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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We must endeavor, therefore, to discern the legislature’s intent by considering the legislative history of § 46a-64c, the circumstances surrounding its enactment, and the legislative policy behind that statute. In introducing to the legislature the bill that enacted the ban on source of income discrimination, Representative Lynn Taborsak explained that the bill was designed to provide that low income families “may not be rejected or denied a full and equal opportunity for . . . public accommodation based solely on the presence of [their lawful source of] income.” 32 H.R. Proc., Pt. 25, 1989 Sess., p. 8776. Representative Taborsak emphasized that “[o]ur assistance disadvantages the people that we are trying to shelter without the protections of this bill. Housing opportunities especially for low and moderate *778income families are severely limited in Connecticut. The families we assist need an equal chance in the rental housing market.” Id., p. 8777. Representative Taborsak specifically noted that “rent subsidies under federal [s]ection 8 programs” were among the lawful sources of income that the bill would protect. Id., p. 8776. Representative Taborsak’s statements were echoed by Representative Walter S. Brooks, who stated that low income people were being denied housing because “landlords consistently say that T don’t want you in this housing because, not that you don’t have enough money, but because I disagree with your source of money. And I don’t care if that source of money is the state or the federal government, I don’t want it.’ And consequently, across this state, we have many people who cannot find accommodation.” Id., p. 8788.

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