A 14-month ban on most new eviction cases in Connecticut, intended to keep people housed as they dealt with the financial fallout of the pandemic, will end Wednesday.
Gov. Ned Lamont has no plans to extend the moratorium beyond the June 30 expiration date, his director of communications, Max Reiss, said Tuesday.
Hundreds of millions of federal relief dollars are available to eligible renters and landlords, and with that money being distributed more quickly, Lamont said earlier this week the ban is no longer needed.
“The department of housing over the last month has been able to take care of more and more of those tenant-landlord disputes,” Lamont said Monday after an event in Hartford.
The governor was referring to the $457 million in rental relief that is being distributed through a program called UniteCT within the department of housing. Renters must meet the income threshold and have their applications approved by their landlord. Up to $15,000 in rental assistance is available in addition to up to $1,500 for utility assistance.
Connecticut was one of at least 10 states that instituted its own eviction moratoriums in the wake of the pandemic in addition to the federal ban, which is in place until the end of July.
Connecticut’s ban limited the reasons a landlord could evict a tenant to include owing six or more months of rent and committing a “serious nuisance” such as physically harming another tenant or the landlord.
Lamont extended the ban several times since first instituting it last spring as part of his emergency powers tied to the pandemic. He did so again last month to allow more time for money to get to those who needed it after a slow rollout of the program, which has been a problem for rental...
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