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Expansion of Fair Rent Commissions draws support from tenant advocates and lawyers; municipalities ask for regional approach
Summary
Advocates, legal services and several towns urged the committee to require every municipality to create or join fair rent commissions (HB 7036). Supporters said commissions give tenants a low-cost way to challenge excessive rent increases; municipal groups favored regional options to limit cost burdens on small towns.
Several witnesses urged the Housing Committee to expand fair rent commissions statewide, saying local boards give tenants an accessible forum to challenge steep rent increases and unsafe housing. Legal aid attorneys, fair-housing groups and tenant advocates described cases where commissions resolved large, destabilizing rent hikes without protracted litigation. Sarah White and other members of the Connecticut Fair Housing Center said…
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