HB181
Affordable dwelling unit program; adds Roanoke City to list of localities with authority to provide.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Sam Rasoul (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Affordable dwelling unit program; City of Roanoke.
Adds the City of Roanoke to the list of localities with authority to provide for an affordable dwelling unit program. The bill provides that such change shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly. The bill also requires the Virginia Housing Development Authority to ... (More) analyze the potential efficacy of the provisions of the bill for the provision of affordable housing in the City of Roanoke and to report the results of such analysis no later than November 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103777D
- 01/07/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/21/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/22/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/23/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/23/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/23/2026 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26106012D-H1
- 01/27/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/28/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 01/28/2026 - House: Read second time
- 01/28/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 01/28/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/11/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB181ER)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/14/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
