Room Rental Agreement in Connecticut

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Connecticut law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No separate lodger statute for owner-occupied homes. Connecticut defines a "roomer" as someone occupying a unit without their own refrigerator, stove, kitchen sink, toilet and shower or bathtub, where one or more of these are shared; roomers are still covered by the summary process eviction law, but a few rules (such as the cannabis and drug-test protections) do not apply to a roomer who does not lease the entire residence. Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 47a-1(j), 47a-9a(d)(1), 47a-23
Tenancy at will	Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, a tenancy is month to month (week to week if rent is paid weekly), and an oral lease with monthly rent and no agreed end date is a lease for one month only. A notice to quit for nonpayment turns a month-to-month or week-to-week tenancy into a tenancy at sufferance. The landlord ends any of these with a notice to quit served at least 3 days before the quit date. The quit date for a lapse-of-time notice should fall at the end of a rental period. Some older or disabled tenants in larger buildings have extra protection against no-cause eviction (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23c). Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 47a-3b, 47a-3d, 47a-23(a), (d)

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No separate lodger statute for owner-occupied homes. Connecticut defines a "roomer" as someone occupying a unit without their own refrigerator, stove, kitchen sink, toilet and shower or bathtub, where one or more of these are shared; roomers are still covered by the summary process eviction law, but a few rules (such as the cannabis and drug-test protections) do not apply to a roomer who does not lease the entire residence.

Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 47a-1(j), 47a-9a(d)(1), 47a-23

Tenancy at will

Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, a tenancy is month to month (week to week if rent is paid weekly), and an oral lease with monthly rent and no agreed end date is a lease for one month only. A notice to quit for nonpayment turns a month-to-month or week-to-week tenancy into a tenancy at sufferance. The landlord ends any of these with a notice to quit served at least 3 days before the quit date.

The quit date for a lapse-of-time notice should fall at the end of a rental period. Some older or disabled tenants in larger buildings have extra protection against no-cause eviction (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23c).

Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 47a-3b, 47a-3d, 47a-23(a), (d)

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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