Rent

Connecticut legislators are considering a bill that would automatically flag rent increases above 10% as “excessive” for some new property owners.

Riverhead’s town board has proposed rental regulations that restrict non-family members from renting and limit the number of cars in driveways.

As fair rent commissions in CT towns start hearing cases, some have run into questions about how to ensure landlords abide by their rulings.

Mark Griffin and Cheryl Rabe applied for a place owned by Mandy Management, a large property owner in New Haven. The company cited two misdemeanors from 1989 as reasons not to rent to him, and now, other companies are denying them, too.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is co-sponsoring the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, which would keep rental companies from using the software to set higher prices.

The bill would limit landlords’ ability to consider felony convictions in rental applications but contains carve-outs for some sex offenders.

Advocates, research experts and journalists gathered virtually in a panel this week to discuss the persisting challenges of eviction in Connecticut.

The Connecticut Housing Committee ended its last scheduled meeting of the session Tuesday without voting on a bill to cap annual rent increases.

The Connecticut rent cap bill would cap annual rent hikes at 4% plus the consumer price index, but the debate outlined broader philosophical issues.

A new fair rent ordinance has been passed in Hamden. The ordinance will give tenants the right to submit consolidated complaints, and acknowledges the role of the tenants’ union in Fair Rent Commission processes.