(Housing) Housing
HB 29 Budget Bill.Chief patron: Torian Summary as introduced:
02/28/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate HB 30 Budget Bill.Chief patron: Torian Summary as introduced:
02/28/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate HB 247 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance by certain landlords, tenant remedies.Chief patron: Glass Summary as introduced:
01/24/24 House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered HB 377 Zoning; traffic impact statements.Chief patron: Owen Summary as introduced:
01/07/24 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns HB 477 Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; extends expiration of Program to July 1, 2025.Chief patron: Coyner Summary as introduced: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration. Extends the expiration of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program to July 1, 2025. Currently, the Program is set to expire on July 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 50.
02/22/24 House: Signed by Speaker HB 572 Manufactured home parks; resident rights.Chief patron: Delaney Summary as passed House: Manufactured home parks; resident rights. Provides that a rental agreement with a term of one year or more will not be automatically renewed if the tenant notifies the landlord in writing 60 days prior to the expiration date of such tenant's intent to not renew the agreement. The bill permits a tenant to not renew a rental agreement due to a change in terms of the agreement by the landlord if such tenant notifies the landlord of his intent to not renew the rental agreement within 30 days of receiving the notice of the change in terms. The bill allows a landlord to include in a written rental agreement a late fee, not to exceed 10 percent of the amount of the rent due and owed, for unpaid rental payments. The bill removes the right of a tenant or landlord to terminate a rental agreement with a term of 60 days or more by written notice at least 60 days prior to the termination date of the agreement. This bill is identical to SB 232.
02/29/24 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB572ER) HB 597 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.Chief patron: Price Summary as introduced: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a rental dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not promptly corrected, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of tenants or occupants of the premises, a locality may institute an action for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the rental dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition, provided that (i) the property where the violation occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the locality and (ii) the locality has notified the landlord who owns the property, either directly or through the managing agent, of the nature of the violation and the landlord has failed to remedy the violation to the satisfaction of the locality within a reasonable time after receiving such notice. This bill is identical to SB 479.
03/01/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 HB 598 Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.Chief patron: Price Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. Increases from five days to 14 days the mandatory waiting period after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. The bill also provides that if a summons for unlawful detainer is filed to terminate a tenancy specifically for nonpayment of rent pursuant to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, the initial hearing on such summons shall occur as soon as practicable, but not more than 14 days from the date of filing, and if the case cannot be heard within 14 days from the date of filing, the initial hearing shall be held as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 21 days after the date of the filing.
03/05/24 Senate: Substitute by Senator Aird agreed to 24108579D-S1 HB 634 Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer.Chief patron: Simon Summary as introduced: Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer. Prohibits a locality from enacting or enforcing an ordinance that bans the rental of residential dwelling units for 30 consecutive days or longer. The bill allows a locality by ordinance to regulate such rental if such regulations (i) are reasonable and (ii) do not exceed the requirements for an owner-occupied residential property or a residential property rented for a lease term of 12 months or more in the same zoning district. This bill is identical to SB 308.
02/29/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB634ER) HB 695 Short-term rentals; Department of Taxation to establish a registry, civil penalty.Chief patron: Ware Summary as introduced: The bill states that the Department shall provide the commissioner of the revenue for each locality with access to the registry and information contained therein. The commissioner of the revenue shall notify an accommodations intermediary of any short-term rental on its platform that is not lawfully authorized to be offered on its platform, and the accommodations intermediary shall remove any such listing from its platform. Under the bill, any accommodations intermediary who does not remove such a listing from its platform shall be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000, to be paid into the Virginia Housing Trust Fund.
02/06/24 House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered HB 701 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; routine maintenance, notice to tenant.Chief patron: Feggans Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; routine maintenance; notice to tenant. Requires landlords to include in the tenant's notice of routine maintenance the last date on which such maintenance may possibly be performed. The bill also requires landlords to perform routine maintenance within 14 days of delivering such notice to the tenant.
02/22/24 House: Signed by Speaker HB 721 Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty.Chief patron: Clark Summary as introduced:
01/29/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil HB 733 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; units occupied by elderly tenants.Chief patron: Sewell Summary as introduced:
01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws HB 764 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement.Chief patron: Delaney Summary as passed: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement; victims of sexual abuse or criminal sexual assault. Provides that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse, sexual abuse, or other criminal sexual assault may terminate such tenant's obligations under a rental agreement if the tenant has obtained a permanent protective order and has given proper written notice of termination. Under current law, there must be a family abuse protective order or a conviction before the tenant may terminate such obligations under a rental agreement.
