Sec. 47-290. Eviction of conversion tenants. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 47-290. Eviction of conversion tenants. (a) During a transition period, a conversion tenant may be evicted from a converted unit only for a reason which would justify eviction under subsection (b) of section 47a-23c.

      (b) After a transition period ends, a conversion tenant may be evicted for any reason permitted by law, including expiration of the tenant's lease, unless protected by section 47a-23c.

      (c) During any period of occupancy by a conversion tenant between the expiration of the conversion tenant's lease and the expiration of the transition period, the landlord and the conversion tenant shall comply with the substantive provisions of the expired lease and with any regulations previously adopted by the landlord in accordance with section 47a-9.

      (d) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), if (A) a tenant vacates a dwelling unit or removes a dwelling unit from a mobile manufactured home park after receiving a notice to quit based on a reason other than a reason listed in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 47a-23c; and (B) the dwelling unit or the space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park occupied by such tenant becomes a converted unit, as defined in subsection (2) of section 47-283, within nine months of the date of such notice to quit; and (C) no other tenant subsequently occupied the dwelling unit or the space or lot before it became a converted unit, that tenant shall be entitled to the benefits provided to a conversion tenant under sections 47-284, 47-285 and 47-287. The notice required by section 47-284 shall be given to such tenant by mailing the notice to him at his last-known address.

      (2) The rights provided by section 47-285 do not apply to a tenant who, before eviction, occupied a unit or a space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park which will be restricted exclusively to nonresidential use or the boundaries of which do not substantially conform to the dimensions of the unit or the space or lot before conversion.

      (3) A tenant in possession may, as a defense to a summary process action or other action for possession based upon a reason other than a reason listed in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 47a-23c, or in an independent action brought by such tenant, introduce evidence of the owner's intent to create a common interest community which will include such tenant's dwelling unit or the space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park on which such tenant's dwelling unit sits or the owner's intent to convey such tenant's dwelling unit or space or lot to another person who intends to create a common interest community. If the court finds that there is a substantial probability that the owner or his successor in interest will create a common interest community within nine months from the date the action by the owner or tenant was instituted, the court shall enjoin the action for possession and may grant other appropriate relief. If the owner or his successor in interest intends to substantially rehabilitate the property before conversion and such rehabilitation cannot be reasonably accomplished if the tenant remains in occupancy, in lieu of enjoining the dispossession of the tenant, the court may make reasonable provisions to insure that the tenant receives adequate time to locate other housing and that the tenant will receive the benefits to which a conversion tenant is entitled under sections 47-284, 47-285 and 47-287.

      (P.A. 83-474, S. 91, 96; P.A. 84-472, S. 22, 23; P.A. 91-383, S. 26.)

      History: P.A. 84-472 added Subsec. (d) to entitle certain tenants who vacate a dwelling unit which subsequently becomes a converted unit to benefits provided a conversion tenant and to provide judicial remedies to a tenant when the owner or his successor in interest intends to create a common interest community involving the tenant's unit after such tenant's dispossession; P.A. 91-383 amended Subsec. (d) to make provisions applicable to a tenant who occupied a space or lot in mobile manufactured home park which becomes a converted unit.

      Subsec. (d):

      Subdiv. (3) cited. 209 C. 15.