Hartford, Conn., Mun. Code ch. 18 § 18-110

A. The director of licenses and inspections may order occupants to vacate housing units that: are unfit for human habitation, including but not limited to situations requiring emergency action; have been condemned pursuant to this chapter for any reason; or have been the subject of a license that has been revoked.
B. Whenever any tenant in any dwelling unit, group living unit, or rooming unit is displaced as the result of the enforcement of this code, the owner of such dwelling unit, group living unit (other than a temporary shelter facility), or rooming unit shall be liable for, and shall be liable to the city for any payments made by the city for, all of the following:
(1) Actual reasonable expenses in moving the tenant.
(2) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing the housing unit use.
(3) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for new housing.
(4) For a tenant occupying the unit for at least ninety (90) days preceding the order to vacate, the amount necessary for the tenant to lease or rent for a period not to exceed four (4) years, a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such displaced person in areas not generally less desirable with regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and reasonably accessible to such displaced person's place of employment, but not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) or the amount necessary to enable such displaced person to make a down payment, including reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such person in areas not generally less desirable with regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), except that if such amount exceeds two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), such person must equally match any such amount in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) in making the downpayment.
C. To secure repayment to the city of sums expended in accordance with this section, the city may place a lien in the amount of sums expended on any real property owned by such owner, which lien shall have the same priority as and shall be filed, enforced, and discharged in the same manner as a lien for municipal taxes under G.S. chapter 205. The city may also bring a civil action against such landlord in superior court for the recovery of such payments, and for the costs, together with reasonable attorney's fees, of the city.
State Law reference-- Similar provisions, G.S. §§ 8-268, 8-270, 8-270a.