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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 119 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 754 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 119 |
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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 | | SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESSORY APARTMENTS, CONVERSION |
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| 19 | 19 | | OF COMMERCIAL REAL PROPERTY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, |
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| 20 | 20 | | EVICTION RECORDS, ESTABLISHMENT OF A FAIR HOUSING |
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| 21 | 21 | | OFFICE AND A FORECLOSURE MEDIATION PROGRAM. |
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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 (1) section 8-2o of the general statutes be amended to require a 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | municipality that opts out of the provisions allowing accessory 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | apartments as of right on each lot containing a single-family dwelling 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | unit to do so on a case-by-case basis, (2) the general statutes be amended 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | to require that any zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-2 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the general statutes allow the conversion of vacant commercial 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | property into residential or mixed-use development, (3) chapter 832 of 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the general statutes be amended to create a process whereby tenants 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | may petition the court to seal certain eviction records and prohibit 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | consumer reporting agencies from disclosing such sealed records, (4) 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | title 8 of the general statutes be amended to establish a Fair Housing 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Office, and (5) section 49-31m of the general statutes be amended to 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | implement a program offering homeowners at risk of foreclosure 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | mediation services that prioritize preventing foreclosure. 14 Proposed Bill No. 754 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 119 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 44 | 44 | | To (1) require case-by-case municipal opting out of allowing accessory |
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| 45 | 45 | | apartments as of right, (2) establish a program incentivizing the |
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| 46 | 46 | | conversion of vacant commercial properties into residential or mixed- |
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| 47 | 47 | | use developments, (3) allow tenants to petition the court to seal certain |
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| 48 | 48 | | eviction records, (4) establish a Fair Housing Office to promote equitable |
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| 49 | 49 | | access to housing, and (5) offer mediation services to homeowners at |
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| 50 | 50 | | risk of foreclosure that prioritizes preventing foreclosure. |
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