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With respect to such housing, county and regional housing authorities shall not be subject to the tenant selection limitations provided in clause (c) of \u00a7 36-22.\n\t\tWhen an authority provides a dwelling on a farm hereunder, the owner of the farm living in the dwelling under a lease or purchase agreement shall be entitled to receive the same homestead exemption as if he had title to the dwelling.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":242406,"text":"A regional or county housing authority shall have power to rent, sell, or make loans to finance the cost of dwellings on farms or in other areas outside of cities and to make or accept such conveyances or leases as it deems necessary to carry out the rural housing purposes of this chapter. 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A regional or county<\/span> housing authority<\/span> shall have power to rent, sell, or make loans to finance the cost of dwellings on farms or in other areas outside of cities and to make or accept such conveyances or leases as it deems necessary to carry out the rural housing purposes of this chapter. With respect to such housing, county<\/span> and regional housing authorities shall not be subject to the tenant selection limitations provided in clause (c) of \u00a7 36-22<\/a>.\n\t\tWhen an authority provides a dwelling on a farm hereunder, the owner of the farm living in the dwelling under a lease or purchase agreement shall be entitled to receive the same homestead exemption as if he had title to the dwelling.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSAME SUBJECT; TENANT SELECTION LIMITATIONS; HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION (\u00a7 36-37)\n\nA regional or county housing authority shall have power to rent, sell, or make\nloans to finance the cost of dwellings on farms or in other areas outside of\ncities and to make or accept such conveyances or leases as it deems necessary to\ncarry out the rural housing purposes of this chapter. With respect to such\nhousing, county and regional housing authorities shall not be subject to the\ntenant selection limitations provided in clause (c) of \u00a7 36-22.\n\t\tWhen an authority provides a dwelling on a farm hereunder, the owner of the\nfarm living in the dwelling under a lease or purchase agreement shall be\nentitled to receive the same homestead exemption as if he had title to the\ndwelling.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 277; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 3145(4p).","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}}