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Two or more adjacent jurisdictions may file a joint application for a housing revitalization zone lying in the jurisdictions submitting the application.B\n\nThe Governor may approve, upon the recommendation of the Director of the Department, the designation of up to twenty areas as housing revitalization zones for a period of fifteen years. Any county, city, or town shall be eligible to apply for more than one housing revitalization zone designation; however, each county, city, and town shall be limited to a total of two housing revitalization zones. Any such area shall consist of contiguous United States census tracts or any portion thereof in accordance with the most current United States Census or with the most current data from the local planning district commission. Any such area seeking designation as a housing revitalization zone shall also meet at least one of the following criteria: (i) have per capita income below eighty percent of the median per capita income for the planning district or (ii) have a residential vacancy rate that is at least 120 percent of the average vacancy rate for the planning district. No more than ten percent of a locality’s land area may be in a single housing revitalization zone.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":245690,"text":"The governing body of any county, city or town may make written application to the Department to have an area or areas declared to be a housing revitalization zone. Such application shall include a description of the location of the area or areas in question, and a general statement identifying proposed local incentives to complement the state incentives. 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Any such area seeking designation as a housing revitalization zone shall also meet at least one of the following criteria: (i) have per capita income below eighty percent of the median per capita income for the planning district or (ii) have a residential vacancy rate that is at least 120 percent of the average vacancy rate for the planning district. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 789<\/a> and 795<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60214,"section_number":"36-161","catch_line":"Expansion of housing revitalization zones","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-161\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":208867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67836,"identifier":"36-160","token":"36\/11\/36-160","url":"\/36-160\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-160\/","token":"36\/11\/36-160","dublin_core":{"Title":"Housing revitalization zone designation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-160","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The governing body of any county, city or town may make written application to the Department<\/span> to have an area or areas declared to be a housing revitalization zone<\/span>. Such application shall include a description of the location of the area or areas in question, and a general statement identifying proposed local incentives to complement the state incentives. Two or more adjacent jurisdictions<\/span> may file a joint application for a housing revitalization zone<\/span> lying in the jurisdictions<\/span> submitting the application. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Governor may approve, upon the recommendation of the Director of the Department<\/span>, the designation of up to twenty areas as housing revitalization zones<\/span> for a period of fifteen years. Any county, city, or town shall be eligible to apply for more than one housing revitalization zone<\/span> designation; however, each county, city, and town shall be limited to a total of two housing revitalization zones<\/span>. Any such area shall consist of contiguous United States census tracts or any portion thereof in accordance with the most current United States Census or with the most current data from the local planning district<\/span> commission. Any such area seeking designation as a housing revitalization zone<\/span> shall also meet at least one of the following criteria: (i) have per capita income below eighty percent of the median per capita income for the planning district<\/span> or (ii) have a residential vacancy rate that is at least 120 percent of the average vacancy rate for the planning district<\/span>. No more than ten percent of a locality’s land area may be in a single housing revitalization zone<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOUSING REVITALIZATION ZONE DESIGNATION (\u00a7 36-160)\n\nA. The governing body of any county, city or town may make written application\nto the Department to have an area or areas declared to be a housing\nrevitalization zone. Such application shall include a description of the\nlocation of the area or areas in question, and a general statement identifying\nproposed local incentives to complement the state incentives. Two or more\nadjacent jurisdictions may file a joint application for a housing revitalization\nzone lying in the jurisdictions submitting the application.\n\nB. The Governor may approve, upon the recommendation of the Director of the\nDepartment, the designation of up to twenty areas as housing revitalization\nzones for a period of fifteen years. Any county, city, or town shall be eligible\nto apply for more than one housing revitalization zone designation; however,\neach county, city, and town shall be limited to a total of two housing\nrevitalization zones. Any such area shall consist of contiguous United States\ncensus tracts or any portion thereof in accordance with the most current United\nStates Census or with the most current data from the local planning district\ncommission. Any such area seeking designation as a housing revitalization zone\nshall also meet at least one of the following criteria: (i) have per capita\nincome below eighty percent of the median per capita income for the planning\ndistrict or (ii) have a residential vacancy rate that is at least 120 percent of\nthe average vacancy rate for the planning district. No more than ten percent of\na locality’s land area may be in a single housing revitalization zone.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 789, 795.","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}}