Connecticut Law About Landlord/Tenant Law

Information from EvictionHelpCT.org:

• Eviction Help - Providing Help to Eligible Tenants Facing Eviction or Loss of Housing Subsidy (CT Right to Counsel Program)

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection:

• Tenants in Foreclosed Properties: Best Practices for Owners Taking Title after Foreclosure (Produced by the Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut) This document provides a basic summary of the laws regarding tenants' rights in Connecticut after a foreclosure, as well as recommendations for how owners, mortgage loan servicers, and REO property managers should interact with tenants after a foreclosure.

Publications from the Connecticut Fair Housing Center:

• Tenant Rights

• Moving Forward: Connecticut Renters' Guide

• Fair Housing Resources

• Eviction Process and Recent Related Changes - 2023-R-0220

• Property Foreclosure Notice to Tenants - 2023-R-0213

• Eviction Process, Time Frame, and Impact of COVID-19 Executive Orders - 2021-R-0189

• Foreclosure Notification Requirements Applicable to Connecticut Landlords - 2020-R-0219

• Tenants, Lodgers, and Long-Term Guests - 2018-R-0050

• Small Claims and Landlord-Tenant Cases - 2016-R-0142

• Eviction Process and Time Frame - 2011-R-0350

• Rights of a Long-Term Guest at a Residence - 2010-R-0069

• Removal Process When the Rental Unit Is Within the Landlord's Home - 2007-R-0381

• State Funded Housing for the Elderly and Evictions - 2006-R-0186

• Landlord and Tenant - 2005-R-0593

• Evicting Service Members and State Marshal Liability - 2005-R-0095

• Process for Evicting a Handicapped Tenant - 2004-R-0459

Fair Housing and Related Issues

• Landlord Obligations to Allow Assistance Animals 2020-R-0277

• Refusing to Rent to Section 8 Recipients - 2018-R-0348

• Updated Report: Housing for Adults with Criminal Records - 2016-R-0023

• Summary of Federal and State Fair Housing Laws - 2013-R-0430

• Housing for Ex-Offenders - 2006-R-0062

Rent and Rent Collection

• Protections Regarding Rent Increases - 2024-R-0143

• Mobile Manufactured Home Park Residents: Rights and Protections Against Rent Increases - 2021-R-0221

• Late Rent Grace Period and Fees - 2018-R-0232

• Provisions Concerning Rent Payments Under CGS sec. 47a-3a - 2015-R-0247

• Collection of Past Due Rent And Payment of Attorneys' Fees - 2008-R-0290

• Landlord and Tenant Process for Collecting Overdue Rent - 2007-R-0480

Utility Services

• Landlords and Utility Services - 2018-R-0361

Tenants' Property

• Landlords' Responsibilities for Abandoned Property - 2019-R-0234

• Tenant's Security Deposit - 2018-R-0026

• Landlord's Protections Regarding a Tenant's Abandoned Possessions - 2016-R-0333

• Evicted Tenants' Property - 2015-R-0223

• Towns Storing Evicted Tenants' Possessions - 2010-R-0515

• State Laws on Landlords' Treatment of Abandoned Property - 2006-R-0164

Unhealthy Apartments

Miscellaneous

• Connecticut Landlord and Tenant Law with Forms, 4th ed., by Noble F. Allen (2025).

• The Connecticut Summary Process Manual, by Paul J. Marzinotto (2002).

The above treatises are available at each of your local law libraries .

• Notice Regarding Right to Counsel Program for Eviction Proceedings

• CARES Act Affidavit of Compliance - JD-HM-41

• To determine if a mortgage loan is included in the CARES Act, you may visit the following websites: Fannie Mae Lookup ~ Freddie Mac Lookup ~ HUD Multifamily Housing Property Search  



• September 3, 2020 CT Superior Court Order Regarding Issuance and Service of Executions

• The CDC moratorium ended on August 26, 2021.

• 2025 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate (Office of Legislative Research)

• 2024 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate (Office of Legislative Research)

• 2023 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate (Office of Legislative Research)

• Public Act No. 23-207 - An Act Establishing a Tax Abatement for Certain Conservation Easements and Addressing Housing Affordability for residents in the State.

• Public Act No. 22-30 - An Act Concerning Fair Rent Commissions (Effective Oct. 1, 2022)

• Public Act No. 21-34 - An Act Concerning the Right to Counsel in Eviction Proceedings. . .

• 2022 Public Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate

• 2021 Public Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate

Selected Statutes:

Title 47a. Landlord & Tenant

Chapter 830 Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant

• Sec. 47a-4 . Terms prohibited in a rental agreement.

• Sec. 47a-4c.  Landlord prohibited from requiring electronic funds transfer as exclusive form of payment. 

• Sec. 47a-7 . Landlord's responsibilities.

• Sec. 47a-7a . Landlord and tenant responsibilities re bed bug infestations.

• Sec. 47a-11 . Tenant responsibilities.

• Sec. 47a-15 . Noncompliance by tenant. Remedy of breach by tenant. Landlord's remedies.

• Sec. 47a-16 . When landlord may enter rented unit.

• Sec. 47a-18 . Judicial relief if tenant refuses entry.

• Sec. 47a-18a . Judicial relief if landlord unlawfully enters.

• Sec. 47a-19 . Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue.

Chapter 831 Security Deposits

Chapter 832 Summary Process (Eviction)

• Sec. 47a-23.  Notice to quit possession or occupancy of premises. Form. Delivery. Federal termination notice.

• Sec. 47a-23a. Complaint.

• Sec. 47a-23b. Service of notice to quit or summons if lessee a nonresident or if whereabouts unknown.

• Sec. 47a-23c. Prohibition on eviction of certain tenants except for good cause.

• Sec. 47a-26. Failure to Appear. Judgment.

• Sec. 47a-26a . Failure to Plead. Judgment.

• Sec. 47a-26j. Records of Summary Process Actions.

Chapter 833 Entry and Detainer

Chapter 833a Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings

Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being:

• Sec. 19a-109 . Heating and provision of utilities for buildings. Hot water. Termination of services.

Title 8. Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development:

• Chapter 135 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act
  "The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by state and local land acquisition programs, by building code enforcement activities, or by a program of voluntary rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements conducted pursuant to governmental supervision."

Title 53a - Crimes:

Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses

• Sec. 53a-117e . Criminal damage of a landlord's property in the first degree: Class D felony.

• Sec. 53a-117f . Criminal damage of a landlord's property in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor.

• Sec. 53a-117g . Criminal damage of a landlord's property in the third degree: Class B misdemeanor.

• Sec. 8-68f-1 through Sec. 8-68f-22. Tenant Rights in State Public Housing

• Sec. 17-30. Summary Process; Default and Judgment for Failure to Appear or Plead

• Sec. 17-53. Summary Process Executions

Title 42, Chapter 135: Residency and Service Requirements in Federally Assisted Housing

• Subchapter I - Standards and Obligations of Residency in Federally Assisted Housing

• Subchapter II - Authority to Provide Preferences for Elderly Residents and Units for Disabled Residents in Certain Section 8 Assisted Housing

• Subchapter III - Service Coordinators for Elderly and Disabled Residents of Federally Assisted Housing

• Subchapter IV - General Provisions

• Subchapter V - Safety and Security in Public and Assisted Housing

Title 42, Chapter 8: Low-Income Housing
 

• Recent Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court Landlord/Tenant Opinions
  (From the Law Libraries' NewsLog)