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(c) it shall not accept any person as a tenant in any housing project if the person or persons who would occupy the dwelling accommodations have an aggregate annual income in excess of the maximum income limits established by the authority for the purpose of determining what persons or families are of low income; and (d) at least thirty days before establishing or changing the aggregate annual maximum income limits for the purpose of determining what persons or families are persons of low income, an authority shall notify the governing body of the city or county thereof.\n\t\tNothing contained in this section or \u00a7 36-21 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this section or \u00a7 36-21.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":287531,"text":"In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (a) it may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons of low income; (b) it may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms (but no greater number) which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding; (c) it shall not accept any person as a tenant in any housing project if the person or persons who would occupy the dwelling accommodations have an aggregate annual income in excess of the maximum income limits established by the authority for the purpose of determining what persons or families are of low income; and (d) at least thirty days before establishing or changing the aggregate annual maximum income limits for the purpose of determining what persons or families are persons of low income, an authority shall notify the governing body of the city or county thereof.\n\t\tNothing contained in this section or \u00a7 36-21 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this section or \u00a7 36-21.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14045,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Powers of Authority","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13338,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:41","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:41","permalink":{"id":208365,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14045,"identifier":"3","token":"36\/1\/3","url":"\/36\/1\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13338,"edition_id":1,"name":"Housing Authorities Law","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12779,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:40","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:40","permalink":{"id":208259,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13338,"identifier":"1","token":"36\/1","url":"\/36\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12779,"edition_id":1,"name":"Housing","identifier":"36","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":208257,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12779,"identifier":"36","token":"36","url":"\/36\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":83308,"structure_id":14045,"section_number":"36-19","catch_line":"Enumeration of powers","url":"\/36-19\/","token":"36\/1\/3\/36-19","metadata":false},{"id":83656,"structure_id":14045,"section_number":"36-19.1","catch_line":"Special provisions; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1958, chapter 116; in 1972, chapters 466 and 782.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66854,"section_number":"36-37","catch_line":"Same subject; tenant selection limitations; homestead exemption","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-37\/"},{"id":54321,"section_number":"36-46","catch_line":"Powers of regional housing authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-46\/"},{"id":83045,"section_number":"36-50","catch_line":"Extension of general powers for actions taken pursuant to a redevelopment plan","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-50\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62931,"section_number":"36-21","catch_line":"Housing projects not to be operated for profit","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-21\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80328,"identifier":"36-22","token":"36\/1\/3\/36-22","url":"\/36-22\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-22\/","token":"36\/1\/3\/36-22","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rentals and tenant selection","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-22","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the operation or management of housing projects<\/span> an authority<\/span> shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (a) it may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income<\/span> and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons of low income<\/span>; (b) it may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms (but no greater number) which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding; (c) it shall not accept any person as a tenant in any housing project<\/span> if the person or persons who would occupy the dwelling accommodations have an aggregate annual income in excess of the maximum income limits established by the authority<\/span> for the purpose of determining what persons or families are of low income; and (d) at least thirty days before establishing or changing the aggregate annual maximum income limits for the purpose of determining what persons or families are persons of low income<\/span>, an authority<\/span> shall notify the governing body of the city<\/span> or county<\/span> thereof.\n\t\tNothing contained in this section or \u00a7 36-21<\/a> shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority<\/span> to vest in an obligee<\/span> the right, in the event of a default<\/span> by the authority<\/span>, to take possession<\/span> of a housing project<\/span> or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this section or \u00a7 36-21<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRENTALS AND TENANT SELECTION (\u00a7 36-22)\n\nIn the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall at all\ntimes observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection:\n(a) it may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of\nlow income and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons of low\nincome; (b) it may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting\nof the number of rooms (but no greater number) which it deems necessary to\nprovide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof,\nwithout overcrowding; (c) it shall not accept any person as a tenant in any\nhousing project if the person or persons who would occupy the dwelling\naccommodations have an aggregate annual income in excess of the maximum income\nlimits established by the authority for the purpose of determining what persons\nor families are of low income; and (d) at least thirty days before establishing\nor changing the aggregate annual maximum income limits for the purpose of\ndetermining what persons or families are persons of low income, an authority\nshall notify the governing body of the city or county thereof.\n\t\tNothing contained in this section or \u00a7 36-21 shall be construed as limiting\nthe power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a\ndefault by the authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the\nappointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by\nthis section or \u00a7 36-21.\n\nHISTORY: 1938, p. 452; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3145(10); 1958, c. 116; 1972, cc.\n466, 782.","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}}