HQS defects or how much time the Authority must give the
landlord to cure the defects before it stops making HAP pay-
ments. While subsection 3 (d) mandates that the landlord/owner
must cure the defect within 24 hours if the defect is ‘‘life
threatening,’’ it does not specify the cure period for non-life-
threatening defects, leaving it up to the Housing Authority to
determine the necessary period.
Plaintiff asserts that the Housing Authority has ‘‘clarified the
process’’ by a memo which states that once an inspection is
done the Authority must mail the results of the inspection to
the landlord within one business day via an ‘‘NE-1 Notice.’’
This notice advises the landlord that it has 30 days to complete
the repairs, which if complied with will obviate the suspension
of payments. However, plaintiff failed to attach this memo to
any of its papers.
Suspension of the Subsidy
By NE-1 letter dated December 29, 2010, the Authority
indicated that based upon its inspection of the premises on
December 3, 2010, it had found six ‘‘serious HQS’’ violations.
The notice indicated that the window guard violation had to be
corrected within 10 days of the inspection and all other serious
violations had to be corrected as ‘‘expeditiously as possible.’’
The notice then stated that unless plaintiff notified the Author-
ity that the appropriate remedies had been properly made and
that such corrective measures were verified, the Authority
would suspend subsidies on December 31, 2010. The notice
specified that the landlord had to notify the Authority within 20
days after the inspection that the repairs had been made so that
the Authority could reinspect the premises on December 28,
2010.
Both sides agree that the Authority suspended plaintiff’s