Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance with rental agreement, grace period.
Summary
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;noncompliance with rental agreement; grace period prior to termination.Provides that if a landlord owns more than four rental dwellingunits or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rentaldwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity,in the Commonwealth, and a tenant named on the rental agreement is65 years of age or older, the landlord may only terminate the rentalagreement and proceed to obtain possession of the premises under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act if such tenant failsto pay rent within 14 days after written notice is served on thetenant. Current law only provides a five-day grace period for suchtermination and applies such grace period to all tenants regardlessof age.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2024
Last action Feb 6, 2024
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB598-Price)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 3, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Thomas
DDemocratic
Co
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Michelle Maldonado
DDemocratic
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