Section 47a-20

Citation: Section 47a-20
Parent Document: Wilson v. Jefferson, 908 A.2d 13 (2006)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2006-10-17
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1559455/wilson-v-jefferson/ ↗

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of action for damages. Section 47a-20 was enacted pursuant to a 1971 public act entitled “An Act Prohibiting Retaliatory Rent Increases and Evictions.” Public Acts 1971, No. 71-852. Senator Wilber G. Smith introduced the legislation and explained: “[T]he purpose of the bill . . . simply [is] to prohibit retaliatory rent increases and evictions solely because persons exercise their rights . . . presently given them under law, to file complaints with the State or local municipalities ... [to prevent] Housing Code violations and to protect [tenants] and to allow them to use [this law] as defense from being evicted . . . .” 14 S. Proc., Pt. 7, 1971 Sess., pp. 3034-35. The public act, as originally proposed, included a subsection four, which provided a cause of action for a tenant who was evicted as retaliation whereby the tenant would be entitled to triple damages and attorney’s fees. 7

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