QUARTERLY UPDATE ON ISSUES AFFECTING OUR CLIENTS First Quarter, 2022 Beginning in March 2020, the Connecticut Fair Housing Center sent daily (then weekly, then monthly) updates to Connecticut’s leaders and partners on the issues affecting our clients. We included resources for how to address those issues. While some effects of the pandemic have disappeared, our...Read More

Note: These lists are not ALL of the rights and responsibilities of landlord and tenant. 1. What are some rights and responsibilities of the landlord and tenant? Tenant’s responsibilities/Landlord’s rights: Pay the rent on time. Must be paid by midnight on the ninth day after the day it is due, or the landlord may start...Read More

December 3, 2020 The Connecticut Fair Housing Center makes a commitment to fight on because too many people depend on us and our ability to fight for them. Neither the outcome of an election nor the spread of a deadly virus alters the fact that discrimination continues, and people are on the brink of losing their homes. Your support is needed now more...Read More

ADDRESSING CLIENTS’ NEEDS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC September 10, 2020   What happened since September 3, 2020:   Updates on Eviction Moratorium—At present there are three eviction moratoria in place. In addition, there are several steps in the court eviction process that have NOT been stopped. It is not clear how all of these changes...Read More

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court in your particular case… Foreclosure Auction Committees are set to start work today on Auctions scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2020. Strict Foreclosure Law Days remain set for Wednesday, September 9, 2020. There has been no announcement as to when the Foreclosure Mediation Program will start up again. Lastly, the moratorium on...Read More