by Ryan McKeen
I originally published this post in July of 2008. Since that time, Judge Gilligan has presided over housing court in Hartford County. In that time, Judge Gilligan has picked up where his predecessors left off. He writes opinions. Many of them.
In this week’s CT Law Tribune case digests, there are 4 housing opinions. [...]
by Ryan McKeen
According to Judge Abrams, the answer is that all owners of jointly owned property must join together to commence an eviction action. Greene v. Cabarrus, DN: NHSP-08-098865 (Abrams, J.)
Judge Abrams’ ruling is consistent with Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 47a-23 which requires “the owner” to serve a notice to quit. In applying the law [...]
by Catherine Blinder, Communications Director, CT Fair Housing Center
Four years after filing a federal lawsuit, the CT Fair Housing Center and the State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities have settled a landmark housing discrimination case with New Horizons Village, an apartment complex which markets itself as providing independent housing for [...]
“So in Connecticut, it is easy to fire someone for any reason or no reason at all and difficult to evict someone for a good reason. No wonder our state has problems.” -A recently unemployed landlord.
This came to me via email and is published with the author’s permission. The statement is not a legal thesis [...]
by Ryan McKeen
Learning from the little things.
I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on litigation and with good reason. Other than a real estate closing, forming a company, or doing an estate plan – it’s most of what I do.
A few weeks back, I was involved in a small dispute between a landlord and tenant. [...]
I’ve written before about how the foreclosure crisis has impacted tenants in Connecticut.
The situation is sickening. I represented a 100 year old woman who lived alone in an apartment for close to 20 years and always paid her rent on time. She lived on the same street for over 40 years. Even at age 100, [...]
Connecticut Public Act 08-167 requires that anyone who collects social security numbers in the course of their businesses to publish a privacy protection policy that ensures the confidentiality of social security numbers, prohibits their unlawful disclosure and limits access to them.
A few weeks ago, I was speaking with a housing specialist.
Housing specialists are trained mediators who spend their time getting parties to resolve housing cases.
We were talking about the length of time it takes to evict a tenant in Connecticut.
He said that Connecticut landlords need to have a reserve of at least 6 months of mortgage [...]
In Connecticut, evictions are a winner take all fight over possession.
Landlords are often surprised that the court cannot order a tenant to pay past due rent as part of an eviction proceeding.
Tenants are often surprised to learn that bringing their balance current with their landlord will not stop an eviction proceeding. This situation creates little [...]
Obtaining judgment by default is becoming more and more frustrating.
When time is of the essence, either in an eviction or collection matter the last thing a litigant needs to happen is to have a clerk send back paperwork because some clerk doesn’t like your military affidavit.
The affidavit requires a party to show facts sufficient to [...]
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