03/05/24 House: Signed by Speaker HB 817 VA Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct.Chief patron: McClure Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct prohibited. Adds numerous actions to the list of prohibited retaliatory actions by a landlord against a tenant under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act and specifies actions by a tenant for which a landlord may not retaliate. The bill modifies and expands the list of actions a landlord may take without violating the prohibition on retaliation. The bill allows a tenant, when the landlord has unlawfully retaliated, to recover actual damages and to assert retaliation as a defense in any action brought against him for possession.
02/29/24 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB817ER) HB 878 Affordable housing; purchase of development rights.Chief patron: Bulova Summary as introduced:
02/22/24 Senate: Passed by for the day HB 900 Zoning; developmental and use of accessory dwelling units.Chief patron: Srinivasan Summary as introduced:
01/23/24 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 HB 955 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; summary of rental agreement provisions.Chief patron: Lopez Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Department of Housing and Community Development; summary of rental agreement provisions. Requires landlords to include, upon request, a summary page with any written rental agreement offered to a prospective tenant that includes the duration of the lease, the amount of rent and the date upon which such rent shall be due, an explanation of any deposits and late fees that may be charged, and any termination provisions. The bill also directs the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a sample summary page to be used by landlords to summarize the provisions of the lease agreement and to maintain such sample summary page on the Department's website in English and any language for which any locality in the Commonwealth regularly provides official government communications. The bill also requires any landlord who owns or manages more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in any locality in the Commonwealth that regularly provides official government communications in languages other than English to provide, upon request of a prospective tenant, such summary page in any of such languages using the sample summary page developed by the Director.
03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) HB 957 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's remedies, condemnation of dwelling unit.Chief patron: Lopez Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit due to condemnation. Provides that the landlord shall be liable to the tenant for actual damages and reasonable attorney fees if the tenant gave notice to the landlord during the tenancy that his dwelling unit was in violation of an applicable building code, such violation posed a substantial risk to the health, safety, and welfare of a tenant, and such violation resulted in the tenant being excluded from his dwelling unit due to such unit being condemned. The bill includes exceptions to such liability including negligence by the tenant, an act of God, and termination due to certain fire damage.
03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) HB 967 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement.Chief patron: Lopez Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement. Requires landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to include on the first page of a written rental agreement, in bold, 14-point type, a description of any rent and fees to be charged to the tenant. The bill requires that such rental agreement also contain, in bold, 14-point type: No fee shall be collected unless it is listed below. This bill is identical to SB 405.
02/29/24 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB967ER) HB 993 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited provisions, fees for maintenance.Chief patron: Tran Summary as passed: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited fees. Prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from requiring a tenant to (i) pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any unit subject to such rental agreement unless necessitated by the tenant's violation of a requirement of the Act or (ii) pay any fee to submit periodic rent payments or other amounts due, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees. This bill is identical to SB 422.
03/05/24 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB993ER) HB 996 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, etc.Chief patron: Anthony Summary as passed House: Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; notice of tenant screening criteria. Requires landlords governed by the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act or Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act to provide applicants for tenancy with (i) the amount and purpose of fees to be charged to such applicant, (ii) information that will be used to assess such applicant's eligibility for tenancy, and (iii) any criteria that may result in automatic denial of an application. The bill requires such landlords to notify applicants of certain rights protected by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act if the landlord takes an adverse action, as defined in the bill, after reviewing an application. Finally, the bill requires such landlords to refund any funds received in excess of the landlord's actual expenses and damages, after the landlord's rejection of an application or an applicant's failure to rent a unit upon being notified of his eligibility for tenancy.
03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) HB 1028 Affordable housing; assisted living facilities.Chief patron: Reaser Summary as passed House: Affordable housing; assisted living facilities. Allows localities that have adopted an affordable housing program to require that in an application for a special exception or special use permit affordable rental units be included for any proposed development of an assisted living facility. Such ordinance shall apply to newly licensed assisted living facilities and permit applications approved on or after January 1, 2025.
