2026 Workgroups

Fees in Residential Rental Agreements Workgroup Members

      • Delegate Marcus Simon, Chair

      • Delegate Adele McClure

      • Delegate Josh Thomas

      • Joshua Goldschmidt, Governor Appointee

  • Bismah Ahmed, Apartment and Office Building Association (AOBA)

  • Andrew Clark, Home Builders Association of Virginia

  • Laura Dobbs, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.)

  • Randy Grumbine, Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association

  • Emmaline Herring, Senator VaValkenburg's Office

  • Victoria Horrock, Legal Aid Justice Center

  • Erin Kormann, Virginia REALTORS

  • Bjorn Koxvold, ForKids

  • Christie Marra, Virginia Poverty Law Center

  • Patrick McCloud, Virginia Apartment and Management Association (VAMA)

  • Isabel McLain, Virginia Housing Alliance

    • Local Rent Regulation Workgroup Members

  • Senator Mamie Locke, Workgroup Chair

  • Delegate Briana Sewell, Commission Chair
  • Senator Lashrecse Aird
  • Delegate Marcus Simon

  • Bismah Ahmed, Apartment and Office Building Association (AOBA)

  • Andrew Clark, Home Builders Association of Virginia
  • Laura Dobbs, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.)
  • Michelle Gowdy, Virginia Municipal League
  • Randy Grumbine, Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association
  • Erin Kormann, Virginia REALTORS
  • Zach LeMaster, Northern Virginia Apartment Association
  • Joe Lerch, Virginia Association of Counties
  • Christie Marra, Virginia Poverty Law Center
  • Isabel McLain, Virginia Housing Alliance
  • Larisa Zehr, Legal Aid Justice Center

 

2026 Work Plans:

  1. Review of § 55.1-703 of the Code of Virginia: Required Disclosures for a Buyer to Beware

  2. Local Rent Control Authority Bill Study

  3. Limiting Certain Fees in Residential Rental Agreements Bill Study

  4. Prohibiting Local Penalties for ‘Life-Sustaining Activities’ of the Unhoused Bill Study

  5. Use and Disclosure of Algorithmic Pricing Devices by Landlords Bill Study

  6. Study of 2026 Legislation Impacting the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

  7. Home Inspectors; Insurance Requirements and Prohibited Contract Provisions (continued from 2025)

  8. Notice of Change in Assessment; Resource Protection Area Disclosure (continued from 2025)