Connecticut rental housing laws

What it would do: Increases relocation compensation for mobile manufactured home residents from $10,000 to $20,000 when parks change land use, requires disclosure of all fees in rental agreements, extends rent increase notice from 30 to 60 days, and provides liability protections for regional fair rent commissions.

What it would do: Establishes a state short-term rental registry requiring operators and owners to register properties annually with a $100 fee by January 1, 2027, and authorizes municipalities to impose an optional supplemental tax up to 2.75% on short-term rental sales.

What it would do: Requires municipalities with populations of 25,000 or more to register nonresident landlords and project-based housing providers, including their residential addresses and identifying information. Increases penalties for building and fire code violations from $200-$1,000 to $500-$2,000 for repeat offenses.

What it would do: Prohibits zoning regulations from prohibiting the rental of up to three bedrooms in a single-family dwelling as a long-term rental (six months or more) when the owner-occupant resides there, or requiring special permits for such rental.

What it would do: Requires fair rent commissions to consider whether property ownership transferred within twelve months when evaluating rent increases. Limits increases to five percent or average consumer price index growth if new owner completed no major renovations exceeding fifty thousand dollars.

What it would do: Expands eviction protections for tenants aged 62+, disabled tenants, and those with 12+ months tenancy in buildings with 5+ units or mobile home parks, limiting evictions to specific causes like nonpayment, fair rent refusal, or landlord's principal residence use with 90 days' notice.

What it would do: Requires municipalities with populations of 25,000 or more to mandate nonresident owners and project-based housing providers of rental property report their current residential address and identifying information to the tax assessor. Violations result in fines of $250 to $1,000.

What it would do: Permits municipalities to adopt ordinances prohibiting rent increases for dwelling units with two or more violations of municipal health and safety ordinances or the State Building Code until those violations are remedied.

What it would do: Requires fair rent commissions to notify parties of their rights and the commission's lawful authority in writing before hearings and by announcement at each hearing's start. Requires the Commissioner of Housing to create and post model notice and announcement forms online.

What it would do: Creates a process allowing real property owners or their authorized agents to request law enforcement to immediately remove unauthorized persons from residential properties, and establishes a civil cause of action for wrongful removal with damages up to triple the fair market rent.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from requiring electronic funds transfer as exclusive rent payment method and requires at least one no-fee payment option. Restricts rental agreement provisions that waive tenant rights, limit landlord liability, or impose certain charges, and requires standardized rental terms summary forms.

What it would do: Permits tenants, tenant organizers, and authorized agents to conduct organizing activities in dwelling units, including distributing leaflets, posting information, holding meetings, and surveying tenants. Prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants for participating in tenant organizational activities for six months.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from denying rental applications based on credit history if the applicant is a domestic violence victim, who may establish status through a counselor letter, police report, or active protection order. Violators must pay actual damages and attorney's fees.

What it would do: Modifies the commissioner's authority to investigate and penalize landlord violations of rental security deposit provisions under section 47a-21(b), (d), (h) or (i), effective October 1, 2026.

What it would do: Requires plaintiffs in eviction cases to hold and store a defendant's remaining possessions for at least fifteen days, make reasonable efforts to notify the defendant, and may then dispose of the property, returning any sale proceeds exceeding past-due rent and storage costs.

What it would do: Caps annual rent increases at consumer price index plus one percent, limits ancillary fees to fifteen dollars annually, increases relocation assistance to twenty thousand dollars for park closures after October 1, 2025, and strengthens enforcement authority of the Department of Consumer Protection over mobile manufactured home parks.

What it would do: Establishes a state short-term rental registry requiring operators and owners to register properties annually with a one hundred dollar fee, and authorizes municipalities to impose an optional supplemental tax up to two and seventy-five-hundredths percent on short-term rental occupancy.

What it would do: Establishes studies on affordable housing initiatives including real estate investment trusts, housing tax credits for landlords of formerly incarcerated individuals, and rental assistance programs. Authorizes bonds for housing choice voucher homeownership programs, middle housing development grants, and modifies zoning regulations to promote housing development.

What it would do: Effective July 1, 2025, this act strengthens residential tenant protections by requiring landlords to provide rent receipts and account ledgers, prohibiting rental agreements from waiving tenant rights or imposing excessive fees, and requiring 45 days' written notice before rent increases.

What it would do: Requires mobile manufactured home park owners to prepare and publish itemized lists of ancillary fees, provide ninety days' notice before rent increases, and prohibits certain rental agreement provisions including unreasonable ancillary fees and entrance fees.

What it would do: Requires landlords to have cause to evict tenants aged 62 or older, persons with disabilities, or tenants with 12+ months residency in buildings with 5+ units or mobile home parks, limiting eviction grounds to nonpayment, lease violations, unit removal, or owner occupancy with 90 days' notice.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from requiring security deposits exceeding one month's rent from any tenant, effective July 1, 2025. Requires landlords to return any security deposit portion exceeding one month's rent upon tenant request.

What it would do: Amends fair rent commission standards to presume rental increases greater than 10 percent excessive when property ownership transferred within 12 months, unless new owner completed major renovations to at least two primary building systems.

What it would do: Modifies the definition of set-aside developments to allow tenants whose income exceeds the income threshold to continue renting deed-restricted units for not more than three years after becoming income-ineligible, and caps maximum monthly housing costs at 100% of Section 8 fair market rent for 60% AMI units and 120% for 80% AMI units.

What it would do: Establishes a right to counsel program requiring the Judicial Branch to contract with an administering entity to provide free legal representation to covered individuals in covered housing matters initiated on or after July 1, 2021, effective July 1, 2025.