DOOLEY, Justice.
Plaintiff, Highgate Associates, Ltd., the owner of a federally subsidized housing project in Barre, appeals the trial court's ruling that the late charge provision contained in its lease agreements is void as an unenforceable penalty. We affirm.
Defendant, Lorna Merryfield, occupied an apartment in the project beginning in January of 1986. The lease contained the following provision:
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