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These summaries are compiled from ordinance text and public sources and are dated at the point they were last checked. Rules change between checks — Newark replaced its whole registration regime in a single month — so confirm anything you are about to underwrite against the primary source or the municipal office named in the citation.

Application and move-in or move-out fees are restricted

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Verified on 2026-08-25.

A landlord may not charge for processing, reviewing, or accepting a rental application, or charge move-in or move-out fees. A tenant-screening-report fee may be charged only within the statute's annually adjusted ceiling.

The statute separately permits the security deposit, first month's rent, a key or special-equipment deposit, and a compliant tenant-screening-report fee. Verify the Department of Housing's current annual adjustment before charging.

Statutory base screening fee: $50, adjusted annually for CPI-U increases from October 1, 2023

Sources

Connecticut tenant-screening fee statute — Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-4d

Fair-rent commissions are local and complaint-based

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Verified on 2026-08-25.

Connecticut requires municipalities above the statutory population threshold to create a fair-rent commission and allows smaller municipalities to create one alone or jointly. A commission may investigate and act on harsh and unconscionable rental charges under the enabling statutes and adopted ordinance.

Do not infer adoption from population. Listingprobe attaches a municipal commission only when an official state or city source identifies the adopted local body.

Mandatory population threshold: 25,000 under the most recent decennial census

Sources

Connecticut Department of Housing — Fair Rent Commissions — Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 7-148b to 7-148f

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