02/28/24 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) HB 1096 Housing opportunity; increases tax credit.Chief patron: Thomas Summary as introduced:
02/05/24 House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered HB 1105 Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program; created, affordable dwelling unit policy incentives.Chief patron: Carr Summary as passed House: Housing; Zoning for Housing Production Fund created; affordable dwelling unit policy incentives; report. Creates the Zoning for Housing Production Program to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department). To be eligible for a grant from the Program, a locality is required to make a change to its zoning policies to allow for by-right development that is expected to further the goal of creating and maintaining mixed-income communities, affordable housing, and moderately priced housing, as those terms are defined in the bill. The Department of Housing and Community Development is required to establish certain guidelines and to notify the localities of the existence and purpose of the Program no later than September 1, 2024. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
03/07/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate HB 1122 Affordable housing; City of Richmond has authority to provide.Chief patron: Carr Summary as introduced:
01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102665D HB 1124 Faith in Housing for the Commonwealth Act; construction of affordable housing.Chief patron: Carr Summary as introduced:
01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104730D HB 1203 Landlords, participating; increases tax credit that may be issued.Chief patron: Willett Summary as passed House: Tax credit for participating landlords. Increases from $250,000 to $500,000 the maximum amount of tax credits that may be issued to participating landlords, as defined in relevant law, each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2025 and provides that, in the event that the amount of the qualified requests for tax credits for such participating landlords in the fiscal year exceeds $500,000, the Department of Housing and Community Development will prorate the tax credits among the qualified applicants. The bill also creates a pilot program that earmarks $100,000 for tax credits provided to a participating landlord renting a qualified housing unit in an eligible non-metropolitan census tract, as those terms are defined in the bill.
03/05/24 House: Enrolled HB 1207 Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening model policy.Chief patron: Hayes Summary as passed: Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing; criminal record screening model policy. Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department) to develop a criminal record screening model policy for admitting or denying an applicant for affordable housing covered under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's guidance on the application of the Fair Housing Act and maintain such model policy on its website. The bill prohibits a landlord of an affordable housing unit from inquiring about or requiring disclosure of, or if such information is received, basing an adverse action, in whole or in part, on an applicant's criminal or arrest record unless the landlord does so in accordance with the criminal record screening model policy developed by the Department and posted on its website and provides the applicant with a written copy of such policy. The bill directs the Department to convene a stakeholder group to provide input into the development of the criminal record screening model policy. This bill is identical to SB 588.
03/05/24 House: Enrolled HB 1251 VA Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, court escrow account.Chief patron: Cousins Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord; rent escrow; relief. Removes the requirement that, prior to the granting of any relief, a tenant shall pay into escrow any amount of rent called for under the rental agreement. The bill requires the tenant, during the pendency of the action, to pay into escrow the amount of rent that becomes due subsequent to the initial court date called for under the rental agreement within five days of the date due under such rental agreement, unless or until such amount is modified by a subsequent order of the court. The bill also provides that a failure of the tenant to make timely payments into escrow shall not be grounds for dismissal of the underlying action but may be considered by the court when issuing an order.
02/29/24 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1251ER) HB 1253 Affordable dwelling unit ordinances; accessible units for persons with a physical disability.Chief patron: McClure Summary as introduced:
01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103384D HB 1270 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation, prohibited acts.Chief patron: McQuinn Summary as passed House: Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation. Makes it a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to sell or offer for sale services as a professional mold remediator to be performed upon any residential dwelling without holding a mold remediation specialist certification from the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC).
03/04/24 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to HB 1271 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, etc.Chief patron: Callsen Summary as introduced:
01/10/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws HB 1272 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant.Chief patron: Callsen Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant. Requires a landlord to provide a copy of the signed written rental agreement to the tenant within 10 business days of the effective date of the rental agreement and to provide additional hard copies of the rental agreement upon request or to maintain such rental agreement in an electronic format that can be easily accessed by or shared with the tenant upon request. The bill also prohibits a landlord from charging a tenant for any such additional copies of his rental agreement.
03/08/24 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1272ER) HB 1397 Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park, notice of sale and relocation expenses.Chief patron: Krizek Summary as passed House: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park; notice of sale and relocation expenses. Requires a manufactured home park owner to provide notice to the Department of Housing and Community Development and each manufactured home park tenant 90 days prior to unconditionally accepting an offer to purchase a manufactured home park. The bill permits an entity of tenants to negotiate for purchase of the manufactured home park. The bill also requires the manufactured home park owner provide notice to the locality in which the manufactured home park is located if the locality delivers a proposed purchase agreement with substantially similar terms and conditions as the entity of tenants to the manufactured home park owner. The bill provides an additional 60-day period for an entity to obtain financing for the purchase of a manufactured home park. The bill requires that its provisions be liberally construed to preserve affordable housing and expand the opportunities for owners of manufactured homes to purchase a manufactured home park. The bill provides for $5,000 in relocation expenses for a manufactured home owner if a rental agreement is terminated due to the sale of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop the park and change its use. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly.
