Section 47a-20

Citation: Section 47a-20
Parent Document: Alteri v. Layton, 408 A.2d 18 (1979)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 1979-06-15
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3375790/alteri-v-layton/ ↗

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397 F.2d 687 (D.C. Cir.), the court, in declaring that a retaliatory eviction could not be tolerated, strongly suggested that the housing code violations had to be “substantial.” The evidence clearly requires an interpretation of “repairs” under § 47a-20 (a) (3) as meaning repairs of substantial code violations. This court holds that repairs required to conform a dwelling unit to basic structural, mechanical and housing code regulations are the type of repairs which were contemplated by the legislature and which raise the presumption of retaliatory defense. To allow the presumption to be raised by a request that a bathtub drain be unclogged would be to open the floodgates for a multitude of requests for repairs. In Hartford alone there exist in excess of 12,000 substandard dwelling units 8

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