New Haven's entire Housing Code, in full: Art. I general provisions (definitions, permits, effective dates), Art. II inspection and enforcement (incl. condemnation of unfit dwellings), Art. III standards and requirements for dwellings (light/heat/ventilation, maintenance, sanitation, pest control), Art. IV rooming houses, Art. V abatement of nuisances in tenement houses (receivership), Art. VI smoke detectors and carbon monoxide monitors. Live-verified 2026-09-16.

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New Haven

Municipal housing and tenant protection ordinances

Rules (71)

Definitions

Construction and interpretation of certain words

Penalties

Effect of conflict between this title, other provisions

Permit required for creation of dwelling, rooming unit in existing structure

Effective date of provisions

Inspection by enforcing officers; right of owners to enter premises to make repairs

Issuance of orders by enforcing officer

Order for the abatement of nuisance

Appeals—procedure, conduct

Same—Hearing officer; authority; conditions for granting extensions; modifications

Same—Effect of sustaining notice of permit suspension; time for filing petition for hearing on permit suspensions

Same—Record of proceedings required; right of judicial appeal

Application of placarding and condemnation provisions

Condemnation of unfit dwellings—Defects warranting

Same—Occupants required to vacate

Same—Removal of placard prohibited

Same—Reoccupation, removal of placard when defects corrected

Same—Hearing authorized

Study, designation of substandard areas by city plan commission

Enforcing officer to give authority to substandard areas

Basic facilities for dwelling units

Light, heat, ventilation facilities; owner or lessor must furnish in living premises

Maintenance requirements imposed on owner or lessor of living premises

Space, use, location requirements imposed on occupants and lessors

Responsibility of owner to maintain common areas in multiple dwellings and to provide emergency maintenance information to each tenant and to the enforcing officer, upon request

Duty of occupant to keep premises clean, sanitary

Duty of occupant to dispose of rubbish, garbage

Duty of occupant to hang screens

Duty of occupant to maintain, care for plumbing fixtures

Duties of occupant, owner to exterminate pests

No required facilities to be removed, discontinued

Control of vegetation and bare dirt patches

Definitions

Issuance of rooming house permits

Hearings on denial of rooming house permit

Inspection of rooming houses, suspension of permits

Hearings on permit suspensions; notice of prospective suspension

Required bathroom facilities

Bed linen, towels supplied by operator

Floor area of sleeping quarters

Means of egress

Responsibility of operator for sanitation

Applicability of rooming house provisions to hotels

Preparation, eating of meals in rooming houses

Standards for communal kitchens

Communal dining rooms

Posting of "no cooking" signs in rooming units

State statute adopted; authority appointed

Application to the court of common pleas

Same—Contents of application

Same—Evidence of imminent damage

Same—Conduct and termination of receivership

Tenement house operating fund created; custody, records

Collection of rents; additional costs; application to board of code appeals

Enforcement of receiver's lien

Expenditures and application of funds

Severability

Definition(s)

Smoke detectors; required

Smoke detectors; type and installation

Smoke detectors maintenance; property owners, tenants

Regulations; building official, fire marshal

Conflict with other standards

Definition(s)

Carbon monoxide detectors; required

Carbon monoxide detectors; type and installation

Carbon monoxide detectors, exemptions

Carbon monoxide detectors; owners' responsibilities

Regulations; building official, fire marshal

Conflict with other standards

Code Compilations

New Haven Code of Ordinances tit. V