CT HB06708

Expands eligibility for security deposit guarantees to any individual or family with income at or below 80% of state median income, individuals served with eviction writs, and those with rental assistance or Housing Choice Vouchers, effective July 1, 2023.

Reduces maximum guarantee amount from two months' rent to one and one-half months' rent and extends the reapplication restriction from eighteen months to twenty-four months between applications.

Changes landlord damage claim deadline from forty-five days to twenty days after tenancy termination and requires receipts for repairs; denies claims for uninhabitable apartments vacated due to substandard conditions.

Increases co-payment requirement from 5% to 50% of one month's rent for persons earning over 150% of federal poverty level who received paid claims, with commissioner discretion to waive.

Appropriates $10 million to the Department of Housing from the General Fund for fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, for program administration.