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House Defeats No-Cause Moratorium Amendment but Passes H 829 With Study and Stability Measures

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · April 2, 2024
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Summary

The House considered multiple amendments to H 829 (eviction protections). A floor amendment to prohibit no-cause evictions was defeated (13–119). Lawmakers did adopt an amendment creating an eviction study committee and passed H 829 after roll-call (97–42).

The Vermont House debated H 829, an act to create upstream eviction protections and enhance housing stability, taking multiple amendments on charter changes, no-cause evictions, and a study process before passing the bill.

Representative Small of Winooski offered an amendment to eradicate no-cause evictions, arguing that "Evictions are devastating, destabilizing events" and that municipalities which passed charter protections deserve statewide remedies. The general and housing…

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