Vt. Dept. of Housing & Cmty. Dev., Housing Division Rules, Part I (Mobile Home Parks)

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Vt. Dept. of Housing & Cmty. Dev., Housing Division Rules, Part I (Mobile Home Parks)
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Housing Division Rules Effective Date 7/1/2016 Part I: Mobile Home Parks
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 12.5 Remedies for Illegal Evictions. Any leaseholder may bring suit against the park
owner for illegal eviction and seek recovery of damages, injunctive relief, costs and
reasonable attorneys’ fees. A leaseholder may not seek an injunction to allow continued
occupation of a condemned lot or mobile home park. A park owner may recover
reasonable attorneys’ fees for defense of an illegal eviction action that is determined to be
frivolous or intended solely for harassment.

12.6 Remedies for Retaliatory Conduct. Any leaseholder may seek a court order
against a park owner for changing the terms of a lease or for bringing or threatening to
bring an action because of the leaseholder’s complaint about conditions in the mobile
home park to a governmental agency or town official, or to the park owner about a
violation of chapter 153 of Title 10, or because the leaseholder has organized or joined a
residents’ organization. Such court order may provide damages and reasonable
attorneys’ fees. Retaliatory conduct by the park owner may be a defense to any court
action brought by the park owner against a leaseholder.

12.7 Penalties. A park owner who closes a mobile home park and sells the land within
five years without complying with the requirement to give a notice of intent to sell the
park shall be liable to the State in the amount of $10,000 or 50% of the gain realized from
the sale, whichever is greater, unless the Commissioner determines that strict compliance
with the notice and holding requirements is likely to cause undue hardship to the park
owner, leaseholders, or both.

13. MOBILE HOME PARK SALE.