Bill Text: CT HB05292 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5292 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Protecting Tenants In Foreclosure Act.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-19 - Public Hearing 02/25 [HB05292 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05292-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5292*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 1325
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Referred to Committee on BANKING
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTING TENANTS IN FORECLOSURE ACT.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 49-31p of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

(a) In the case of any foreclosure on a federally-related mortgage loan or on any dwelling or residential real property that has a return date on or after July 13, 2011, [but not later than December 31, 2017,] any immediate successor in interest in such property pursuant to the foreclosure shall assume such interest subject to (1) the provision, by such successor in interest, of a notice to vacate to any bona fide tenant not less than ninety days before the effective date of such notice; and (2) the rights of any bona fide tenant, as of the date absolute title vests in such successor in interest (A) under any bona fide lease entered into before such date to occupy the premises until the end of the remaining term of the lease, except that a successor in interest may terminate a lease effective on the date of sale of the unit to a purchaser who will occupy the unit as a primary residence, subject to the receipt by the tenant of the ninety-day notice under subdivision (1) of this subsection; or (B) without a lease or with a lease terminable at will under state law, subject to the receipt by the tenant of the ninety-day notice under subdivision (1) of this subsection, except that nothing under this section shall affect the requirements for termination of any federally subsidized or state-subsidized tenancy or of any state or local law that provides longer time periods or other additional protections for tenants.

Sec. 2. Section 49-31q of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

(a) [On or before December 31, 2017, in] In the case of an owner who is an immediate successor in interest pursuant to foreclosure during the term of a lease, vacating the property prior to sale shall not constitute other good cause for terminating the lease of a tenant who is a recipient of assistance under 42 USC 1437f(o), the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, except that the owner may terminate the tenancy effective on the date of transfer of the unit to the owner if the owner (1) will occupy the unit as a primary residence, and (2) has provided the tenant a notice to vacate at least ninety days before the effective date of such notice.

(b) [On or before December 31, 2017, in] In the case of any foreclosure on any federally-related mortgage loan, as that term is defined in 12 USC 2602(1), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974, or on any residential real property in which a recipient of assistance under 42 USC 1437(o), the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, resides, the immediate successor in interest in such property pursuant to the foreclosure shall assume such interest subject to the lease between the prior owner and the tenant and to the housing assistance payments contract between the prior owner and the public housing agency for the occupied unit, except that this provision and the provisions related to foreclosure in subsection (a) of this section shall not affect any state or local law that provides longer time periods or other additional protections for tenants.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2016	49-31p(a)
Sec. 2	October 1, 2016	49-31q

Statement of Purpose:

To provide notice to tenants of property that is being foreclosed upon.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]