Sec. 47-284. Conversion tenant's right to conversion notice and public offering statement. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 47-284. Conversion tenant's right to conversion notice and public offering statement. (a) At least nine months before a conversion tenant will be required to vacate a converted unit, other than for reasons permitted by subsection (b) of section 47a-23c, and, if a tenant has a purchase right pursuant to section 47-285, at least ninety days prior to the sale of the converted unit by the declarant to a person other than a conversion tenant, a declarant shall give that tenant a conversion notice and provide that tenant with a public offering statement when otherwise required by section 47-263 or 47-267.

      (b) The conversion notice shall inform a tenant of: (1) The date the declarant converted, or intends to convert, the building to a common interest form of ownership; (2) the right of the tenant during the transition period to protection from eviction; (3) the exclusive right of the tenant, as described in section 47-285, to purchase his converted unit during the first ninety days after receipt of the conversion notice; (4) the right of the tenant, as described in section 47-286, to terminate his tenancy and abandon his converted unit on thirty days notice, and the right of each qualified tenant, as described in section 47-287, to a relocation payment; (5) the availability from the Department of Economic and Community Development of information concerning governmental assistance to (A) purchase the converted unit or alternative housing, or (B) find, and relocate to, alternative housing; and (6) the address and phone number for information concerning the availability of relocation payments and for information from the Department of Economic and Community Development concerning governmental assistance.

      (c) The conversion notice and public offering statement shall be hand-delivered or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of the dwelling unit and to any other mailing address provided by a tenant.

      (P.A. 83-474, S. 85, 96; P.A. 84-472, S. 20, 23; P.A. 87-358, S. 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 84-472 amended Subsec. (a) to increase from 60 to 90 days the time period prior to the sale of a converted unit when a declarant must give a conversion notice to certain tenants and amended Subsec. (b) to require the conversion notice to inform the tenant that he has the exclusive right to purchase his unit during the first 90 days, rather than the first 60 days, after receipt of the notice; P.A. 87-358 amended Subsec. (a) to increase from 180 days to 9 months the time period prior to the date a conversion tenant is required to vacate his unit that the declarant must give a conversion notice; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.

      Cited. 207 C. 441.