Chapter 8: Department of Housing and Community Development

This chapter is comprised of the following sections:

§36-131 Definitions
§36-132 Creation of Department; appointment of Director
§36-132.1 Commission on Local Government
§36-133 Director to supervise Department
§36-134 General powers of Director
§36-135 Board of Housing and Community Development; members; terms; chairman; appointment of ad hoc committee
§36-136 Meetings of Board
§36-137 Powers and duties of Board; appointment of Building Code Academy Advisory Committee
§36-138 Repealed
§36-139 Powers and duties of Director
§36-139.01 Department to develop form; smoke alarms in rental units
§36-139.02 Translation of forms and documents
§36-139.1 Sale of real property for housing demonstration projects
§36-139.10 (Effective January 1, 2026) Department of Housing and Community Development consolidated report
§36-139.2 Repealed
§36-139.5 Power to enter into agreements with owners of housing developments eligible for federal low-income housing credits
§36-139.5:1 Eligibility for Industrial Site Development Program
§36-139.6 Additional powers and duties of Director; oversight of planning district commissions
§36-139.7 Boundaries of planning districts
§36-139.8 Repealed
§36-139.9 Local housing policy; report to Department
§36-140 Repealed
§36-140.01 Virginia Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and Program; report
