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“As a housing justice advocate and activist who has worked with some fantastic people in Winooski getting this onto the ballot, it’s obviously incredibly galling and very frustrating,” an organizer with Rights & Democracy said.

Efforts are now underway in Winooski, Montpelier, Essex, Hartford and Brattleboro to get charter changes banning “no cause” evictions on the ballot this Town Meeting Day in March, according to Tom Proctor, a housing organizer with Rights and Democracy.