Burlington Code § 18

Citation: Burlington Code § 18 (b)
Parent Document: Burlington Code ch. 18 art. II
Jurisdiction: Burlington (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.codepublishing.com/VT/Burlington/html/Burlington18/Burlington1802.html ↗

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(b) No owner shall evict any tenant, regardless of the rental period, because of any public statement or written testimony concerning landlord/tenant problems or other aspects of such legal relationship represented by or on the direct behalf of any such tenant to any governmental body, board, commission or committee which is considering any aspect of landlord/tenant relationships. Any filing of notice to vacate or service of an action for eviction or ejectment within ninety (90) days from the date of such public statement or written testimony shall be presumed to be in violation of this section, and the burden of proof shall be on the owner to establish that such public statement or written testimony was not the reason for the attempted eviction. (Ord. of 4-12-93)

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