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SB00152 • 2026

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSING INSPECTIONS.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSING INSPECTIONS.

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Housing Committee
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Act to Fund Rental Home Inspections

This act provides money for hiring more rental home inspectors to ensure that rental homes comply with health and safety rules.

What This Bill Does

  • Gives the Department of Housing $250,000 from the General Fund.
  • Uses this money to hire extra full-time staff members who will inspect rental homes.
  • These inspections make sure that rental homes follow state and local health, housing, building, and safety rules.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Housing
  • People who rent homes

Terms To Know

General Fund
A big pool of money that the government uses to pay for different programs and services.
Rental assistance program
A program that helps people who rent homes by providing financial support or other resources.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how many new inspectors will be hired.
  • It is unclear what specific actions the Department of Housing will take with this funding beyond hiring more staff.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations

  2. 2026-03-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations

  3. 2026-03-06 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  4. 2026-03-06 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  5. 2026-03-05 HSG

    Joint Favorable Change of Reference Appropriations

  6. 2026-02-13 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 02/17

  7. 2026-02-11 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Housing

Official Summary Text

To appropriate funds to the Department of Housing for the purpose of hiring additional full-time rental home inspectors for the rental assistance program.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
LCO 1204 1 of 1

General Assembly Raised Bill No. 152
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1204

Referred to Committee on HOUSING

Introduced by:
(HSG)

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM HOUSING INSPECTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective July 1, 2026 ) The sum of two hundred fifty 1
thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Housing from 2
the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, for 3
administration of the rental assistance program established in sections 4
8-345 to 8-346a, inclusive, of the general statutes, for purposes of hiring 5
additional full -time staff to inspect compliance of housing units with 6
state and local health, housing, building and safety codes pursuant to 7
subsection (b) of section 8-345 of the general statutes. 8
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 New section

HSG Joint Favorable C/R APP