The following facts are relevant to this appeal. The plaintiffs filed complaints in the Danbury Superior Court in October, 1994, pursuant to General Statutes § 47a-14h,1 alleging that the defendant failed to fulfill her legal obligation as a landlord pursuant to General Statutes § 47a-7.2 The plaintiffs sought, inter alia, an order appointing a receiver of rents and an order for the receiver to use the money to correct conditions in the property that violated local, state or federal law. The twenty-six complaints were treated as a single action in accordance with General Statutes § 47a-14h (b).3 The *597trial court found, by way of three interlocutory orders, that eighteen of the twenty-six plaintiffs had established that the defendant had failed to fulfill her legal obligations as a landlord pursuant to § 47a-7 by failing to maintain in good working order the electrical, septic and water systems. The court further found that the defendant had failed to correct overhanging tree limbs, rodent infestation, soil erosion and clogged storm drains. The trial court found insufficient evidence to support the claims of the remaining tenants. The trial court entered several orders that directed that the plaintiffs’ rents be paid over to a court-appointed receiver of rents. The collected moneys were to be used exclusively for repairs and maintenance at the trailer park.