VA HB1532 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
Pending: House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty. Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt rent stabilization provisions. The bill provides for notice and a public hearing prior to the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlords who are under rent stabilization may be required to give up to a two-month written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's rent stabilization allowance, described in the bill as the maximum amount a landlord can increase a tenant's rent during any 12-month period, in effect at the time of the increase. The bill sets such allowance as equal to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index for the region in which the locality sits, states that such allowance is effective for a 12-month period beginning July 1 each year, and requires the locality to annually by June 1 publish such allowance on its website. Certain facilities, as outlined in the bill, are exempt from any such ordinance. The bill also requires such ordinance to provide a procedure by which a landlord may apply for an exemption from the rent stabilization provisions in situations where the net operating income generated by the rental facility has not been maintained due to escalating operating expenses or for other appropriate reasons as established by the locality. Finally, the bill provides that a locality may establish a civil penalty for failure to comply with the requirements set out in the ordinance that shall not exceed $2,500 per separate violation.

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Title

Rent stabilization, local; any locality may by ordinance adopt provisions.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 3-N) (Y: 6 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-02-07HouseLeft in Counties, Cities and Towns
2023-01-20HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 3-N)
2023-01-16HouseAssigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-05HouseReferred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2023-01-05HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101506D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
152959.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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