03/06/24 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to HB 1398 Affordable housing; creates framework for localities to preserve housing.Chief patron: Bennett-Parker Summary as passed House: Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to implement an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for a period of not less than 15 years. The bill requires that any locality adopting such an ordinance to preserve affordable housing submit an annual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development by December 31.
03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) HB 1421 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; expands eligibility for loans.Chief patron: Morefield Summary as introduced:
01/18/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws HB 1446 Real property tax; assessment of real property used for affordable housing.Chief patron: Coyner Summary as introduced:
02/02/24 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 HB 1461 Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator.Chief patron: Mundon King Summary as passed House: Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator. Prohibits a locality from barring an operator, as defined in existing law, from offering such property as a short-term rental solely on the basis that the operator is a lessee or sublessee of such property, provided that the property owner has granted permission for its use as a short-term rental. The bill adds an attestation that the property owner has granted such permission if the operator is a lessee or sublessee to the information that an operator must provide to annually register such short-term rental.
03/05/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108491D-S1 HB 1475 Uniform Statewide Building Code; certain building owners and operators to supply cooling, etc.Chief patron: Keys-Gamarra Summary as passed House: Board of Housing and Community Development; Uniform Statewide Building Code; building owners and operators to supply cooling by April 1 and heating by October 1. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to evaluate revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to require that owners and operators of certain apartment buildings begin to supply cooling by April 1 and heat by October 1 of each year to maintain certain temperatures. Under the current regulations, such cooling period begins May 15 and such heating period begins October 15.
03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) HB 1482 Unlawful detainer actions; no rental agreement between owner and occupant.Chief patron: Leftwich Summary as passed House: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; unlawful detainer action; emergency hearings. Provides for an emergency hearing to occur on a summons for unlawful detainer filed by an owner of a residential single family dwelling unit if the court finds based upon the evidence that (i) no rental agreement exists or has ever existed between the owner and the occupant; (ii) the occupant occupies such dwelling unit without permission of such owner; and (iii) the owner has given such occupant a written notice to vacate such dwelling unit at least 72 hours prior to the date of filing. Under the bill, an emergency hearing on such summons shall occur as soon as practicable, but not more than 14 days from the date of filing.
03/08/24 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1482ER) HB 1487 DHCD; translation of certain forms and documents into five non-English languages on website, etc.Chief patron: Tran Summary as passed House: Department of Housing and Community Development; forms and documents for landlords and tenants; translation into non-English languages. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to translate all forms and documents that the Department is mandated by law to create and that are posted on its website for use by residential landlords and tenants into the five non-English languages most commonly spoken in Virginia. The bill allows the Department to accept materials translated by volunteers but shall verify the accuracy of such translations prior to making such translations available on its website.
03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) HB 1522 Assisted living facilities and group homes; location in localities.Chief patron: Higgins Summary as introduced:
01/19/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24105297D HB 1538 Manufactured home; conversion to real property.Chief patron: Kilgore Summary as passed House: Conversion of manufactured home to real property. Establishes a process whereby a manufactured home owner who is not listed as the owner of such manufactured home on its title may detitle such manufactured home in order to convert the home to real property.
03/04/24 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1538ER) HJ 58 Constitutional amendment; exemption of property owned and occupied by persons of low income, etc.Chief patron: Carr Summary as introduced:
01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102668D SB 29 Budget Bill.Chief patron: Lucas Summary as introduced:
02/22/24 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) SB 30 Budget Bill.Chief patron: Lucas Summary as introduced:
02/22/24 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) SB 195 Uniform Statewide Building Code; Board of HCD to convene advisory group to evaluate.Chief patron: VanValkenburg Summary as passed: Board of Housing and Community Development; stakeholder advisory group; report. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development (the Board) to convene a stakeholder advisory group including fire code officials to evaluate and recommend revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to permit Group R-2 occupancies to be served by a single exit, provided that the building has not more than six stories above grade plane. The bill requires the stakeholder advisory group to submit its findings and recommendations to the Board and to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology no later than December 1, 2024. This bill is identical to HB 368.
