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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 687 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2013, chapter 754<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67912,"section_number":"10.1-1329","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1329\/"},{"id":67323,"section_number":"36-137","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board; appointment of Building Code Academy Advisory Committee","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-137\/"},{"id":69411,"section_number":"36-149","catch_line":"Formation of corporation","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-149\/"},{"id":65698,"section_number":"54.1-2113","catch_line":"Establishment and maintenance of fund, duty of Director, assessments of regulants","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2113\/"},{"id":78911,"section_number":"54.1-2354.5","catch_line":"Common Interest Community Management Recovery Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2354.5\/"},{"id":76366,"section_number":"58.1-344.3","catch_line":"Voluntary contributions of refunds requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-344.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54925,"section_number":"36-55.24","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-55.24\/"}],"permalink":{"id":209625,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84587,"identifier":"36-141","token":"36\/9\/36-141","url":"\/36-141\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-141\/","token":"36\/9\/36-141","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-141","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the Board<\/span> of Housing and Community Development.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Housing and Community Development.\n\t\t“Fund<\/span>” means the Virginia Housing Trust Fund<\/span> created by this chapter.\n\t\t“HDA<\/span>” means the Virginia Housing Development<\/span> Authority created in Chapter 1.2 (\u00a7 36-55.24<\/a> et seq.).\n\t\t“Housing development<\/span>” or “housing project<\/span>” means any work or undertaking, whether new construction or rehabilitation, which is designed and financed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the primary purpose of providing affordable sanitary, decent and safe dwelling accommodations for persons and families of low or moderate income in need of housing; such work or undertaking may include any buildings, land, equipment, facilities, or other real or personal properties which are necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, including but not limited to streets, sewers, utilities, parks, site preparation, landscaping, and such offices, and other nonhousing facilities incidental to such development or project such as administrative, community, health, educational and recreational facilities as the Department<\/span> of Housing and Community Development determines to be necessary. “Low and moderate income<\/span>” shall be defined in the program guidelines developed by the Department<\/span> of Housing and Community Development.\n\t\t“Housing sponsor<\/span>” means individuals, joint ventures, partnerships, limited partnerships, public bodies, trusts, firms, associations, or other legal entities or any combination thereof, corporations, cooperatives and condominiums, approved by the Department<\/span> of Housing and Community Development as qualified either to own, construct, acquire, rehabilitate, operate, manage or maintain a housing development<\/span>, whether nonprofit or organized for limited profit subject to the regulatory powers of the Department<\/span> of Housing and Community Development and other terms and conditions set forth in this chapter.\n\t\t“Residential housing<\/span>” means a specific work or improvement within this Commonwealth, whether multi-family residential housing<\/span> or single-family residential housing<\/span> undertaken primarily to provide dwelling accommodations, including the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, preservation or improvement of land, buildings and improvements thereto, for residential housing<\/span>, and such other nonhousing facilities as may be incidental, related, or appurtenant thereto.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 36-141)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Housing and Community Development.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Housing and Community\nDevelopment.\n\t\t“Fund” means the Virginia Housing Trust Fund created by this\nchapter.\n\t\t“HDA” means the Virginia Housing Development Authority created in\nChapter 1.2 (\u00a7 36-55.24 et seq.).\n\t\t“Housing development” or “housing project” means any\nwork or undertaking, whether new construction or rehabilitation, which is\ndesigned and financed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the primary\npurpose of providing affordable sanitary, decent and safe dwelling\naccommodations for persons and families of low or moderate income in need of\nhousing; such work or undertaking may include any buildings, land, equipment,\nfacilities, or other real or personal properties which are necessary,\nconvenient, or desirable appurtenances, including but not limited to streets,\nsewers, utilities, parks, site preparation, landscaping, and such offices, and\nother nonhousing facilities incidental to such development or project such as\nadministrative, community, health, educational and recreational facilities as\nthe Department of Housing and Community Development determines to be necessary.\n“Low and moderate income” shall be defined in the program guidelines\ndeveloped by the Department of Housing and Community Development.\n\t\t“Housing sponsor” means individuals, joint ventures, partnerships,\nlimited partnerships, public bodies, trusts, firms, associations, or other legal\nentities or any combination thereof, corporations, cooperatives and\ncondominiums, approved by the Department of Housing and Community Development as\nqualified either to own, construct, acquire, rehabilitate, operate, manage or\nmaintain a housing development, whether nonprofit or organized for limited\nprofit subject to the regulatory powers of the Department of Housing and\nCommunity Development and other terms and conditions set forth in this chapter.\n\t\t“Residential housing” means a specific work or improvement within\nthis Commonwealth, whether multi-family residential housing or single-family\nresidential housing undertaken primarily to provide dwelling accommodations,\nincluding the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, preservation or\nimprovement of land, buildings and improvements thereto, for residential\nhousing, and such other nonhousing facilities as may be incidental, related, or\nappurtenant thereto.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 687; 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