2024 Candidate Questionnaire

Connecticut REALTORS^® represents nearly 19,000 members involved in all aspects of real estate in Connecticut. You can learn more about our positions on a wide range of issues at ctrealtors.com/publicpolicy.

If you prefer not to fill it out online, you can instead download a PDF version of this questionnaire (right click > select "Save Link As" or "Download Linked File"). Then either email the completed PDF to abby@ctrealtors.com or print and mail it to our address. 

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN ENDORSEMENT, SUBMIT THIS COMPLETED SURVEY NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 6, 2024.

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Your Information
Candidate Name: *
Email: *
Mobile Phone: *
City/Town: *
Candidate Website: *
Office Sought: *	Senate House
District Number: *
Party: *
Occupation: *
Elected Office(s) held:
Name any REALTORS you personally know:
Are you a real estate licensee: *	Yes No
Are you a Landlord: *	Yes No
Conveyance Taxes
Conveyance taxes are fees paid by the seller at the time of transfer of real estate, basically a sales tax on home sales. There have been efforts to expand the seller’s conveyance tax and/or to create a new buyers’s conveyance tax. These are regressive taxes that impact housing affordability.
Do you OPPOSE new and/or expanded conveyance taxes?: *	Yes No Undecided
Comments, if any:		/ 250
Zoning and Affordable Housing
Connecticut's housing market has seen significant changes since the pandemic. Increased prices have put housing out of reach for many first-time buyers. There are many proposals to address the lack of affordable housing, including those which would remove some local control over zoning decisions.
Which point best reflects your opinion?: *	Connecticut is a home rule state and zoning decisions should be left to the municipalities The state should implement certain zoning mandates to expand options for building more local properties
Comments, if any:		/ 250
Real Estate Property Taxes
Connecticut's real estate property taxes can make keeping a home cost prohibitive. CTR supports reductions in property taxes and opposes efforts to add additional property taxes including proposals for a statewide property tax.
Do you OPPOSE increases to property tax burdens, including a new statewide property tax? : *	Yes No Undecided
Comments, if any:		/ 250
"Mansion Taxes"
There are additional seller's conveyance taxes levied on the portion of a home higher than a certain amount. In high cost areas, these can make a starter home less affordable.
Do you OPPOSE "mansion" taxes?: *	Yes No Undecided
Comments, if any:		/ 250
End of Lease Term
The current process allows landlords the ability to remove a tenant after a lease agreement contractually ends, known as "lapse of time". A past legislative proposal would not have allowed lapse of time of a lease to be a reason a landlord could require a tenant to leave.
Do you OPPOSE removal of lapse of time as a reason for eviction? : *	Yes No Undecided
Comments, if any:		/ 250
Legislative Priorities
If elected, what are your three top legislative priorities?
Priority A: *		/ 150
Priority B: *		/ 150
Priority C: *		/ 150