Virginia Headlines
AOBA Continues to Beat Back Jurisdiction-Wide Rental Inspections
The Housing Affordability Work Group of the Virginia Housing Commission met in late August in Richmond. Among the issues considered was legislation from the 2008 session designed to allow smaller communities to adopt jurisdiction-wide rental inspection districts, exempting them from the requirement to justify the districts based on health, welfare and safety of tenants. AOBA argued against this relaxation of terms, citing that local governments possessed sufficient authority to conduct spot blight abatements for properties that might fall outside of an established district. The legislation was not recommended by the Work Group for further consideration next year.
