Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-24b (2025)
Covenant that leased property is fit for habitation
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Section 47-24b is repealed.
(1969, P.A. 390; P.A. 76-95, S. 26, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82.)
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Cited in 4
cases, 1970–1979 · leading case: Steinegger v. Rosario, 402 A.2d 1 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1979).
Steinegger v. Rosario, 402 A.2d 1 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1979). “*154 Under § 47-24b, the previous statute, 3 the legislature created an implied covenant of habitability in oral leases.”
LeClair v. Woodward, 316 A.2d 791 (Conn. App. Ct. 1970). “The defendant’s answer alleges as a special defense that the premises were not fit for human habitation, contrary to the plaintiff’s covenant of fitness for habitation under § 47-24b of the General Statutes, and therefore the plaintiff “may not enforce rights under a contract he…”
Todd v. May, 316 A.2d 793 (Conn. App. Ct. 1973). “such as this which involve a possible breach of the covenant of habitability under § 47-24b of the General Statutes, as well as violations of local municipal housing code provisions, have been accurately and concisely summarized in LeClair v.”
Roberts v. Harder, 320 F. Supp. 1313 (D. Conn. 1970). “Section 47-24b implies a covenant of fitness for habitation into all parol leases for real property so that all tenants are protected by this statutory right not to pay rent.”
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