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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6889
January Session, 2025
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 Section 47a-23c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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 October 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
thirteen months. 16
(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 Substitute Bill No. 6889
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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
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 Substitute Bill No. 6889
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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' advance 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 at least 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
(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
the landlord, may request proof of such protected status. On such 84
request, any tenant claiming protection shall provide proof of the 85 Substitute Bill No. 6889
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protected status within thirty days. The proof shall include a statement 86
of a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse in the case of 87
alleged blindness or other physical disability. 88
(e) (1) On and after January 1, 2024, whenever a dwelling unit located 89
in a building or complex consisting of five or more separate dwelling 90
units or in a mobile manufactured home park is rented to, or a rental 91
agreement is entered into or renewed with, a tenant, the landlord of 92
such dwelling unit or such landlord's agent shall provide such tenant 93
with written notice of the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this 94
section in a form as described in subdivision (2) of this subsection and, 95
on and after January 1, 2026, the landlord or agent shall provide the 96
revised notice created under said subdivision. 97
(2) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Housing 98
shall create a notice to be used by landlords, pursuant to subdivision (1) 99
of this subsection, to inform tenants of the rights provided to protected 100
tenants under subsections (b) and (c) of this section. Such notice shall be 101
a one-page, plain-language summary of such rights and shall be 102
available in both English and Spanish. Not later than December 1, 2023, 103
such notice shall be posted on the Department of Housing's Internet web 104
site. Not later than December 1, 2025, the Commissioner of Housing 105
shall revise such notice in accordance with the provisions of this section 106
and shall post such revised notice on the Department of Housing's 107
Internet web site. 108
(3) Not later than December 1, 2028, the commissioner shall (A) 109
translate the notice required under subdivision (2) of this subsection 110
into the five most commonly spoken languages in the state, as 111
determined by the commissioner, and (B) post such translations on the 112
Department of Housing's Internet web site not later than December 1, 113
2028. 114
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 47a-23c Substitute Bill No. 6889
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