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§ 36-1. Title of chapter - This chapter may be referred to as the "Housing Authorities...
§ 36-2. Findings and declaration of necessity - A. It is hereby found and declared that: 1. Blighted...
§ 36-3. Definitions - The following terms, when used or referred to in this...
§ 36-4. Creation of redevelopment and housing authorities - In each locality there is hereby created a political subdivision...
§ 36-4.1. Holding of referendum; effect - A. If a referendum is called for under § 36-4,...
§ 36-5. Reports - At least once a year, an authority shall file with...
§ 36-6. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects - Any county, city or town, for the purpose of aiding...
§ 36-7. Loans and donations to housing authority - Any city, town or county located in whole or in...
§ 36-7.1. Liquidation of housing project - If the governing body of any county or city determines...
§ 36-7.2. Notice of intent to demolish, liquidate, or otherwise dispose of housing projects - A. Any housing authority required to submit an application to...
§ 36-8. Supplemental nature of chapter - The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition...
§ 36-9. Chapter controlling - Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with...
§ 36-9.1. Exemptions from applicability of this chapter; conflicts in provisions of law - This chapter shall not be applicable to farm structures as...
§ 36-10. Validation of establishment and organization of housing authorities and their contracts, undertakings, etc. - (1) Organization and establishment. -- The establishment and organization of...
§ 36-11. Appointment and tenure of commissioners; compensation - When the need for an authority to be activated in...
§ 36-11.1. Compensation of commissioners in certain counties - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any county having...
§ 36-11.1:1. Compensation of commissioners generally - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any redevelopment and housing...
§ 36-11.2. Appointment of commissioners in certain cities - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever...
§ 36-12. Powers vested in commissioners; quorum - The powers of each authority shall be vested in the...
§ 36-13. Selection of chairman and other officers, agents and employees - The governing body of the city or county shall designate...
§ 36-14. Legal counsel - For such legal services as it may require, an authority...
§ 36-15. Delegation of authority - An authority may delegate to one or more of its...
§ 36-16. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 463.
§ 36-17. Removal of commissioners - For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office,...
§ 36-18. Meetings and residence of commissioners - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent...
§ 36-19. Enumeration of powers - An authority shall constitute a political subdivision of the Commonwealth...
§ 36-19.1. Special provisions; City of Roanoke - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-19, an authority established in...
§ 36-19.2. Powers limited by necessity for authority from or approval by governing body; public hearing on proposed budget - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-19, no authority permitted...
§ 36-19.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1960, c. 230.
§ 36-19.4. Referendum prior to making cooperation agreements for public housing projects in the City of Portsmouth - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-19, no authority established in...
§ 36-19.5. Additional powers - A. In addition to the powers otherwise granted, an authority...
§ 36-20. Housing research and studies - In addition to all its other powers, an authority may,...
§ 36-21. Housing projects not to be operated for profit - It is hereby declared to be the policy of this...
§ 36-22. Rentals and tenant selection - In the operation or management of housing projects an authority...
§ 36-22.1. Conveyance of streets; no trespass policy - Each housing authority shall adopt a "no trespass" policy designed...
§ 36-23. Housing authority operations in other municipalities - In addition to its other powers, any housing authority may...
§ 36-24. Cooperation of authorities - Any two or more housing authorities may join or cooperate...
§ 36-25. Payments by housing authorities to other bodies - An authority may agree to make such payments to the...
§ 36-26. Aid from federal government - In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by...
§ 36-27. Eminent domain - A. An authority shall have the right to acquire by...
§ 36-27.01. Plan for alternative housing of persons displaced by condemnation, conversion, etc. - In any condemnation proceeding which involves the taking or conversion...
§ 36-27.1. Damages to leasehold interests in the City of Waynesboro - In considering the damages to be allowed under § 36-27...
§ 36-27.2. Limitations on certain housing authorities; exception - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-27 and except as...
§ 36-28. Planning, zoning and building laws - All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to...
§ 36-29. Power to issue bonds; liability in general - An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time...
§ 36-30. Form and sale of bonds; presumption of validity - Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution...
§ 36-31. Provisions of bonds, trust indentures and mortgages - In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring...
§ 36-32. Remedies of obligee of authority - An obligee of an authority shall have the right in...
§ 36-33. Additional remedies conferrable by authority - An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture,...
§ 36-34. Housing bonds to be legal investments, legal security and negotiable - The Commonwealth and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions...
§ 36-35. Contracts and covenants with federal government, etc.; agreements to sell - In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a...
§ 36-36. Powers of county and regional housing authorities - County housing authorities and regional housing authorities are specifically empowered...
§ 36-37. Same subject; tenant selection limitations; homestead exemption - A regional or county housing authority shall have power to...
§ 36-38. Housing applications by farmers - The owner of any farm operated, or worked upon, by...
§ 36-39. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2006, c. 784, cl. 2.
§ 36-40. Creation of regional housing authority - If the board of supervisors of each of two or...
§ 36-41. Increasing area of operation of regional housing authority - The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall...
§ 36-42. Decreasing area of operation of regional housing authority - The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall...
§ 36-43. Housing authority for county excluded from regional authority - At any time after a county or counties is excluded...
§ 36-44. Public hearing to create regional authority or change its area of operation, and findings - The board of supervisors of a county shall not adopt...
§ 36-45. Commissioners of regional housing authority - The board of supervisors of each county included in a...
§ 36-46. Powers of regional housing authority - Except as otherwise provided herein, a regional housing authority and...
§ 36-47. Consolidated housing authority - If the governing body of each of two or more...
§ 36-47.1. Compensation of commissioners - The commissioners of any housing authority created for or operating...
§ 36-47.2. Consolidation of two or more housing authorities within same city - If the governing body of any city having two or...
§ 36-48. Creation of Redevelopment Areas - A redevelopment area as defined in § 36-3 may be...
§ 36-48.1. Creation of Conservation Areas - A conservation area as defined in § 36-3 may be...
§ 36-49. Adoption of Redevelopment Plans - A. An authority may adopt a redevelopment plan for a...
§ 36-49.1. Adoption of Conservation Plans - A. An authority may adopt a conservation plan for a...
§ 36-49.1:1. Spot blight abatement authorized; procedure - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an authority,...
§ 36-49.2. Power to purchase or lease land for certain other redevelopment projects - In addition to the other powers to acquire real property...
§ 36-50. Extension of general powers for actions taken pursuant to a redevelopment plan - In undertaking actions pursuant to a redevelopment plan, an authority...
§ 36-50.1. Extension of general powers for actions taken pursuant to a conservation plan - In implementing a conservation plan, an authority shall have all...
§ 36-51. Redevelopment plans - A. An authority shall not implement any redevelopment plan under...
§ 36-51.1. Requirements for "conservation plan" generally - An authority shall not implement any conservation plan under this...
§ 36-52. Cooperation by localities - Any local government shall have the same rights and powers...
§ 36-52.1. Authority for localities to create conservation or redevelopment areas - A locality has no authority to create conservation or redevelopment...
§ 36-52.2. Acquisition of property prior to adoption of development or conservation plan in certain cities - Whenever the governing body of any city of more than...
§ 36-52.3. Adoption and designation of "rehabilitation area." - A. Whenever it appears to the governing body of any...
§ 36-53. Making property available for conservation or redevelopment - An authority may make land in a conservation or redevelopment...
§ 36-54. Aid from federal government - An authority may borrow money or accept contributions from the...
§ 36-55. Bonds to be legal investments and security - Bonds or other obligations issued by an authority in connection...
§ 36-55.1. In certain counties - § 36-55.1. through 36-55.6. These sections as set forth in...