Sec. 19a-362. (Formerly Sec. 19-371). No recovery of rent during unlawful occupation. Exception.
Sec. 19a-362. (Formerly Sec. 19-371). No recovery of rent during unlawful
occupation. Exception. (a) If any building constructed as, or altered into, a tenement
house is occupied in whole or in part for human habitation in violation of the provisions
of the state building code, effective at the time of such construction or alteration, during
such unlawful occupation no rent shall be recoverable by the owner or lessee of such
premises for such period and no action or special proceedings shall be maintained
therefor.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to buildings owned by a housing
authority organized under the provisions of chapter 128, which have been constructed
or altered pursuant to contracts with the federal government or the state providing for
annual contributions or other financial assistance.
(1949 Rev., S. 4080; 1969, P.A. 443, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 413, S. 2.)
History: 1969 act referred to violations of state building code rather than of Sec. 19-370; 1971 act added Subsec. (b);
Sec. 19-371 transferred to Sec. 19a-362 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-371:
Disability to recover rent not confined to the person who was owner at time of completion but applied to subsequent
purchaser. 121 C. 458. Constitutional aspects considered. Id., 459 et seq. Cited. 136 C. 276. Cited. 149 C. 740. Statute
does not authorize action by tenant for recovery of rent voluntarily paid during period of violation. 150 C. 702.
Statute in barring landlord from collecting rent in effect relieved tenants of obligation to pay; landlord had no cause of
action to collect rent or for eviction, nor to rent premises to others in absence of certificate. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 360.