As used in this chapter, sections
51-51v and
51-165, subsection (b) of section
51-278 and section
51-348, “housing matters” means:
(1) Summary process;
(2) Appeals from the decisions of a fair rent commission under sections 7-148e and 7-148f;
(3) Actions and administrative appeals involving discrimination in the sale or rental of residential property;
(4) All actions regarding forcible entry and detainer;
(5) Actions under the provisions of this title, chapter 412 or section 47-294;
(6) All actions involving one or more violations of any state or municipal health, housing, building, electrical, plumbing, fire or sanitation code, including violations occurring in commercial properties, or of any other statute, ordinance or regulation concerned with the health, safety or welfare of any occupant of any housing;
(7) All actions under sections 47a-56a to 47a-59, inclusive;
(8) All actions for back rent, damages, return of security deposits and other relief arising out of the parties' relationship as landlord and tenant or owner and occupant;
(9) All other actions of any nature concerning the health, safety or welfare of any occupant of any place used or intended for use as a place of human habitation if any such action arises from or is related to its occupancy or right of occupancy.
(P.A. 78-365, S. 1, 13; P.A. 80-268, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-472, S. 87, 159; P.A. 83-510, S. 5, 9; P.A. 87-439, S. 4, 6; P.A. 91-383, S. 23; P.A. 03-202, S. 16; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 84.)
History: P.A. 80-268 deleted former Subdiv. (f) which had included “tort claims arising from premises subject to chapter 830” as housing matters, relettering remaining Subdivs. as necessary; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 83-510 made no substantive change; P.A. 87-439 amended Subdiv. (e) by adding reference to Sec. 47-294; P.A. 91-383 amended Subdiv. (e) by adding reference to chapter 412; P.A. 03-202 amended Subdiv. (f) by adding provision re inclusion of violations occurring in commercial properties and making a technical change; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 substituted Subdiv. designators (1) to (9) for Subdiv. designators (a) to (i) and made a technical change.
See Sec. 51-51v re appointment of clerks for housing matters.
See Sec. 51-165 re assignment of judges to hear housing matters.
See Sec. 51-278(b) re designation of assistant or deputy assistant state's attorneys to handle prosecutions of housing matters.
See Sec. 51-348 re separate docket for housing matters.
Cited. 214 C. 256; 217 C. 57.
Cited. 1 CA 439.
Cited. 36 CS 47. Jurisdiction of housing session of Superior Court over prosecutions of state and city building code violations is beyond reproach. Id., 103. Cited. 37 CS 534; Id., 569.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
cases, 1979–2016 · leading case:
Fellows v. Martin, 584 A.2d 458 (Conn. 1991).
Fellows v. Martin, 584 A.2d 458 (Conn. 1991).
· cites it 6× “In addition to hearing summary process actions; General Statutes §§ 47a-68 (a), 51-165; “housing court” judges hear actions on a wide range of “housing matters” including administrative appeals, building code violations and “[a]ll actions for back rent, damages, return of…”
Southland Corp. v. Vernon, 473 A.2d 318 (Conn. App. Ct. 1983).
· cites it 6× “General Statutes § 47a-68; see, e.g., Dukes v.”
State v. Saturno, 139 A.3d 629 (Conn. 2016).
· cites it 4× “y assistant state’s attorney assigned to handle housing matters may initiate prosecutions for violations of any state or municipal housing or health law, code or ordinance either upon the affidavit of an individual complainant or upon complaint from a state or municipal agency…”
Savage v. Aronson, 571 A.2d 696 (Conn. 1990).
· cites it 3× “” The commissioner, relying on this provision, maintains that the “housing courts” were established for the limited purpose of handling housing litigation exclusively, and that the issues raised in this case far exceed the scope of housing matters as defined by General Statutes…”
Tarro v. Mastriani Realty, LLC, 69 A.3d 956 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013).
· cites it 6× “The plaintiffs’ arguments in support of their claim are, in essence, threefold: (1) the claims raised in the replevin action and the civil action could not be and were not raised before the housing court because its jurisdiction is limited solely to housing matters as that term…”
Steinegger v. Fields, 425 A.2d 597 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1980).
· cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 47a-68 (i). The courts in the remaining judicial districts and geographical areas should have the same authority.”
73-75 Main Avenue, LLC v. PP Door Enter., Inc., 991 A.2d 650 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
“However, “[e]ven if it were clear that [a] complaint fails to allege circumstances constituting a housing matter as defined by [General Statutes] § 47a-68, it is plain that such a deficiency did not deprive the trial court of jurisdiction over the action.”
Hous. Auth. v. Boyd, 410 A.2d 494 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1979).
· cites it 2× “) All of the summary process summonses returnable to the Housing Session of the Superior Court; General Statutes §47a-68; are on the prescribed form, JD-CV-1.”
State v. Anonymous (1980-3), 36 Conn. Supp. 103 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1979).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes §47a-68. A prosecution based upon municipal code violations requires compliance with the procedural due process requirements of the code.”
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