Vermont park sale — resident rights
Vermont gives residents notice plus good-faith negotiation when a manufactured home park is sold. This page is the resident side of that law: what triggers it, who must be told, the exact clocks, and how a purchase actually gets organized — computed from the national survey of state purchase laws and the statute it cites.
Trigger: Owner intends to sell the community — written notice at least 45 days before the owner accepts an offer to purchase
Who must be told: Each homeowner and the Commissioner of Housing and Community Affairs, by certified mail
Who can act: Homeowners acting through a group representing a majority of the homeowners, or a nonprofit corporation approved by a majority of the homeowners
Households needed: about 50% — see who can act, below, for the exact form it takes.
| Step | Clock | What the statute says |
|---|---|---|
| decide and tell the owner you want to buy | 45 days from the owner’s notice | Homeowners have 45 days to decide whether to purchase and give the owner written notice. During these 45 days the owner cannot enter into a contract to sell the community. |
| make your offer and negotiate | 135 days from the owner’s notice | If a majority of homeowners give notice of intent to purchase, the owner is barred from contracting with anyone else for an additional 90 days and must negotiate in good faith and consider any homeowner offer. There is no right of first refusal. |
Total window on the main track: 135 days.
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Assigning the right: Whether the right can be assigned was not stated in the national survey summary — confirm with a local attorney or the state housing agency before counting on it.
householdThreshold is recorded as 50 because the statute requires a majority of homeowners (more than half), not a stated percentage. Total window 135 days = 45 days to decide plus 90 additional protected negotiation days. If homeowners do not give notice, the owner is unrestricted for one year so long as the sale price is no less than the notice price or substantially higher than a homeowner/nonprofit offer. Purchase may be made through a majority-approved nonprofit; the summary does not describe an assignment of rights, so assignable is null. The seller receives a tax credit of 7% of the gain on a qualifying sale.
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Rule: Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 10, § 6242 (see also tit. 32, § 5828, tax credit). Source: National Consumer Law Center, Summary of State Manufactured Home Community Purchase Laws (September 2026).
Verified October 2026. State data verified October 2026 — re-checked quarterly.
General information about how the process works in your state — not legal advice. For a contested eviction, a park-sale fight, or a title dispute with a lienholder, a local attorney or legal-aid office is the next step.