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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The defendant argues, in the alternative, that even if § 46a-64c does not permit it to insist on using its own lease form, its refusal to rent to the relators in this case was justified by the statutory exception for “insufficient income.” The prohibition in § 46a-64c against discrimi*785nation on the basis of lawful source of income32 contains an exception in § 46a-64c (b) (5), which provides that “[t]he provisions of this section with respect to the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of lawful source of income shall not prohibit the denial of full and equal accommodations solely on the basis of insufficient income.” As part of its standard practice, the defendant consistently required any potential tenant to have a minimum weekly income that approximated or equaled the amount of the total monthly rent.33 That minimum income requirement was authorized, according to the defendant, by the exception in § 46a-64c (b) (5).

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