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Va. Code Ann. § 36-1 (2026)

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This chapter may be referred to as the "Housing Authorities Law."

1938, p. 447; Michie Code 1942, § 3145(1).

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Cited in 13 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1953–2025 · leading case: City of Charlottesville v. DeHaan, 323 S.E.2d 131 (Va. 1984).
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City of Charlottesville v. DeHaan, 323 S.E.2d 131 (Va. 1984). · cites it 8× “The trial court acknowledged that the City's involvement in the redevelopment effort was in full compliance with various provisions of the Housing Authorities Law, Code §§ 36-1 et seq. Yet, the trial court perceived a constitutional violation essentially because it reached the…”
Burns v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Stafford Cnty., 315 S.E.2d 856 (Va. 1984). · cites it 4× “2d 364 (1976), we held that a municipal housing authority, created under Code §§ 36-1, et seq., "is an entity purely local in nature and not a state agency performing a function of state government.”
Virginia Elec. & Power Co. v. Hampton Redevelopment & Hous. Auth., 217 Va. 30 (Va. 1976). · cites it 2× “The question for decision in this case is whether a municipal housing authority, created pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law (Code §§ 36-1, et seq.), is immune from liability for negligence in the operation and maintenance of a housing project under its control.”
United Bank, Inc. v. Blosser, 624 S.E.2d 815 (W. Va. 2005). “Va. Code § 36-1 A-l etseq. 8 . "One of the essential elements of a charitable or benevolent trust is that it be certain in its object and as to the class of persons, but indefinite as to the individuals to be benefitted.”
Hunter v. Norfolk Redevelopment & Hous. Auth., 78 S.E.2d 893 (Va. 1953). · cites it 2× “The petition alleged that the property was needed in order to carry out a slum clearance and redevelopment plan which had been duly approved by the Norfolk city council and authorized by the Housing Authorities Law, as embraced in Code, §§ 36-1 to 36-55, both inclusive. In their…”
Richmond Redevelopment & Hous. Auth. v. Laburnum Constr. Corp., 80 S.E.2d 574 (Va. 1954). “The replication contended that plaintiff was a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, created and maintained solely for public purposes, and was not therefore subject to the bar of any statute of limitations, The trial court referred to the “Housing Authorities Law”,…”
Bd. of Supervisors v. DeGroff Enter., Inc., 198 S.E.2d 600 (Va. 1973). · cites it 2× “In 1937, in an effort to help meet this need, the Congress passed the United States Housing Act, Act of Sept. 1, 1937, c. 896, 50 Stat. 888 . ' The following year the General Assembly, to implement the low income housing provisions of this federal act, passed the Housing…”
Pearsall v. Richmond Redevelopment & Hous. Auth., 242 S.E.2d 228 (Va. 1978). · cites it 2× “In this eminent domain proceeding instituted under Virginia’s Housing Authorities Law (hereinafter the Act), Code §§ 36-1 to -55.6, we consider a question of evidence and the problem of so-called “condemnation blight”, a condition which often stems from urban renewal projects.”
Bristol Redevelopment & Hous. Auth. v. Denton, 93 S.E.2d 288 (Va. 1956). “Denton and others filed their bill in the court below against Bristol Redevelopment and Housing Authority, hereinafter referred to as the Authority, and the City of Bristol, alleging that the plaintiffs are owners of real estate in that area within the city known as “Sullins…”
Norfolk Fed'n of Bus. Districts v. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 932 F. Supp. 730 (E.D. Va. 1996). · cites it 2× “The Virginia Code §§ 36-1 to 36-55 effectively codifies the Housing Act of 1938.”
Norfolk Bus. Dist. v. HUD, 932 F. Supp. 730 (E.D. Va. 1996). · cites it 2× “The Virginia Code §§ 36-1 to 36-55 effectively codifies the Housing Act of 1938.”
Bethann Cornett Spears v. Drema Ann Spears (2024). “Va. Code §§ 36-1 -19–20 (2017). Any act of a joint tenant which severs one of the four unities “operates as a severance of the joint tenancy and extinguishes the right of survivorship.”
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