                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REPLACEMENT HOUSING FOR TENANTS (§ 25.1-410)

A. 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 &#xA7; 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. 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&#8217;s income.

B. Any 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.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 738, § 25-241; 1989, c. 714; 2003, c. 940; 2011, cc. 117,
190; 2014, c. 218.