>A public hearing will be held Tuesday in the state legislature on a proposed bill to set up a system to temporarily take over apartment complexes whose owners defy state and local health and fire codes. > HB 6784, “An Act Concerning Noncompliant Landlords,” was introduced in the Insurance and Real Estate Committee by Rep. Kerry Wood, who represents Rocky Hill and Wethersfield. > Wood said the bill was inspired by complaints by tenants of Concierge Apartments in Rocky Hill, which is just around the corner from her own home. She said for years, resident complaints about crumbling conditions have been ignored by management. > “This once-beautiful property ... has been turned into one of most horrific places a person can live,” Wood said. “These owners have no regard for their tenants or the community.” > She said she has heard complaints on other complexes statewide. > “Rocky Hill is not alone. Echoes of similar stories are haunting towns and cities across the state. Legal recourse can take years and in the meantime, tenants are put in danger,” Wood said. > > According to Wood’s bill, “Upon receipt of not less than twelve claimed violations in any one calendar year submitted by tenants of the same rental housing property development, such local code enforcement officer may report such rental housing property development to the Attorney General who may submit an application for a private receivership in the superior court.” > Wood said once a receivership is established, it would last as long as it took to fix the problems at the complex. > “The receiver comes in and takes control of collecting rents. Within a month, rental income would be used to rehab the building,” Wood said. “It may take a month. It may take six months. Once the rental collection comes in, it goes right back into fixing the problem. Once it is fixed, receivership can go back to owner.”

Why state has to take over and fix it? Why can't the landlord be forced to fix it? Are health codes not a thing?

Do we think this would apply to all rental units, including multi families rather than apartment complexes?

Is the state going to step in and take better measures at removing squatters and protecting landlords from negligent tenants too?

See this should've actually been a thing years ago. I can't even count bow many friends live in complexes that are slipshod at best, had to fix a friend's busted pipe earlier this week bc his landlord wouldn't

Landlords are robbers without masks lol

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There’s a difference between a family buying a duplex to rent out as retirement income and a company/wealthy individual that owns a large apartment complex especially the 544 unit concierge cheaping out on spending for repairs.

I have no problems with the state taking the rent money that will be used to pay for the repairs.

Does having the state take control of the building mean property taxes are automatically taken from the rent collected? Or are taxes still the responsibility of the property owner/corporation?

Or what if the building is too far gone to repair?

>> Wood emphasized that “99.9%” of landlords in the state comply with codes and properly manage their buildings. The minority who don’t comply with codes make the bill necessary.>>

So instead of dealing with 0.1% individually, they are creating a law for 100%.

Yeah……because the state will fix the problems…..I also have a bridge for sale if anyone is interested.

I love how they schedule a public hearing in the middle of a snowstorm so they don’t get push back lol

What happens when the rent isn't enough to cover the cost of upgrades? Taxpayers foot the bill? Who is the state going to hire to run massive apartment complexes? Who pays that salary? Who pays the property tax? Who gets sued when the state inevitably screws something up? This sounds like it hasn't been well thought out.