House advances overhaul of rental rules, shortens some eviction timelines and creates rent‑payment pilot After hours of floor debate, the Vermont House amended and ordered third reading of H.772, a broad package updating rental agreements, limiting security deposits to two months in most cases, expanding tenant defenses tied to serious health and safety code violations and creating a positive rental‑payment credit pilot administered by the treasurer’s office.

Vermont's House just advanced a groundbreaking rental reform bill that could reshape tenant protections and landlord rights—will it strike the right balance?

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