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Subcommittee amends, reports bill to strengthen public housing tenant protections; appeal bonds, maintenance fees targeted
Summary
House Bill 2415 — focused on public housing rent calculations, appeal bonds for tenants, and maintenance-fee limitations — was amended in committee and reported 6-1 after testimony from tenants’ advocates and legal-aid organizations.
House Bill 2415, sponsored in committee as a public-housing tenant protection measure, was amended in subcommittee and reported to the full committee by a 6-1 vote after testimony from tenant organizers, the Virginia Poverty Law Center and other advocates.
The bill aims to address recurring problems in some public housing authorities’ rent calculations, eviction practices and maintenance fees. The substitute before the committee would require housing authorities to provide tenants with instructions on how to request a rent reduction for loss of income when issuing a nonpayment notice; direct…
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