VirginiaLocal anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty.
What it does
Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt anti-rent gouging provisions. The bill provides for notice and a public hearing prior to the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlords who are under the ordinance may be required to give at least two months' written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's calculated allowance, described in the bill as the maximum amount a landlord can increase a tenant's rent during any 12-month period, in effect at the time of the increase.
More detail
The bill sets such allowance as equal to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index or seven percent, whichever is less, states that such allowance is effective for a 12-month period beginning July 1 each year, and requires the locality to publish such allowance on its website by June 1 of each year. Certain facilities, as outlined in the bill, are exempt from such ordinance. The bill also allows a locality to establish an anti-rent gouging board that will develop and implement rules and procedures by which landlords may apply for and be granted exemptions from the rent increase limits set by the ordinance. Finally, the bill provides that a locality may establish a civil penalty for failure to comply with the requirements set out in the ordinance.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2024
- Nov 18Left in Courts of JusticeLatest
- Feb 7Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
- Feb 7Committee amendment
- Feb 5Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with amendment(s) (Voice Vote)
- Feb 5House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Jan 29Assigned Courts sub: CivilMinor
- Jan 26Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 26Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (11-Y 9-N)Minor
- Jan 25Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 25Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
- Jan 16Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and TownsMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104529DIntroduced