Couture v. Burlington Housing Authority (In Re Couture)

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• concluding that the Vermont Supreme Court would find that the Chapter 7 debtors retained possessory interest in their apartment until execution of the writ of possession
• finding that Vermont tenant can avoid eviction by paying rental arrearage before execution of writ of possession
• finding that Vermont tenant can avoid eviction by paying rental arrearage before execution of writ of possession
• lift of automatic stay resulting in public housing debtor’s eviction violated § 525(a)
• although section 365(g) provides that the rejection of a lease constitutes a breach, the breach does not terminate an unexpired lease; ”[t]o so hold would be to find that a lease otherwise not in default under state law would be terminated by the trustee's failure to assume it.”

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