VirginiaHousing for local employees; grants for homeownership.
What it does
Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership and workforce housing alternatives. Eliminates the maximum amount a locality may provide (i) to employees of the locality, employees of the school board, and employees of constitutional officers for homeownership grants to purchase primary residences in the locality and (ii) to school division personnel for residential housing assistance grants to provide affordable workforce housing alternatives. The bill also eliminates the requirement that such grants adhere to the Virginia Housing and Development Authority regional sales price and household income limitation guidelines.
More detail
Current law imposes a maximum grant amount of $25,000 for individual grants per employee, as well as a maximum lifetime cumulative amount of $25,000 per employee. This bill is identical to HB 164.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 6Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079)Latest
- Apr 6Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 79 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 14Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 14Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 10Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 10Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB328ER)Major
- Mar 10EnrolledMinor
- Mar 4Passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 4Read third timeMinor
- Mar 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 27Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (15-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 27Reconsidered by Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
- Feb 20Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
- Feb 10Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and TownsMinor
- Feb 10Read first timeMinor
- Feb 10Placed on Calendar
- Feb 5Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- Feb 4Read second timeMinor
- Feb 3Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 3Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Feb 3Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 3Rules suspended
- Feb 2Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N 1-A)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Local Government. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Local GovernmentMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105310DIntroduced