Vermont Rent Increase Notice

A free Vermont rent increase notice that follows Vermont law. Fill in the boxes, check the rules below, then print or copy it. Keep a copy and proof of how you sent it.

What Vermont law says

Notice before a rent increase	A rent increase takes effect only on the first day of the rental period following at least 60 days' actual (written) notice to the tenant; this applies to all residential tenancies. Age-restricted (55+/senior) private housing not licensed as care facilities: the owner must also give written notice on a DHCD form to the Department and all affected residents at least 60 days before the increase, stating the amount, effective date, percentage and residents' rights; otherwise the increase is unenforceable (subsidized housing excepted). Source: 9 V.S.A. § 4455(b); 9 V.S.A. § 4468a
Rent control / increase limits	No statewide rent control or rent-increase cap. Landlord must give at least 60 days' actual notice of a rent increase, effective the first day of the next rental period. Local rent control: no state statute expressly preempts or authorizes it, and the city charters of Burlington, Montpelier and Winooski do not authorize rent control. Burlington's charter lets the City Council, by ordinance, require at least 90 days' written notice of a rent increase, and (where there is no written lease) at least 90 days' notice of a no-cause termination for tenancies under two years and 120 days for longer ones, but it does not allow limits on the amount of rent. Source: 9 V.S.A. 4455(b); 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 48(64)-(65) (Burlington charter)

Notice before a rent increase

A rent increase takes effect only on the first day of the rental period following at least 60 days' actual (written) notice to the tenant; this applies to all residential tenancies. Age-restricted (55+/senior) private housing not licensed as care facilities: the owner must also give written notice on a DHCD form to the Department and all affected residents at least 60 days before the increase, stating the amount, effective date, percentage and residents' rights; otherwise the increase is unenforceable (subsidized housing excepted).

Source: 9 V.S.A. § 4455(b); 9 V.S.A. § 4468a

Rent control / increase limits

No statewide rent control or rent-increase cap. Landlord must give at least 60 days' actual notice of a rent increase, effective the first day of the next rental period. Local rent control: no state statute expressly preempts or authorizes it, and the city charters of Burlington, Montpelier and Winooski do not authorize rent control. Burlington's charter lets the City Council, by ordinance, require at least 90 days' written notice of a rent increase, and (where there is no written lease) at least 90 days' notice of a no-cause termination for tenancies under two years and 120 days for longer ones, but it does not allow limits on the amount of rent.

Source: 9 V.S.A. 4455(b); 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 48(64)-(65) (Burlington charter)

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To: [tenant name(s)]

Premises: [rental address]

Your rent will change from $[current rent] to $[new rent] per [month], starting [effective date].

This notice is given under 9 V.S.A. § 4455(b); 9 V.S.A. § 4468a. If a fixed-term lease is in effect, the new rent starts only when the lease allows a change.

All other terms of your tenancy stay the same.

Questions: [landlord name, phone, email].

Date: [today's date]
Landlord or agent: [your name]
Signature: ____________________

How to send it: use a method you can prove — certified mail with return receipt, or email/text if your lease allows notices that way. Write down the date.

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