Who is protected from discrimination by Connecticuts Discriminatory Housing Practices Act?
Connecticut law provides protections for individuals with disabilities who: • have a “physical or mental disability” including mental retardation [as defined in Conn. Gen. Stat. 1-1(g)]; • have a chronic physical disability, infirmity, or impairment either congenital or resulting from a bodily injury, organic processes or changes from an illness [as defined in Conn. Gen. Stat. 46a-51(15)]; • meet the definition of disability in the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHAA). Under federal law, a disability is defined as: • a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; • a record of having such an impairment; • being regarded as having such an impairment. “Major life activity” includes, but is not limited to, hearing, seeing, working, learning, breathing, caring for one’s self, performing manual tasks, walking, speaking, etc. A specific disability label (e.g., cerebral palsy) is not as important in determining whether a person has a
