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 proper definition of “insufficient income” is a question of statutory construction, in which our task “ ‘involves a reasoned search for the intent of the legislature.’ ” Grigerik v. Sharpe, 247 Conn. 293, 301, 721 A.2d 526 (1998). In the present case, however, there is a lamentable dearth of clues as to the legislature’s intent. Section 46a-64c nowhere defines the term “insufficient income.” There is no legislative history that illuminates the legislature’s intent in enacting such an exception to its general mandate that landlords accept tenants regardless of the source of their income. No legislator addressed the facial inconsistency between making it mandatory for landlords to accept low income section 8 tenants and making it permissible for landlords to reject tenants with an “insufficient income.”

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