Housing
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 16 - Cole - Constitutional amendment; localities to establish either income or financial worth limitations. | (H) Committee on Privileges and Elections (S) Committee on Privileges and Elections | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490) | 04/11/10 |
| notes: Provides for a referendum at the November 2010 election on the approval of a proposed constitutional amendment relating to property exempt from taxation. The proposed amendment allows the General Assembly to authorize localities to establish their own income or financial worth limitations for purposes of granting property tax relief for homeowners not less than 65 years of age or permanently and totally disabled. The Constitution presently requires a showing that the homeowners granted property tax relief bear an extraordinary tax burden on the property in relation to their income or financial worth as provided by the General Assembly by state law. | |||
| HB 44 - Oder - Fire or homeowners insurance policy; coverage for damages or replacement of Chinese drywall. | (H) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (H) Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter | 02/11/10 |
| notes: Declares that exclusions in an insurance policy on an owner-occupied dwelling for property damage from environmental pollution or from defects in material, construction, or design or from deterioration shall not be construed in a manner that limits or excludes coverage for property damage resulting from sulfur compounds released from Chinese drywall or for the replacement of the Chinese drywall. The measure also provides that an insurance policy is not subject to cancellation on grounds that the dwelling is vacant or unoccupied beyond a period of 60 consecutive days if the dwelling's vacancy is due to either (i) work to remove or replace Chinese drywall or (ii) the dwelling posing a substantial risk to human health as a result of gas released from the Chinese drywall. The measure will be in force from its passage. | |||
| HB 213 - Toscano - Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Landlord and Tenant law; definition of landlord. | (H) Committee on General Laws (S) Committee on General Laws and Technology | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180) | 03/29/10 |
| notes: Provides that the definition of landlord in the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and the Landlord and Tenant law does not include community land trust. The bill defines a community land trust. | |||
| HB 232 - Dance - Rental property; civil penalty imposed on certain property owners. | (H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns | (H) Left in Counties, Cities and Towns | 02/16/10 |
| notes: Allows a locality to adopt an ordinance to impose civil penalties on a property owner of four or fewer rental units who allows tenants to create certain outlined nuisances, including disorderly conduct, indecent exposure, profane swearing and intoxication in public, and excessive noise, against the community within a 12-month period. This bill has been recommended by the Housing Commission. | |||
| HB 233 - Dance - Affordable housing units; assessments. | (H) Committee on Finance (S) Committee on Finance | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0824) | 04/21/10 |
| notes: Determines that capitalization rates for valuation shall not be reduced for affordable housing units, and that the taxpayer shall have the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to determine that the valuation is erroneous. Assessments on affordable rental housing shall be deemed presumptively correct for two years or the remainder of the assessment cycle, whichever occurs first. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. | |||
| HB 960 - Ingram - Local or regional housing fund; locality may establish to make grants to housing sponsers, etc. | (H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns (S) Committee on Local Government | (S) Subject matter referred by letter to the Virginia Housing Commission pursuant to Senate Rule 20(L) | 03/02/10 |
| notes: Provides that any locality may establish by resolution a housing fund, the purpose of which will be to assist for-profit or nonprofit housing developers or organizations to develop or preserve affordable housing for low and moderate income persons. | |||
| HB 967 - Peace - Assisted living facility and group home; no more than 8 aged, infirmed, etc., persons shall reside. | (H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns (S) Committee on Local Government | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0847) | 04/21/10 |
| notes: Expands certain provisions that currently apply to the Counties of Arlington and York statewide. The existing provisions declare that zoning ordinances for all purposes shall consider a residential facility in which no more than eight aged, infirm, or disabled persons reside with one or more resident counselors or other staff persons as residential occupancy by a single family. | |||
| SB 262 - Whipple - Aging, Department for; publicize guidelines on universal design and visitability features. | (H) Committee on General Laws (S) Committee on General Laws and Technology | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662) | 04/12/10 |
| notes: Requires the Department for the Aging to develop guidelines on universal design and visitability features to make structures and dwellings accessible for older Virginians and people who develop mobility impairment. The guidelines are also required to be disseminated to the public and posted on the Department's website. | |||
| SB 458 - McEachin - Income tax credits; landlords participating in housing choice voucher programs. | (H) Committee on Finance (S) Committee on Finance | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0608) | 04/11/10 |
| notes:
Establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit beginning with the 2010 taxable year for landlords who participate in a housing choice voucher program. Eligible landlords would receive a tax credit equal to 10 percent of the fair market value of the rent for each qualified housing unit. Qualified housing units would be dwelling units located in the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area that are included in a housing choice voucher program. The Department of Housing and Community Development would administer the tax credit. The Department would not be allowed to issue more than $400,000 in tax credits in any fiscal year. Tax credits would be allowed only for that portion of the taxable year in which a dwelling unit was included in a housing choice voucher program. The bill provides a five-year carryforward period for unused tax credits. |
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| SB 523 - Norment - Disaster Response Fund; funds to be disbursed for removal of Chinese drywall hazardous materials. | (H) Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety (S) Committee on General Laws and Technology | (H) Stricken from docket by Militia, Police and Public Safety | 02/26/10 |
| notes: Authorizes funds from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund to be disbursed to political subdivisions for the removal of hazardous materials from, and subsequent repair of, dwelling units. | |||
| SB 616 - Locke - Rental assistance pilot project; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish. | (H) Committee on General Laws (S) Committee on Finance | (H) Left in General Laws | 03/14/10 |
| notes: Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a three-year rental assistance pilot project and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Housing Commission. | |||
| SB 633 - Stosch - Neighborhood assistance tax credits; changes definition of impoverished people. | (H) Committee on Finance (S) Committee on Finance | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164) | 03/11/10 |
| notes: Changes the definition of "impoverished people" for education proposals under the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit program from 180 percent to 200 percent of the current federal poverty guidelines. As a condition of eligibility for a neighborhood assistance tax credit, current law requires that at least 50 percent of the persons served by a neighborhood organization are impoverished people. | |||
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