Housing

Passed

P HB1678

Uniform Statewide Building Code; inspection of rental property. Authorizes a local governing body to adopt ordinances to inspect residential rental property for compliance with the Building Code. The bill specifies which residential rental property can be subject to such rental inspection program, which properties may be exempted from a rental inspection program, and authorizes the local governing body to charge a fee of not more than $50 for the inspection. The bill also provides that any ordinance adopted before July 1, 2003 shall be brought into compliance with this bill by July 1, 2004 or such previously existing ordinances shall be void. The bill contains a technical amendment.
Patron - Rapp

P HB1989

Regional housing authorities. Provides that if a regional housing authority consists of only two counties, the counties may agree to appoint two commissioners each to the authority, rather than one member each.
Patron - Bloxom

P HB1990

Housing; appointment of commissioners of regional housing authorities. Provides that where federal housing law requires the appointment of a Section 8 tenant as a commissioner, the commissioners of the regional housing authority shall appoint at least one but not more than two such commissioners. The executive director of the regional housing authority shall prepare a slate of eligible candidates for appointment for the commissioners' consideration. However, the appointing commissioners shall not be required to make appointments from such slate. The bill is identical to SB 1182.
Patron - Bloxom

P HB2123

Uniform Statewide Building Code; basis for regulation. Requires that the Building Code specifically include provisions to prevent overcrowding, rodent or insect infestation, and garbage accumulation, in addition to other existing standards for public health and safety.
Patron - Reid

P HB2299

State Building Code Technical Review Board; membership. Provides that the heating and cooling contractor member may be selected from a combined slate presented by the Virginia Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors and the Virginia Chapters of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America. Currently the member may be selected from a slate presented by the Virginia Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors.
Patron - Devolites

P HB2467

Virginia Housing Development Authority and the Board of Housing and Community Development; membership. Makes the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development a voting member of the commissioners of the Virginia Housing Development Authority and the Executive Director of the Authority a voting member of the Board of Housing and Community Development. Currently, both directors serve as nonvoting members of their respective bodies.
Patron - Stump

P HB2480

Uniform Statewide Building Code; regulations of the Board of Housing and Community Development; new building products. Authorizes the Board of Housing and Community Development (the Board), upon finding that sufficient allegations exist regarding failures noted in several localities of performance standards by either building materials, methods, or design, to conduct hearings on such allegations if it determines that such alleged failures, if proven, would have an adverse impact on the health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth. After at least 21 days' written notice, the Board shall convene a hearing to consider such allegations. Such notice shall be given to the known manufacturers of the subject building material and as many other interested parties, industry representatives, and trade groups as can reasonably be identified. Following the hearing, the Board, upon a finding that (i) the current technical or administrative Code provisions allow use of or result in defective or deficient building materials, methods, or designs, and (ii) immediate action is necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth, may issue amended regulations establishing interim performance standards and Code provisions for the installation, application, and use of such building materials, methods, or designs in the Commonwealth. Such amended regulations shall become effective upon their publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations and shall be effective for a period of 24 months or until adopted, modified, or repealed by the Board.
Patron - Drake

P HB2683

Uniform Statewide Building Code; rehabilitation and maintenance of existing buildings. Allows the Board of Housing and Community Development to establish a modification provision in the Uniform Statewide Building Code to facilitate the rehabilitation of existing buildings and structures including procedures to be used by local building departments in the evaluation and granting of modifications for any provisions of the Building Code.
Patron - Van Landingham

P SB1182

P SB1290

Occupancy permits. Provides that the disclaimer or disclosure form provided by the seller in a residential sale to inform the purchaser that the seller must provide a copy of the certificate of occupancy to the purchaser upon closing, unless the purchaser has acknowledged in writing that the certificate of occupancy has not been issued at the time of the purchase.
Patron - Puckett

P SB1318

Regional housing authorities; appointment of commissioners. Provides that where a regional housing authority consists of only two counties, the board of supervisors of each county included in such regional housing authority may appoint two persons as commissioners of such authority. This bill is identical to HB 1989.
Patron - Rerras

Failed

F HB1940

Housing; Elevator Safety Act; penalty. Creates the Elevator Safety Act to provide for regulation by the Board of Housing and Community Development of the installation and maintenance of elevators to ensure the safety of life and limb, and to promote public safety awareness. The bill provides definitions of the types of equipment covered by the Elevator Safety Act and provides for criminal penalties for violation. The bill creates a special classification for elevator contractors licensed by the Board for Contractors.
Patron - Drake

F HB2081

Redevelopment and housing authorities; appointment. Provides that no city, after July 1, 2003, may appoint more than one member of city council, or other officer or employee of the city, as a commissioner of a redevelopment and housing authority. The bill provides that its provisions shall not be construed to affect existing appointments for which the terms have not expired. However, any new appointments made after July 1, 2003, shall be made in accordance with the bill.
Patron - Gear

F HB2449

Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Provides that the use of words or symbols associated with a particular religion, national origin, sex, or race may be evidence of an illegal preference under the Virginia Fair Housing Law. Current law mandates that the use of such words or symbols shall be prima facie evidence of an illegal preference. The bill also removes language preventing the use of a general disclaimer.
Patron - Griffith

F HB2528

Uniform Statewide Building Code; visitability standards. Requires certain single-family dwellings that are built with federal, state, or local assistance to meet minimum standards for visitability. This bill is identical to SB 1087.
Patron - Almand

F HB2644

Housing Authorities; powers. Requires a housing authority to hold a public hearing prior to the public or private sale of any parcel of real property that it owns with an estimated value of $50,000 or more.
Patron - Sears

F SB867

Uniform Statewide Building Code; construction standards for affordable housing. Requires single-family affordable housing for individuals and families of low and moderate income that are built with funds awarded by the state or federal government to meet additional construction requirements for visitability.
Patron - Puller

F SB1087

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