Vermont Law Help's Housing Law Page

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Have you lost your housing or had your home damaged by Hurricane Irene?  Call 2-1-1 for help. 

Landlord/Tenant [view all]

Information and resources about the landlord/tenant relationship.

• Healthy and Safe Housing, 
• Website about Vermont Rental Housing Codes
• Guests and Excluding Visitors, 
• How to get your security deposit back,
• Sample Landlord Repair Letter, 
• Sample Letter to Landlord about Access,
• Notice Against Trespass,
• Renter Rebate. 

Eviction [view all]

• General Overview of the Eviction process, 
• Steps in an Eviction, 
• What to do if you are locked out or illegally evicted, 
• How to file a counterclaim or how to file an answer using our Answer and Counterclaim forms.
• Interactive forms for filing a response to an Eviction.  Use this program to fill out all the forms you need to respond to a landlord's complaint for eviction in court. 
• Glossary of terms used in Superior Court.

Fair Housing [view all]

Housing discrimination is illegal.  Find out about your right to fair housing.

April is Fair Housing Month! 

Learn more about Housing discrimination by watching this video:

Homelessness [view all]

Check here for information on homeless shelters and help for homeless people.

Foreclosure [view all]

• General information about the Foreclosure process in Vermont,
• How Mediation Can Help Save Your Home
• Form Answer, Notice of Appearance, and Request for 6 Months to Redeem
• Request for Foreclosure Mediation- Use this form to request mediation in your foreclosure case
• National Mortgage Settlement- Can it help you? (links to the Vermont Attorney General's office)

• Read our Tenants and Foreclosure Page
• Use this Notice of Appearance form(PDF) to enter your appearance in the foreclosure case

Are you having trouble paying a Bank of America home loan?  Read this flyer for more information about an opportunity to reveiw your Bank of America mortgage.  The event is in Burlington on March 9-10, 2012.  If you are interested you must register by calling 1-855-201-7426.

Owning a Home [view all]

Information about predatory mortgage loans and discrimination in buying a home.

Mobile Homes [view all]

Information about evictions from mobile home parks and health and safety in mobile home parks.