A. This chapter shall be known and referred to as the Virginia Fair Housing Law.
B. It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide for fair housing throughout the Commonwealth, to all its citizens, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability, and to that end to prohibit discriminatory practices with respect to residential housing by any person or group of persons, in order that the peace, health, safety, prosperity, and general welfare of all the inhabitants of the Commonwealth may be protected and ensured. This law shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the protection of the people of the Commonwealth.
1972, c. 591, §§ 36-86, 36-87; 1973, c. 358; 1978, c. 138; 1989, c. 88; 1991, c. 557; 2020, cc. 477, 1137, 1140; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 477, 478.
Notes of Decisions
Moseke v. Miller & Smith, Inc., 202 F. Supp. 2d 492 (E.D. Va. 2002).
· cites it 4× “, and the Virginia Fair Housing Law (“VFHL”), Va.Code Ann. § 36-96.1 (2000), et seq., respectively.”
McCarthy v. Texas Instruments, Inc., 999 F. Supp. 823 (E.D. Va. 1998).
· cites it 3× “1-374 (proscribing gender discrimination in government contracting); Va.Code § 36-96.1 (prohibiting gender discrimination in housing).”
Matarese v. Archstone Pentagon City, 795 F. Supp. 2d 402 (E.D. Va. 2011).
· cites it 2× “(2006), 2 and the Virginia Fair Housing Law (‘VFHL”), Va.Code Ann. §§ 36-96.1 et seq. (2000). 3 Plaintiffs Ms.”
Matarese v. Archstone Pentagon City, 761 F. Supp. 2d 346 (E.D. Va. 2011).
· cites it 2× “(2000), and the Virginia Fair Housing Law (“VFHL”), Va.Code Ann. §§ 36-96.1 et seq. (2000). 2 Plaintiffs Ms.”
Hughes v. Bransfield, 84 Va. Cir. 214 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2012).
· cites it 5× “The Plaintiff claims that the Defendant’s refusal to accept an early termination of a residential lease and to return the security deposit violated the Virginia Fair Housing Act (“VFHA”), Virginia Code § 36-96.1 et seq., (Count I); the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act…”
Williams v. TMS Int'l, LLC (E.D. Va. 2021).
· cites it 3× “1993) (finding that because the Virginia Fair Housing Law, Va. Code §§ 36-96.1 to 96.23, furnishes remedies for violations of the statute such as complaints and civil actions, the plaintiff's Bowman claim based on the statute failed).”
Fishel v. Windsor Plaza Condo. Ass'n (Va. 2014).
· cites it 2× “Alper, Judge In these consolidated appeals, we consider various issues arising under the Virginia Fair Housing Law, Code § 36-96.1 et seq. (VFHL), and the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 42 U.”
Stinson v. Nemie, 39 Va. Cir. 85 (Portsmouth Cir. Ct. 1996).
· cites it 2× “The Defendant has filed his Demurrer to the Plaintiffs amended Motion for Judgment alleging a cause of action based on Defendant’s violation of the Virginia Fair Housing Law, § 36-96.1 et seq. I believe the questions properly raised by the Defendant’s Demurrer involve the…”
— Va. Code Ann. § 36-96.1(B) — 1 case
Hughes v. Bransfield, 84 Va. Cir. 214 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2012).
“The Plaintiff claims that the Defendant’s refusal to accept an early termination of a residential lease and to return the security deposit violated the Virginia Fair Housing Act (“VFHA”), Virginia Code § 36-96.1 et seq., (Count I); the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act…”
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