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Posted on 03/14/2026 2:01:14 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU
Virginia 2026 Bills — Key Points in Plain English
Eviction & Tenant Protections
SB 48 — More Time Before Eviction
Tenants get 14 days instead of 5 to pay late rent before a landlord can file for eviction.
SB 273 — Easier Access to Eviction Diversion Program
Tenants only need to pay 10% upfront (not 25%) to enter a payment plan.
No longer need to be employed — just need income to make payments.
Courts must give tenants info about the program.
Localities can set their own rules.
SB 313 — Limits on Landlord Fees
Landlords cannot charge extra fees for paying rent unless it’s the actual credit card processing cost.
Landlords cannot charge tenants for repairs unless the tenant caused the damage.
HB 221 — Appeals for Low Income Tenants
Makes it easier for indigent tenants to appeal eviction decisions by clarifying how appeal bonds work.
Consumer Debt & Garnishment Protections
SB 301 / HB 601 — Automatic $1,000 Protection in Bank Accounts
Banks must automatically protect up to $1,000 from garnishment.
Certain benefits (Social Security, veterans’ benefits, unemployment) are automatically protected.
No hearing or paperwork required.
Adjusts for inflation every 3 years.
Does not apply to child/spousal support debts.
HB 444 — Proof Required Before Debt Collectors Get Default Judgments
Debt collectors must show real documentation (contract, chain of ownership, accurate records) before getting a default judgment.
Applies to most consumer debts.
Government debts and repossessions are excluded.
Consumers get a standardized notice of their rights.
Any attempt to waive these protections is void.
Ultra Simple Summary:
More time before eviction (SB 48).
Easier payment plans to avoid eviction (SB 273).
Landlords can’t charge junk fees (SB 313).
Low income tenants can appeal evictions more easily (HB 221).
$1,000 in your bank account is automatically protected from garnishment (SB 301 / HB 601).
Debt collectors must show real proof before winning by default (HB 444).
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Just send them to the governors house. They can stay there forever for all I care.
The jokes write themselves.
VA is infected with many government employees and retired government employees. What do you expect?
At least they are supplying laughs for us who have to live there.
The backlash has begun. Pro 2nd people are hand out AK 47s in defiance of Red Spamburgers ban. Something is happening in Virginia, and it could mabey, affect the Senate race.
I think that the Democrats went too far too fast, and people are pissed. We will see in April.
I probably don’t have as big a problem with this legislation as some here do.
Watch Othniel Penn’s youtube channel. You’ll soon change your mind.
I agree. Virginia’s are rapidly becoming mobilized. Eyes wide open.
I do. It’s private property. Those rights are being eroded.
One bourbon
One scotch
And one beer….
People are already complaining that they get get a rental with pets and an eviction in their record.
Ownership means nothingl
“Government debts and repossessions are excluded.”
of course they are ...
can’t get a rental
Was already planning to sell my townhouse rental property in Loudoun County this Spring before Spazbooger but would definitely be doing it now with this. Where are any protections for landlords? This is just the beginning and I’m not going to deal with this crap.
Good idea before it turns into NY or CA. Where you have to be extorted and pay tens of thousand of “cash for keys” to the miscreant tenants. Where you have to give a 14 day notice to pay rent and when you get a court date, the tenant gets an automatic 2 week adjourment.
Where you are not allowed to “discriminate” ™ against those who have an eviction or eviction(S) on their record. Nor those who have a criminal record. Where you are supposed to give tenants 30, 60 or 90 days notice of anything depending on how long they’ve been in the unit whereas a tenant needs only give 30 days no matter what.
Where you can only charge one month’s security deposit. NO first month and last month’s rent. Where you can’t blanket turn down Section 8. Where you have to have “good cause” to end a lease aka get an attorney and go to court. There’s no such thing as a “non renewal.”
Where you have a total of 14 days to return the security deposit after the tenant exits. And you have to store their property left behind at your expense for 30 days.
Where you can’t add late charges as unpaid rent. Late charges are limited to 5% of the rent to a maximum of $50 or whichever is LESS.
Where if you are caught “discriminating” ™ you can be sued for three times the “damages.”
Evictions take anywhere on average between 4 and 12 months.
Where a “Winter Eviction Moratorium” is being proposed in Albany to be ram rodded through the April budget. No evictions whatsoever between November 1st and April 15th.
Where if every “i” is not dotted and every “t” is not crossed, they throw out your unlawful detainer case.
OH and if you try a “self help” eviction and get caught (such as turn the tenant’s utilities off), you can land in jail and with a million dollar lawsuit.
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