The Norwalk Fair Rent Commission voted Sept. 3 to close two long-running cases and to delay action on a third until a hearing can be rescheduled.
Attorney Russell Liscov reported that case 1831‑238 Union Ave., Apt. B3 had been inactive for months, with neither the tenant’s nor the landlord’s attorneys responding to staff requests. Liscov told the commission, “Neither the attorney for the tenant nor the attorney for the landlord has gotten back to us,” and recommended closing the matter. The commission moved to close the case; the motion passed with unanimous recorded support from voting commissioners present.
The commission also closed case 1868‑2517 Linden Ave., Unit 2 after staff received a withdrawal from the tenant indicating she had moved to a new residence. Staff reported the withdrawal was received just before the meeting; commissioners voted to close that matter unanimously.
A separate case, 1862‑2541 Wolfpit Ave., Apt. 4K, in which the landlord sought to increase rent from $2,294 to $2,480 per month, was postponed at the landlord’s request because of a family bereavement. The commission agreed to take no action at this time and to schedule a hearing; staff said they will attempt to set the hearing for Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m. but, if unavailable, will look at Oct. 22. If the hearing is scheduled for Oct. 8, members were told, it will meet at 6:30 p.m.; otherwise the commission will hold its regular Zoom meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 and schedule the hearing later.
Nut graf: the commission used its regular meeting to clear inactive dockets, close a withdrawn matter, and set a timeframe to hear a pending rent-increase case. The actions affect individual tenant-landlord disputes rather than citywide policy.
The meeting record shows motions and seconds for each item and roll-call-style voice votes recorded by the chair. Commissioners and staff emphasized that staff had repeatedly attempted contact by letter and email in inactive cases before asking the commission to close them.
No new cases were formally added to the docket at the Sept. 3 meeting, although staff said additional cases were expected to arrive and would be scheduled once they were ready for the agenda.