Section 46a-64c

Citation: Section 46a-64c
Parent Document: Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Sullivan Associates, 250 Conn. 763 (1999)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 1999-10-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7898215/commission-on-human-rights-oppo... ↗

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Three preliminary observations inform our construction of these provisions. First, as the trial court concluded, the lawful sources of income protected from discrimination by § 46a-64c include “section 8 rental subsidies as a form of housing assistance.” Second, compliance with section 8 requirements for the use of a section 8 lease for those eligible for section 8 assistance *776does not require a landlord to forbear from insisting on adequate security for its lease, including a two months’ rental security deposit, and on reasonable provisions for its termination, including nonpayment of rent and changes in the economic use of the property.23 Third, nothing in the statutes forbidding discrimination against tenants receiving section 8 rental subsidies requires landlords to accept tenants who may be unqualified to rent for nondiscriminatory reasons such as, for example, a poor rental history, poor references, or poor credit.24 The target of the statutes is, instead, the unspoken presumption that section 8 assistance recipients, by virtue only of their source of income, are undesirable tenants for a landlord’s rental properties.

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