The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 5001)
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§ 5001. Legislative findings
The General Assembly finds:
(1) There exist in the various municipalities numerous dwellings and dwelling premises
that are substandard due to dilapidation, deterioration and disrepair, structural
defects, uncleanliness, lack of adequate ventilation, light, sanitary, heating and
hot water facilities, overcrowding of dwellings, occupancy of unfit dwellings, and
other conditions and defects which increase the hazards of illness, disease, fire,
accidents, and other calamities;
(2) These conditions, singly or in combination, endanger the health, safety, morals, and
general welfare of the people of the various municipalities and give impetus to the
development, continuation, extension, and aggravation of blighted and substandard
housing conditions;
(3) The establishment and maintenance of minimum standards for dwellings is necessary
to the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.).)