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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Finally, subsequent decisions of the legislature not to enact proposed modifications to § 46a-64c reinforce the conclusion that the legislature did not intend its prohibition against source of income discrimination in housing to include an exception for landlords who did not want to accept the lease terms of the section 8 program. On two occasions, bills were introduced in the legislature that explicitly would have added such an exception to the provisions of § 46a-64c. Both bills failed.27 In choosing not to enact this exception to the antidiscrimination mandate, the legislature was aware of the commission’s policy and practice of interpreting § 46a-64c as requiring landlords to use section 8 leases for section 8 tenants.28

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