Vt. Residential Rental Housing Health & Safety Code (adopted under 18 V.S.A. ch. 172 / 20 V.S.A. ch. 172)

9 - Lighting and Electricity
9.1 Every habitable room in a dwelling unit or rooming house other than a kitchen
shall contain at least two duplex electrical outlets or one duplex electrical outlet
and one electrical light fixture.
9.2 Every kitchen in a dwelling unit or rooming house shall contain at least one
electric light fixture and two duplex electrical outlets.
9.3 Every other room in a dwelling unit or rooming house shall contain at least one
electric light fixture.

9.4 All building entrances in dwellings or rooming houses and all common areas in
rooming houses or dwellings containing two or more dwelling units shall be
adequately lighted to provide for safe and reasonable use and safe access and
egress to and from the building.
9.5 All electrical systems in dwellings, rooming houses and on rented mobile home
lots shall be maintained in safe working condition.
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10 - Structural Elements
10.1 Every owner of a dwelling or rooming house shall provide and maintain the
foundation, floors, walls, doors, windows, ceilings, roof, staircases, chimneys and
other structural elements of his or her dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, or
rooming unit so that it is weathertight, watertight, rodent proof and in good
repair.
10.2 Every occupant of a dwelling or rooming house shall exercise reasonable care in
the use of the structural elements of the building to maintain it in good working
condition.
10.3 Every dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, or rooming unit shall be
maintained to be free from the regular or periodic appearance of standing water
or excessive moisture, which may result in visible mold growth.