WomensLaw serves and supports all survivors, no matter their sex or gender.

Legal Information: Vermont

Housing Laws

Laws current as of July 11, 2024

Is there a law that protects me if I need to break my lease?

If you are what the law considers a “protected tenant,” you can terminate your lease without penalty if you reasonably believe that you need to leave your home based on either of the following:

  1. your fear of immediate (imminent) harm due to abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; or
  2. the fact that you were a victim of sexual assault that occurred on the premises within the six months before your termination notice.1

1 VT ST 9 § 4472(a)

Legal Information

© 2008–2024 WomensLaw.org is a project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Inc. All rights reserved. This website is funded in part through a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). NNEDV is a 501©(3) non-profit organization; EIN 52-1973408.