HB 953

Department of Housing and Community Development; work group to examine the future of redevelopment and housing authorities in the Commonwealth established; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish in collaboration with the Virginia Housing Development Authority a work group to examine the future of redevelopment and housing authorities in the Commonwealth for the purpose of examining the need to repurpose and find a new mission for redevelopment and housing authorities that serve the goals of promoting housing affordability, effectuating redevelopment, and conserving land where deemed appropriate, and to develop a plan to address the diminishing role of the federal government in supporting housing authorities. The bill requires the work group to meet at least six times between July 1, 2026, and September 30, 2027, and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than September 30, 2027.