2026 SESSION

ENROLLED

VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 36-139.03, relating to Department of Housing and Community Development; housing development database.

[S 666]

Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 36-139.03 as follows:

§ 36-139.03. Housing development database.

A. The Department shall collect from each locality and make available to the public, localities, state agencies, and other state and regional public entities in a centralized, machine-readable, screen reader compatible database the following data for each new housing development in each locality in the Commonwealth:

1. The total number of housing development plans submitted to the locality;

2. The total number of housing development plans approved by the locality;

3. The total number of new housing units with long-term use restrictions limiting occupancy based on income and the total number of new market rate units;

4. The total number of new housing units with long-term use restrictions limiting occupancy to households with incomes at or below 80 percent, 50 percent, and 30 percent of area median income, respectively;

5. The term and end date of all long-term use restrictions based on income;

6. The gross and livable square footage per housing unit; and

7. The average approval timeline for single-family and multifamily housing development plans from the date of submission to the date of approval or denial, broken down into each phase of the approval process.

B. The Department shall further collect from each locality and make available to the public, localities, state agencies, and other state and regional public entities in such centralized, machine-readable, screen reader compatible database the following data for each existing housing development in each locality in the Commonwealth:

1. The total number of submitted and approved housing development plans;

2. The total number of housing units with long-term use restrictions based on income;

3. The term and end date of long-term use restrictions based on income; and

4. The average approval timeline for single-family and multifamily housing development plans from the date of submission to the date of approval or denial, broken down into each phase of the approval process.

C. The database established by this section shall be regularly maintained and updated, with each datum updated annually for each locality.