From 'just cause' to zoning reform, these CT housing proposals move closer to becoming law
Alex Putterman | CT Insider
Following a marathon meeting Thursday lasting more than 12 hours, the Connecticut legislature's Housing Committee advanced several dozen bills on subjects ranging from tenant protections to zoning reform.
Many of the most significant proposals advanced largely along party lines, with Democrats supporting them and Republicans opposing them. Most now head to the broader legislature, which has until early June to pass them into law.
Here are just a few of the bills to know.
'Just-cause eviction'
The biggest-ticket item on the committee's agenda was a bill that would bar landlords from kicking out tenants at the end of their leases without reason beyond a desire to increase rents. The policy, known as "just cause eviction," generated hours of testimony at a recent public hearing, then hours more debate at Thursday's meeting.