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Lawmakers hear testimony urging owner-registration and tougher penalties to hold absentee landlords accountable
Summary
Witnesses, including a task‑force member and officials from Rocky Hill, urged the Planning & Development Committee to pass SB 274 (and related SB 272) to require owner registration and increase penalties so municipalities can reach owners hidden behind LLCs and act more quickly on repeated building and fire‑code violations.
State legislators and municipal officials told the Planning and Development Committee on Feb. 27 that Connecticut needs new tools to hold absentee and corporate landlords accountable for repeated housing code failures.
"This is not a partisan issue," said State Representative Nick Menapace, summarizing a bipartisan task force that recommended a statewide registry and tougher penalties. Menapace told the committee that municipalities often cannot identify who controls a property because ownership is hidden behind layers of limited liability companies, and that a registry would give towns a point of contact "when there is a…
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