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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)

Citation
Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)
Parent Document
Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2005-08-05

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¶ 19. The statute’s notice requirement is designed to ensure that a landlord is not penalized for failing to fix a problem of which landlord had no knowledge. For example, it prevents tenants from using a subsequently occurring habitability defect as an excuse for nonpayment of rent that is wholly unrelated to the defect and that began before the defect arose. See id. § 4458(a)(1) (allowing for withholding of rent by tenant during period of landlord’s noncompliance).