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Lead In Housing Issues

• Overview of Lead Laws
• Top Ten Lead Safety Tips
• Lead Safety Information Sheet
• Lead Information and News, on Web Page of the Office of the Vermont's Attorney General
• Letter About Lead Safe House Painting, State of VT Office of the Attorney General, 5-29-07

Information Sheets

• Before You Sign a Lease
• Move-In, Move-Out Inspection Checklist
• Sample Lease Agreement
• Rent Increases
  Information Sheet
• Privacy and Access
  Information Sheet
• Minor Repair and
  Maintenance Problems:
  Repair and Deduct
  Information Sheet
• Major Code Violations:
  Information Sheet
  Burlington Specific
• Major Code Violations:
  Information Sheet
  All of Vermont
• Security Deposit Disputes Information Sheet

Form Letters,
Sample Documents, Templates

• Privacy and Access
  
• Rent Increases without Proper Notification
  
• Rent Increases in Burlington
• Repair and Deduct
  
• Major Code Violations
• Security Deposit Return
• Late Fee
  
• Lead Safety
• Sample Roommate Agreement (MS Word)
  

• Renting in VT Handbook

• Links & Resources

Vermont's Rental
Housing Health Code

TENANCY POLICY ISSUES

Vermont Landlord/Tenant Law

CHANGES TO VERMONT LANDLORD/TENANT LAW TAKE EFFECT 7/1/2008

Police Response in Illegal Evictions and Other Landlord/Tenant Situations

• Vermont Tenants, Inc. Supporting Safe, Decent, Secure, Affordable Housing and Responsible Tenancy

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  • Mobile Home Project
  • Vermont Tenants, Inc

Vermont's Rental Housing Health Code

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"This code establishes minimum health and habitability standards that all residential rental housing in Vermont must conform to."

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

 

 

Reports/News

“Judge orders state to enforce housing rules,” By Wilson Ring, The Associated Press August 29, 2008,Burlington Free Press

 

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Announcement From Vermont Attorney General's Office: "Attorney General Settles With Montpelier Landlord For Violations Of Lead Law"

 

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Vermont "Rental Housing and Safety Standards Report" prepared in 1999 still relevant in 2008 (PDF large file)