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At lengthy hearing, landlords warn bills on deposits, holdover fees and 'just cause' could chill construction; advocates call for right-to-counsel funding
Summary
Stakeholders debated multiple housing measures: industry witnesses warned that limits on security deposits and losing lapse-of-time as a remedy would reduce investment and new units; advocates pressed for tenant protections, right-to-counsel funding and nonresident landlord registration to hold absentee owners accountable.
Several other bills were discussed alongside HB 6889 and HB 6948.
Industry groups — including the Connecticut Apartment Association, Home Builders Association, and individual housing providers — opposed provisions in HB 6891 (limits on security deposits), HB 6943 (holdover/late-fee and ledger transparency measures) and certain changes to lapse-of-time rules, saying the…
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