Explore Income Property - Seminar for those considering becoming landlords.Learn a variety of aspects associated with owning income property.Presenters include:1. Steve Lipkin, Realtor2. Angela Zaikowski, Landlord Attorney3. Pete Nolasco, Mortgage Loan OfficerFor More information and to Register...
This past legislative session, Act 188 was created. This bill made a few changes to the Town Health Officer statute regarding the duties of the Town Health Officer. The bill also created a Rental Housing Advisory Board.The Association Director, Angela Zaikowski, was recently appointed to the Board by the Commissoner of the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development. More information on the Board can be found here. Information on the Board members,...
With the new law going into effect on July 1, 2018, many landlords have questions about what they can and cannot prohibit on their properties. Hint: the law allows landlords to completely prohibit marijuana use, possession, and cultivation on their properties (including medical marijuana) but your lease must say so. VAOA has answers for you and we have prepared a lease addendum that you can use. The lease addendum allows you the choice of...
Vermont Attorney General's Office starts a new program regarding lead paint. Residential Landlords - if your building was built before 1978 please make sure you are performing your EMPs and filing your Compliance Statements with the Department of Health.The VT AG's office is offering clean slate for landlords who bring their properties into compliance and file their statements with the Department of Health.Their next meeting is in Barre on June 19, 2018 at 4:00pm...
WCAX covers what landlords (and tenants) should know about the new marijuana legalization bill going into effect on July 1, 2018.The upcoming VAOA newsletter will have suggested langauge for landlords to include in their leases....
Director Angela Zaikowski appeared on VPR Vermont Edition discusing the Vermont Legal Aid Report on claimed Habitability issues within the State of Vermont. In early January 2018, Vermont Legal Aid released a report titled "Renters at Risk: The Cost of Substandard Housing"This report is the basis for Legislative Action within the Vermont House currently. More information on this can be found in the Legislative section of the website....