VA Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct prohibited.Adds numerous actions to the list of prohibited retaliatory actionsby a landlord against a tenant under the Virginia Residential Landlordand Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act and specifiesactions by a tenant for which a landlord may not retaliate. The billmodifies and expands the list of actions a landlord may take withoutviolating the prohibition on retaliation. The bill allows a tenant,when the landlord has unlawfully retaliated, to recover actual damages,court costs, and reasonable attorney fees and to assert retaliationas a defense in any action brought against him for possession.