Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Citation
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Parent Document
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut (state)
- Effective Date
- 1993-05-18
Other Sections in This Document (21)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
- Housing Authority v. Olesen, 31 Conn. App. 359 (1993)
Full Text
1,290 charsOur state law provides a broad range of statutes and regulations governing lead-based paint testing and abatement.5 Included in that body of law is the statutorily established affirmative duty of a landlord to do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition, including its being free of paint with an impermissible lead content. This duty has its provenance in General Statutes § 47a-7 (a), which imposes a number of responsibilities on the landlord including the mandate in subdivision (2) that a landlord “make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition . . . . ” The expansion of that duty to include lead-based paint abatement is unequivocally furnished by General Statutes § 47a-8, which provides in relevant part that “[t]he presence of paint which does not conform to federal standards as required in accordance with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended. . . shall be construed to render such dwelling unit *363. . . unfit for human habitation and shall constitute a noncompliance with subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 47a-7.” A violation of § 47a-8, therefore, constitutes a per se violation of § 47a-7 (a) (2).