Bill > HB5111

Introduced Session

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; temporary prohibition against landlord termination of rental agreements or actions to obtain possession of a dwelling unit under certain circumstances. Prohibits the termination of rental agreements and the issuance of orders of possession and writs of eviction for any reason, except in response to a criminal or willful act that is not remediable and that poses a threat to health or safety, from the effective date of the act until 60 days after the expiration or revocation of all states of emergency declared by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic, unless the landlord has taken certain steps, outlined in the bill, to provide certain information to the tenant and apply for, or assist the tenant with applying for, any available rental programs and the tenant has willfully refused to attempt to (i) apply for any available rental assistance or (ii) if the landlord is eligible to apply for a rental assistance program on behalf of the tenant, provide any information or documentation that is necessary for the landlord to complete an application for such program.

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Hala Ayala (D)*,  Joshua Cole (D)*,  Lamont Bagby (D),  Jennifer Carroll Foy (D),  Elizabeth Guzmán (D),  C.E. Hayes (D),  Dan Helmer (D),  Chris Hurst (D),  Kaye Kory (D),  Mark Levine (D),  Alfonso Lopez (D),  Delores McQuinn (D),  Kenneth Plum (D),  Marcia Price (D),  Sam Rasoul (D),  Ibraheem Samirah (D),  Rodney Willett (D), 

Left in Appropriations (on 11/09/2020)

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