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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut appropriates $250,000 to hire rental assistance housing inspectors
Last action · March 9, 2026: Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on AppropriationsSponsors: Martha Marx and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Connecticut appropriates $250,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Housing to hire additional full-time housing inspectors for the , effective July 1, 2026.
The measure provides dedicated funding for state-level code compliance inspections of housing units participating in s, affecting staffing levels and oversight timelines for landlords and tenants.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Housing
Receives $250,000 in funding and must administer the hiring of additional full-time housing inspectors.
Rental assistance program participants and landlords
Subject to increased code compliance inspections of housing units participating in the rental assistance program.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $250,000 to the Department of Housing from the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
- Funds are designated for hiring additional full-time staff to inspect rental housing units for compliance with state and local health, housing, building, and safety codes.
- Applies specifically to the administration of the rental assistance program established in sections 8-345 to 8-346a of the general statutes.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseFavorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations
- Mar 9, 2026SenateFavorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations
- Mar 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Change of Reference Appropriations
- Feb 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/17
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- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Housing
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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