Vt. Human Rights Comm'n, HV19-0018, Investigative Report & Reasonable Grounds Determination

Ms. Taylor described talking to Ms. Weygant about why she moved out of Mr. Deery's
apartment. Ms. Taylor remembered that, on the day she signed the paperwork with the new
landlord, Ms. Weygant said "she felt that [Mr.] Deery was discriminating against her."64 Ms.
Taylor remembers Ms. Weygant saying "she felt he wasn't taking section 8 because of her
.and because it was not a two bedroom. He kept telling her she qualified for a two
[bedroom]."65 Ms. Taylor told Ms. Weygant that she could give her a discrimination form that
Bennington Housing Authority uses.66 Ms. Weygant told her "I just want to put this behind
me."67

Ms. Taylor explained that amother and a child qualifu for two bedrooms and qualifuing for two
bedrooms does not depend on the age of the child.68 Ms. Weygant and her daughter qualifu for
two bedrooms.6e Ms. Taylor stated that Ms. Weygant came in and told her she wanted to look for
a two bedroom "because it was getting quite full."70

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Ms. Weygant shared her apartment with her daughter, who was around two years old when they
moved in.7l