03/08/24 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB195ER) SB 233 Faith in Housing for the Commonwealth Act; construction of affordable housing.Chief patron: Hashmi Summary as introduced:
01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104744D SB 308 Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer.Chief patron: McPike Summary as introduced: Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer. Prohibits a locality from enacting or enforcing an ordinance that bans the rental of residential dwelling units for 30 consecutive days or longer. The bill allows a locality by ordinance to regulate such rental if such regulations (i) are reasonable and (ii) do not exceed the requirements for an owner-occupied residential property or a residential property rented for a lease term of 12 months or more in the same zoning district. This bill is identical to HB 634.
03/06/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB308ER) SB 405 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement.Chief patron: Boysko Summary as passed Senate: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement. Requires landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to include on the first page of a written rental agreement, in bold, 14-point type, a description of any rent and fees to be charged to the tenant. The bill requires that such rental agreement also contain, in bold, 14-point type: No fee shall be collected unless it is listed below. This bill is identical to HB 967.
02/28/24 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB405ER) SB 422 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited provisions, fees for maintenance.Chief patron: Ebbin Summary as passed Senate: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited fees. Prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from requiring a tenant to (i) pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any unit subject to such rental agreement unless necessitated by the tenant's violation of a requirement of the Act or (ii) pay any fee to submit periodic rent payments or other amounts due, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees. This bill is identical to HB 993.
03/06/24 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB422ER) SB 430 Residential development in certain areas; affordable housing.Chief patron: VanValkenburg Summary as introduced:
01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104605D SB 479 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.Chief patron: Aird Summary as introduced: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a rental dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not promptly corrected, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of tenants or occupants of the premises, a locality may institute an action for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the rental dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition, provided that (i) the property where the violation occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the locality and (ii) the locality has notified the landlord who owns the property, either directly or through the managing agent, of the nature of the violation and the landlord has failed to remedy the violation to the satisfaction of the locality within a reasonable time after receiving such notice. This bill is identical to HB 597.
02/28/24 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB479ER) SB 489 VA residential development infrastructure fund; feasibility of establishing, report.Chief patron: Carroll Foy Summary as passed Senate: Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia residential development infrastructure fund; work group; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a work group to assess the feasibility of and options for establishing a Virginia residential development infrastructure fund. The bill directs the work group to submit a report of its assessment to the General Assembly no later than the first day of the 2025 Regular Session.
03/07/24 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB489ER) SB 512 Income tax, state; adaptive repurposing of underutilized structures.Chief patron: Williams Graves Summary as introduced:
01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100320D SB 555 First-time homebuyer; creates a tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028.Chief patron: Williams Graves Summary as introduced:
01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101832D SB 588 Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening model policy.Chief patron: Lucas Summary as passed Senate: Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing; criminal record screening model policy. Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department) to develop a criminal record screening model policy for admitting or denying an applicant for affordable housing covered under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's guidance on the application of the Fair Housing Act and maintain such model policy on its website. The bill prohibits a landlord of an affordable housing unit from inquiring about or requiring disclosure of, or if such information is received, basing an adverse action, in whole or in part, on an applicant's criminal or arrest record unless the landlord does so in accordance with the criminal record screening model policy developed by the Department and posted on its website and provides the applicant with a written copy of such policy. The bill directs the Department to convene a stakeholder group to provide input into the development of the criminal record screening model policy. This bill is identical to HB 1207.
02/28/24 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB588ER) SB 596 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance with rental agreement.Chief patron: Ebbin Summary as introduced:
01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104621D SB 597 Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority, comprehensive plan.Chief patron: McPike Summary as passed Senate: Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority; comprehensive plan. Authorizes any locality in the Commonwealth to provide for an affordable housing dwelling unit program by amending the zoning ordinance of such locality. Current law restricts such authorization to counties with an urban county executive form of government or county manager plan of government and certain other localities. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
03/07/24 House: Delegates: Krizek, Cole, Coyner SB 680 Manufactured homes; conversion to real property.Chief patron: Rouse Summary as introduced:
01/17/24 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24105362D SB 681 Virginia Housing Trust Fund; expands eligibility for loans.Chief patron: Durant Summary as introduced:
01/17/24 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24104431D Counts: HB: 44 HJ: 1 SB: 17 |