AN ACT CONCERNING FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR LANDLORDS WHOSE TENANTS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND UNABLE TO PAY RENT.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6065*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 531

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. O'BRIEN T., 24^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR LANDLORDS WHOSE TENANTS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND UNABLE TO PAY RENT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 49 of the general statutes be amended to allow a landlord a defense in a foreclosure action, when the unemployment rate is high, that their tenants are unable to pay their rent because the tenants are unable to find employment.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow a defense for landlords in a foreclosure action that their tenants cannot pay rent because of unemployment and a locally high unemployment rate.