AN ACT PERMITTING MUNICIPALITIES TO PROHIBIT RENT INCREASES IN THE EVENT OF MULTIPLE STATE BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS.

Plain English Breakdown

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Letting Cities Stop Rent Hikes for Unsafe Buildings

This law allows cities to prevent rent increases on residential properties with multiple State Building Code violations.

What This Bill Does

• Allows cities to make rules that stop rent increases when a building has two or more serious safety code violations.
• Requires these city rules to stay in place until the problems with the building are fixed.

Who It Names or Affects

• City governments that choose to make such rules
• Landlords who own buildings with multiple safety code violations

Terms To Know

Municipality

A city, town, or other local government area.

Dwelling units

Houses, apartments, or any place where people live.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only allows cities to make rules; it doesn't force them to do so.
• It's not clear how many cities will actually use this power.
• The exact details of the city rules are up to each local government.

Official Summary Text

To allow municipalities to prohibit rent increases on residential properties with multiple outstanding State Building Code violations.

Current Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5261
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1685

Referred to Committee on HOUSING

Introduced by:
(HSG)

AN ACT PERMITTING MUNICIPALITIES TO PROHIBIT RENT
INCREASES IN THE EVENT OF MULTIPLE STATE BUILDING CODE
VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) ( Effective October 1, 2026 ) Any municipality, as 1
defined in section 7 -148 of the general statutes, may, by vote of its 2
legislative body, adopt an ordinance to prohibit rent increases for any 3
dwelling units, as defined in section 47a -1 of the general statutes, that 4
are subject to two or more violations of the ordinances of the 5
municipality relating to health and safety or the State Building Code, 6
until such violations are remedied. 7
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 New section

HSG Joint Favorable
PD Joint Favorable
Raised Bill No. 5261

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