Publisher’s Message “ Helping Property Owners Since 1994” - Bob De Cosmo, President
They’re Back! Last Year’s Harmful Housing Legislation Surfaces Again Bob DeCosmo began purchasing and managing rental real estate in 1982 and is a strong advocate for private property ownership right's in Connecticut.
Published by CTPOA Our goals;
Educate our members on “Best Practices” for maximum efficiency Increase profitability by lowering operating expenses via vendor discounts Provide access to “Core Services” needed to better manage and maintain properties
Our Team: Carmine DeCosmo Melissa DeCosmo Paul Jenney
The 2020 General Assembly’s Housing Committee agenda does little to improve housing in Connecticut. Instead, it furthers career criminals while offering protection to those that use rent money for any other purpose than paying their rent obligation. Property Owners and real estate agents will face new threats and liabilities if any of these measures make it into law. Taking away rights and protections from taxpayers and the working class only hastens the exodus of Connecticut residents fleeing to other more stable States that don’t promote extreme political agendas and punish hard work and success. Last year, all of the harmful housing proposals were defeated, so what lesson was learned? Evidently none as the Housing Committee Chairs brought
all those proposals back into their 2020 agenda and even added new ones!! I see no legislative solution for any of these policy battles but there is a political solution; and its building a broad and powerful coalition and forcing these politicians with their extreme ideas into primaries this summer in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of Connecticut residents. I am predicting taxpayers, business owners, Real Estate agents, Constitutionalists, Religious Rights Groups, landlords, 2nd Amendment supporters, and tenants will unify and vote many radical policy makers out of office; just like the New Britain landlords and their tenants did in the Mayor’s race of 2013.
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