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Vermont study committee frames landlord-tenant issues, offers topics for legislative action
Summary
A bipartisan landlord-tenant study committee that met six times produced a report outlining areas for further investigation — including a rental registry, just-cause eviction protections, tenant right to counsel, and rent stabilization — and presented findings at a Jan. 22 joint hearing of House and Senate housing committees.
A joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs and the House Committee on General and Housing on Jan. 22 heard the results of a fall study committee that reviewed Vermont’s landlord-tenant laws and the eviction process.
The committee, chaired by Representative Emily Krasnow, met six times to take testimony from stakeholders including tenants, landlords, judiciary representatives and housing experts. The report does not endorse specific bills but identifies topics for further legislative work: a rental registry, just-cause tenant protections, tenant community right-to-purchase opportunities, tenant right to counsel, rent stabilization or rent control, and additional housing supports.
Krasnow told…
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