Hartford requires a separate active rental license for each covered residential rental building; issuance depends on a complete application, required documents and fees, and successful City inspections. The current final phase requires non-owner-occupied three-unit buildings to submit from July 1 through October 31, 2026; the building-wide license lasts four years and replaces the Certificate of Apartment Occupancy requirement for units in the licensed building.
The City identifies limited exemptions, including an owner-occupied three-unit building.
The current final phase covers non-owner-occupied three-unit buildings; the 40-plus, 10-to-39, and 4-to-9-unit submission windows ended in 2023, 2024, and 2025 respectively, but an owner who missed the applicable window still owes the application and the City's published additional late fee. The application fee includes the initial Housing Code and Fire Marshal inspections, and the Fire Marshal conducts required annual inspections during the four-year license. Hotels, motels, rooming houses, and group living have separate published 2023 fees. Confirm exemptions and the issued license record.
- Unit counts
- 3+ units
- Owner-occupied exemption
- Yes
- Forty plus unit submission window
- July 1 through October 31, 2023
- Forty plus unit application fee
- $60 plus $40 per dwelling unit
- Ten to thirty nine unit submission window
- July 1 through October 31, 2024
- Ten to thirty nine unit application fee
- $60 plus $45 per dwelling unit
- Four to nine unit submission window
- July 1 through October 31, 2025
- Four to nine unit application fee
- $60 plus $50 per dwelling unit
- Three unit submission window
- July 1 through October 31, 2026
- Three unit application fee
- $60 plus $50 per dwelling unit
- License term
- Four years
- Late application additional fee
- $1,000 per required application
In effect since 2021-07-01.