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Fair Rent Commission leaves three rent-increase cases on hold, approves minutes
Summary
At its March 5 meeting the Norwalk City Fair Rent Commission approved minutes for prior meetings and took no action on three pending rent-increase cases, citing ongoing negotiations and a pending Section 8 contract.
The Norwalk City Fair Rent Commission on March 5 approved minutes from previous meetings and voted to take no action this month on three pending landlord rent-increase cases while parties continue negotiations or await housing authority guidance.
The commission approved the minutes for its Jan. 8 meeting and its Feb. 5 meeting. Vice Chair Fran Collier Clemens recorded an abstention on the vote to approve the Jan. 8 minutes; Commissioner Peter Halliday later said he voted in favor when he joined the meeting by phone. The commission moved on without further amendment.
Attorney Russell Liskov presented three open tenant-landlord cases. For case 1831-238 (Union Avenue) Liskov said the landlord sought to raise rent for a one-bedroom unit from $959.50 to $1,500 and that the parties have reached an agreement in principle but had not yet reduced it to writing. "I will ask that you take no action this month, but this case is basically done," Liskov told the commission.
On case 1839-236 (Elm Street) Liskov said that the landlord sought to raise rent for a unit from $1,000 a month to $1,900, and that although the parties had reached agreement the case remained unresolved on paper because of attorney changes and other delays. He recommended no action for now and said he would set the case for hearing if the parties had not finalized paperwork by the end of the month.
For case 1860-241 (Glover Avenue, Apt. 202) Liskov told commissioners the unit is occupied by a Section 8 tenant and that the new contract does not take effect until June 2025. He recommended leaving the matter on the table until the housing authority provides clarification; commissioners voted to take no action this month.
All three "no action" motions were moved by Vice Chair Fran Collier Clemens and seconded by Commissioner Peter Halliday; the commission recorded the motions as carried without opposition.
The meeting record shows no public commenters during the public-participation portion. The commission closed the docket of open-case discussion after the three votes and moved to other business.
