(a) If within 30 days of notice, the landlord fails to repair a minor defect in order
to comply with this chapter or a material provision of the rental agreement, the tenant
may repair the defect and deduct from the rent the actual and reasonable cost of the
work, not to exceed one-half of one month’s rent. The tenant shall provide the landlord
with actual notice of the cost of the repair when the cost is deducted from the rent.
(b) The tenant remedies under this section are not available if the noncompliance was
caused by the negligent or deliberate act or omission of the tenant or a person on
the premises with the tenant’s consent. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
mackey v. sheldrake (Vt. Super. Ct. 2023). “9 V.S.A. § 4459. As of June 24", the date of the Notice of Termination, landlords had the right to terminate the tenancy for nonpayment of rent, and they did so properly according to law, specifying a termination date of July 14".”
Residents & Occupants of Green Mountain Mobile Manor v. Town of Fair Haven, Vermont (D. Vt. 2024). “If any water and sewer charges or fees are included in the tenant’s rent, the tenant may deduct the cost of any water and sewer service charges or fees paid to the municipality from his or her rent pursuant to 9 V.S.A. § 4459. Under such circumstances, the utility shall not…”
McCurley v. Lebeau (Vt. Super. Ct. 2025). “” 9 V.S.A. § 4459. The court concludes that Landlord lawfully terminated the tenancy because of Tenant’s complete nonpayment of rent for the months of May and June.”
Mackey v. Sheldrick (Vt. Super. Ct. 2011). “9 V.S.A. § 4459. As of June 24th, the date of the Notice of Termination, landlords had the right to terminate the tenancy for nonpayment of rent, and they did so properly according to law, specifying a termination date of July 14th.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.