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Case Alert: Connecticut Supreme Court Bars Assessors From Retroactively Reversing Forest Land Status

News, UncategorisedBy Scott SchwefelAugust 7, 2026

An assessor can’t take back a forest land classification just because it turns out to be wrong. In Campelli v. Town of Mansfield, a Mansfield property was classified as forest land back in 2005, based on the strength of a certified forester’s report saying it was a 25-acre tract. Sixteen years later, the town’s assessor…

Case Alert: Connecticut Court Values Hartford Supportive Housing Property at Zero, Orders City to Pay Owner’s Fees

BusinessBy Scott SchwefelJuly 22, 2026

A Connecticut Superior Court ruled a 48-unit supportive housing property in downtown Hartford has no taxable value at all, a result rarely seen in a property tax appeal, and ordered the City of Hartford to pay the owner’s attorney’s fees and costs on top of it. The case, Soromundi Commons Limited Partnership v. City of…

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