DiPENTIMA, C. J. The plaintiff, Presidential Village,
LLC, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dis-
missing its summary process action against the defend-
ant, Tonya Perkins, for lack of subject matter
jurisdiction.1 On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the
court improperly granted the defendant’s motion to dis-
miss because the court determined that the federal pre-
termination notice2 was defective, and the defective
notice deprived the court of subject matter jurisdiction
to hear the case. Because its decision mistakenly rests
primarily on its determination that the federal termina-
tion notice was defective under the requirements of
General Statutes § 47a-23, we reverse the judgment of
the trial court.
The record reveals the following relevant facts and
procedural history. On March 2, 2010, the defendant
leased an apartment from the plaintiff. The dwelling
unit is located in New Haven and was subsidized by
the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development (department). According to the depart-
ment’s model lease agreement entered into by the par-
ties, the defendant’s lease term began on March 2, 2010,
ended on February 28, 2011, and continued thereafter
from month-to-month. At the time the defendant signed
the lease, she agreed to pay a rent of $377 on the first
day of each month, which was subject to change during
the lease term in accordance with the amount the
department made available monthly on behalf of the
defendant.
On January 14, 2015, the plaintiff sent a federal preter-
mination notice3 to the defendant based on her nonpay-
ment of rent in January, 2015, at which time the
defendant’s monthly rent was $1402.4 The notice
addressed to the defendant stated:
‘‘RE: PAST DUE RENT