Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
 
Board
Real Estate Board
 
Guidance Document Change: This guidance provides technical assistance regarding what actions, behaviors, policies, and procedures likely do and do not violate the Virginia Fair Housing Law’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of one’s lawful source of funds.
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3/17/21  11:49 am
Commenter: Sandra Winfrey

The Guidance Document is not Consistent with Virginia law.
 

To Whom This May Concern

The guidance concerning "source of Funds" has many flaws and it is hard to see how this guidance will work in real life.  If you have a resident who barely qualifies under this new structure , how with they pay for other expenses such as utilities, food, insurance , possible car payments, etc.?

The document demands that one class of "funds" requires wholly separate treatment than other source of funds. This document is also incomplete and does not address other types of funds such as gift letters, etc.  This guidance document seeks to define rent in a way other than what is listed in the VRLTA.  This document promotes illegal discrimination by requiring that individuals be treated differently based on their source of funds.

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