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Vermont month-to-month lease agreement
Written for Vermont law, checked September 24, 2026 General information, not legal advice
A month-to-month tenancy renews each month until the landlord or the tenant gives notice. Choose month-to-month as the lease type, or set a fixed-term lease to convert to month-to-month when its term ends.
Vermont rules that apply
- No-cause notice, monthly rent, no written lease
- 60 or 90 days
- 90 after two years (21 days with weekly rent); under a written lease, 30 or 60 days before the term ends
- 9 V.S.A. § 4467(c), (e)
Ending a month-to-month tenancy
Where there is no written rental agreement and rent is paid monthly, you may end the tenancy without cause by actual notice of at least 60 days, or at least 90 days once the tenant has lived there continuously for more than two years. With weekly rent the notice is at least 21 days. Under a written agreement, a no-cause notice must come at least 30 days before the end of the stated term, or 60 days once the tenancy has lasted more than two years, and at least 7 days under a written week-to-week agreement.
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- A tenant may end a tenancy by actual notice at least one rental period before the termination date, unless a written rental agreement or other law says otherwise. 9 V.S.A. § 4456(d)
- Where there is no written agreement and you have contracted to sell the building, 30 days' actual notice is enough. 9 V.S.A. § 4467(d)
- If you rent a room in your own home with shared living room, kitchen or bathroom, either side may end the arrangement on at least 15 days' actual notice with monthly rent, or 7 days with weekly rent. 9 V.S.A. § 4467(h)
- Every notice must state the termination date. 9 V.S.A. § 4467(f)
The lease states the written-agreement periods and, as a lease term, promises 60 days' notice (90 after two years) to end a month-to-month tenancy that follows the lease term.
Rent increases
Partly readA rent increase takes effect only on the first day of the rental period that follows at least 60 days' actual notice to the tenant. Actual notice means written notice hand-delivered or mailed to the last known address; proof of first-class or certified mailing creates a presumption that it was received three days after mailing.
9 V.S.A. § 4455(b) 9 V.S.A. § 4451(1)
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- Chapter 137 sets no limit on the amount of an increase. 9 V.S.A. ch. 137 See Rent control and local rules on the Vermont page
- An owner of privately owned age-restricted housing that is not a licensed care facility must also notify the Department of Housing and Community Development and every affected resident, on the Department's form, at least 60 days before an increase, giving the amount, the effective date, the percentage over the current base rent and a copy of residents' rights. Without both notices the increase is unenforceable. Publicly subsidized housing monitored for rent limits is exempt. 9 V.S.A. § 4468a
- You may not change lease terms to retaliate against a tenant who complained about code or chapter 137 violations or joined a tenants' union. 9 V.S.A. § 4465(a) See Retaliation on the Vermont page
- Burlington has a longer local notice period: the city-hosted rental guide describes at least ninety days' written notice before a rent increase. Check the current city requirements for a Burlington address rather than using the statewide sixty-day minimum alone. Prepare the letter with the property, tenants, current and proposed rent, dollar difference and intended first rental-period date. Keep the notice, mailing or hand-delivery evidence and any response together; allow for actual receipt and any longer lease commitment before updating the payment schedule. Burlington-hosted guide to renting in Vermont 9 V.S.A. § 4455(b) 9 V.S.A. § 4451(1)
The lease's Vermont summary states that an increase takes effect on the first day of the rental period after at least 60 days' actual notice, and Rentari's rent increase notice uses 60 days.