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Know Your Housing Rights

What are your rights as a renter or a property owner? How can you make sure your rights are respected? Find the answers to these questions below, and learn more about your housing rights, from fair housing laws to tenant protections.

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Connecticut Legal Services transforms the lives of low- income people facing issues such as homelessness, a lack of medical care, and domestic violence.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity; Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Community Organizing; Evictions
Audience Residents
Region CT

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The State of Connecticut now has a Right to Counsel Program to provide free, experienced lawyers to eligible tenants facing eviction or loss of housing subsidy.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity; Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Community Organizing; Evictions
Audience Residents
Region CT

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All renters (also called tenants) have legal rights. You have these rights even if you do not have a written lease agreement or you told your landlord you would give up your rights. This page from CT Law Help explains your rights and responsibilities as a renter in Connecticut.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity; Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Community Organizing; Evictions
Audience Residents
Region CT

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This session – held in collaboration with the United Way of Greater Waterbury—focused on how rental subsidies work and how landlords can use them to support stable, long-term tenant relationships.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness; Landlords
Audience Residents
Region CT

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Landlords and property owners play a vital role in supporting tenant stability. For those renting to individuals with lived experience of homelessness, understanding potential challenges is essential to building strong, mutually beneficial relationships.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness; Landlords
Audience Residents
Region CT

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Several landlords in western Connecticut share their experiences renting to at-risk populations and working with public and private programs that support housing stability.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Landlords
Audience Community Organizations; Residents
Region Fairfield County, CT

Housing + Tenant Rights: Tenant Organizing in the New London Area

Non-Profits Launch “Housing For All” Network to Support Grassroots Pro-Housing Movement in Connecticut

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05.27.26

Eastern hosts housing-justice series: Alumna speaks on housing insecurity, advocacy

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05.18.26

Niantic landlord escalates fight with tenants union

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04.14.26

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Testimony in Support of HB 5092 An Act Protecting Renters from Rent Increases Upon Change of Ownership

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02.25.26

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Know Your Housing Rights

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Renters Have Legal Rights

Eviction Help CT

Connecticut Legal Services

Statewide Legal Services of CT

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