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St. Johnsbury tenant recounts prolonged housing problems, legal win
Summary
Maria Sussman told the House General & Housing Committee she endured persistent electrical, plumbing and heating failures before winning a court case with Legal Aid assistance; the committee used the testimony to frame landlord-tenant topics in Act 772.
Maria Sussman, a tenant from St. Johnsbury, told the Vermont House General & Housing Committee on Feb. 6 she lived for months with failing electrical, plumbing and heating systems before securing help from Vermont Legal Aid.
"I won a lease, a year lease," Sussman told the panel, describing a nearly year‑long legal process that yielded a lease, repairs to major…
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