TITLE 36. HOUSING.
§ 36-22.1 added.
Conveyance of streets; no trespass policy. Requires each housing authority to adopt a "no trespass" policy designed to protect the premises controlled by such authority and residents from nonresidents who enter the premises for unlawful purposes or without any lawful purpose. In adopting such policies, the authority shall determine whether to petition a locality or the Commonwealth to close to the public and convey to the authority any streets serving authority property. Neither a locality nor the Commonwealth shall be required to grant the conveyance. The Attorney General shall develop and distribute a model policy that takes into account any relevant constitutional limitations on such action by housing authorities, the locality or the Commonwealth; however, no housing authority is required to adopt the model policy. SB 233; CH. 585 (effective 1/1/05).
§§ 36-55.25, 36-55.26, 36-55.30, 36-55.30:2, 36-55.31, 36-55.33:1, 36-55.34:1, 36-55.37, 36-55.38, and 36-55.39 amended.
Virginia Housing Development Authority; financing of certain mixed-income and mixed-use housing developments. Authorizes the Virginia Housing Development Authority (Authority) to finance mixed-income and mixed-use housing developments in revitalization areas designated by local governments if (i) the surrounding area is predominantly of lower income or (ii) the Authority's ability to provide the low and moderate income housing will be enhanced by having a portion of the units occupied by persons and families who are not of low or moderate income. The bill limits the percentage of persons or families who are not of low and moderate income in any economically mixed project to 80 percent and provides that nonhousing buildings may not be financed by the Authority unless a certification is provided by the housing sponsor that a mortgage loan is not otherwise available from private lenders upon reasonably equivalent terms and conditions. HB 825; CH. 187.
§ 36-99.5:1 amended.
Uniform Statewide Building Code; certain housing facilities. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations in accordance with the Administrative Process Act establishing standards for such additional fire detection and suppression systems as it deems necessary to increase the safety of persons in assisted living facilities, residential dwelling units designed or developed and marketed to senior citizens, nursing homes and nursing facilities. This requirement would be in addition to the current regulations requiring smoke detectors and sprinkling systems in nursing homes and nursing facilities. SB 183; CH. 584.
§ 36-99.6:3 added.
Uniform Statewide Building Code; regulation of HVAC facilities. Provides that the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) establishing standards for heating, ventilation, and airconditioning (HVAC) facilities in new, privately owned residential dwellings. HB 423; CH. 132.
§ 36-105 amended; § 36-105.1:1added.
Uniform Statewide Building Code; enforcement; rental inspections. Clarifies the inspection authority of local building officials for existing commercial and residential buildings or structures, including the authority of a local governing body to adopt and enforce an inspection program for residential dwelling units that are rented to tenants pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act (§ 55-217 et seq.) or the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act (§ 55-248.2 et seq.). The bill sets out the procedures for localities to conduct rental inspections and the fees therefore. The bill contains technical amendments. HB 828; CH. 851 (effective - see bill).
§ 36-135 amended.
Board of Housing and Community Development; membership. Increases the membership of the Board of Housing and Community Development from 13 to 14 by adding the Director of Regulatory Compliance of the Virginia Building Officials Association and specifies his term. HB 123; CH. 944.
§ 36-139.8. See § 2.2-2238; SB 3.
§§ 15.2-2418, 36-155, 36-156, and 36-169 amended.
Housing Funds. Eliminates the requirement for the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide reports to the legislative committees on the Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund, the Virginia Removal or Rehabilitation of Derelict Structures Fund, and the Housing Revitalization Zone Fund. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Operations, Practices, Duties, and Funding of the Commonwealth's Agencies, Boards, Commissions, Councils, and Other Governmental Entities pursuant to HJR 159 (2002). The bill also removes the requirement that fifty percent of all monies received by localities from the Virginia Removal or Rehabilitation of Derelict Structures Fund be utilized in housing revitalization zones. SB 4; CH. 577.