General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5686
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 2527
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. NAPOLI, 73rd Dist.
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING COVID-19 RELATED PROTECTIONS FOR
TENANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That the general statutes be amended to (1) exempt multiple nuisance
2 housing violations from the application of any executive order placing
3 a moratorium on eviction proceedings, (2) immediately suspend
4 summary process actions under chapter 832 of the general statutes for
5 COVID-19 related circumstances only, and (3) require the Department
6 of Housing to execute Temporary Housing Assistance Program
7 assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic not later than sixty days
8 from receipt of such landlord and tenant application.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect the rights of tenants and property owners.
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