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Such payment shall consist of the amount necessary to enable such displaced person to lease or rent, for a period not to exceed 42 months, a comparable replacement dwelling, but not to exceed $7,200. At the discretion of the state agency, a payment under this subsection may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under this subsection to a low-income displaced person for a comparable replacement dwelling shall take into account such person’s income.B\n\nAny person eligible for a payment under subsection A may elect to apply such payment to a down payment on, and other incidental expenses pursuant to, the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Any such person may, at the discretion of the state agency, be eligible under this subsection for the maximum payment allowed under subsection A.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":200116,"text":"In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this article, a state agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under § 25.1-409 which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by such displaced person for not less than 90 days immediately prior to (i) the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of the dwelling or (ii) if the displacement is not a direct result of acquisition, such other event as the state agency shall prescribe. Such payment shall consist of the amount necessary to enable such displaced person to lease or rent, for a period not to exceed 42 months, a comparable replacement dwelling, but not to exceed $7,200. 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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 738 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 714; in 2003, chapter 940<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 117<\/a> and 190<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 218<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71969,"section_number":"25.1-414","catch_line":"Authority of state agency where replacement housing not available; requiring person to move","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-414\/"},{"id":84767,"section_number":"25.1-415","catch_line":"Adjustments to certain benefit limits","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-415\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":84947,"section_number":"25.1-409","catch_line":"Replacement housing for homeowners","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-409\/"}],"permalink":{"id":189911,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54502,"identifier":"25.1-410","token":"25.1\/4\/2\/25.1-410","url":"\/25.1-410\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-410\/","token":"25.1\/4\/2\/25.1-410","dublin_core":{"Title":"Replacement housing for tenants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-410","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this article, a state agency<\/span> shall make a payment to or for any displaced person<\/span> displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under § 25.1-409<\/a> which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by such displaced person<\/span> for not less than 90 days immediately prior to (i) the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of the dwelling or (ii) if the displacement is not a direct result of acquisition, such other event as the state agency<\/span> shall prescribe. Such payment shall consist of the amount necessary to enable such displaced person<\/span> to lease or rent, for a period not to exceed 42 months, a comparable replacement dwelling<\/span>, but not to exceed $7,200. At the discretion of the state agency<\/span>, a payment under this subsection may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under this subsection to a low-income displaced person<\/span> for a comparable replacement dwelling<\/span> shall take into account such person<\/span>’s income. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person<\/span> eligible for a payment under subsection A may elect to apply such payment to a down payment on, and other incidental expenses pursuant to, the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Any such person<\/span> may, at the discretion of the state agency<\/span>, be eligible under this subsection for the maximum payment allowed under subsection A. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPLACEMENT HOUSING FOR TENANTS (\u00a7 25.1-410)\n\nA. In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this article, a state agency\nshall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling\nnot eligible to receive a payment under § 25.1-409 which dwelling was\nactually and lawfully occupied by such displaced person for not less than 90\ndays immediately prior to (i) the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of\nthe dwelling or (ii) if the displacement is not a direct result of acquisition,\nsuch other event as the state agency shall prescribe. Such payment shall consist\nof the amount necessary to enable such displaced person to lease or rent, for a\nperiod not to exceed 42 months, a comparable replacement dwelling, but not to\nexceed $7,200. At the discretion of the state agency, a payment under this\nsubsection may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under\nthis subsection to a low-income displaced person for a comparable replacement\ndwelling shall take into account such person’s income.\n\nB. Any person eligible for a payment under subsection A may elect to apply such\npayment to a down payment on, and other incidental expenses pursuant to, the\npurchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Any such person\nmay, at the discretion of the state agency, be eligible under this subsection\nfor the maximum payment allowed under subsection A.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 738, \u00a7 25-241; 1989, c. 714; 2003, c. 940; 2011, cc. 117,\n190; 2014, c. 218.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}