Housing Authority v. Cyr, 234 Conn. App. 527 (2025)

Citation: Housing Authority v. Cyr, 234 Conn. App. 527 (2025)
Parent Document: Housing Authority v. Cyr, 234 Conn. App. 527 (2025)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2025-08-26
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10659980/housing-authority-v-cyr/ ↗

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notice to quit did not advise [him] sufficiently of the
       reasons for the action in order to permit him to prepare
       a defense, it is invalid.’’ In granting the defendant’s
       motion to dismiss, the court reasoned: ‘‘The notice to
       quit fails to provide sufficient detail for the defendant
       to be apprised of what portions of the lease the defen-
       dant was in violation of or which of the many possible
       breaches of tenant obligations that are listed in the
       referenced statute that the plaintiff is proceeding on.
       The notice to quit must be carefully constructed so
       as to specify which counts the plaintiff is basing its
       summary process action on. . . . The plaintiff failed
       to serve a valid notice to quit that provided sufficient
       specificity to allow the defendant to prepare a defense
       to the summary process action.’’ ‘‘Summary process
       actions are governed by § 47a-23 (a), which provides
       in relevant part: When the owner or lessor . . . desires
       to obtain possession or occupancy of any land or build-
       ing, any apartment in any building, [or] any dwelling
       unit . . . and (1) when a rental agreement or lease of
       such property, whether in writing or by parol, termi-
       nates for any of the following reasons: (A) By lapse of
       time; (B) by reason of any expressed stipulation therein;
       (C) violation of the rental agreement or lease or of any
       rules or regulations adopted in accordance with section
       47a-9 or 21-70 . . . (E) nonpayment of rent when due
       for commercial property; (F) violation of section 47a-
       11 . . . such owner or lessor . . . shall give notice to
       each lessee or occupant to quit possession or occu-
       pancy of such land, building, apartment or dwelling
       unit . . . .
          ‘‘Section 47a-23 (b) specifies the type of notice
       required when serving a notice to quit: The notice shall
       be in writing substantially in the following form: I (or
       we) hereby give you notice that you are to quit posses-
       sion or occupancy of the (land, building, apartment or
       dwelling unit, or of any trailer or any land upon which
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