, the landlord of 101
such dwelling unit or such landlord's agent shall provide such tenant 102
with written notice of the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this 103
section in a form as described in subdivision (2) of this subsection and 104
on and after January 1, 2026, the landlord or agent shall provide the 105
revised notice created under said subdivision. 106
(2) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Housing 107
shall create a notice to be used by landlords, pursuant to subdivision (1) 108
of this subsection, to inform tenants of the rights provided to protected 109
tenants under subsections (b) and (c) of this section. Such notice shall be 110
a one-page, plain-language summary of such rights and shall be 111
available in both English and Spanish. Not later than December 1, 2023, 112
such notice shall be posted on the Department of Housing's Internet web 113
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site. Not later than December 1, 2025, the Commissioner of Housing 114
shall revise such notice in accordance with the provisions of this section 115
and shall post such revised notice on the Department of Housing's 116
Internet web site. 117
(3) Not later than December 1, 2028, the commissioner shall (A) 118
translate the notice required under subdivision (2) of this subsection 119
into the five most commonly spoken languages in the state, as 120
determined by the commissioner, and (B) post such translations on the 121
Department of Housing's Internet web site not later than December 1, 122
2028. 123
Sec. 2. Subsection (i) of section 47-88b of the general statutes is 124
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 125
2025): 126
(i) After the conversion of a dwelling unit in a building to 127
condominium ownership, the declarant or unit owner, for the purpose 128
of determining if a lessee's eviction is prohibited under subsection (b) of 129
section 47a-23c, as amended by this act, may ask any lessee to provide 130
proof of the age, blindness or physical disability of such lessee or any 131
person residing with him, or of the familial relationship existing 132
between such lessee and any person residing with him. The lessee shall 133
provide such proof, within thirty days, including, in the case of alleged 134
physical disability, evidence of receipt of Social Security disability 135
benefits or supplemental security income, a statement of a [physician, a 136
physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse or, in the 137
case of alleged blindness, a statement of a physician, an advanced 138
practice registered nurse or an optometrist, within thirty days] medical 139
professional, social services agency, counselor, case manager or peer 140
support group concerning such disability, or a statement from another 141
reliable third party who is in a position to know about such person's 142
disability. Evidence of receipt of Social Security disability benefits or 143
supplemental security income shall constitute proof of protected status. 144
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 47a-23c
Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 47-88b(i)
Statement of Purpose:
To require cause for the eviction of certain tenants and residents of
mobile manufactured home parks.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]