• Date Due: November 01, 2025
  • Author: Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
  • Enabling Authority: Chapter 721 Enactment Clause 1. (Regular Session, 2024)
  • Description:
    Report on the plan to ensure that people with disabilities across the Commonwealth, including individuals affected by the Settlement Agreement entered into on August 23, 2012, pursuant to U.S. of America v. Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 3:12cv059-JAG, have an opportunity to access affordable and inclusive housing that is comparable to those of their nondisabled peers; including recommendations for (i) increasing the supply of affordable and inclusive housing through new construction and renovations of existing real property; (ii) minimizing the cost to the individual to secure such housing; (iii) ensuring that individuals are able to secure the services they need to sustain inclusive housing; (iv) educating communities on best practices for inclusion in all aspects of community life; and (v) undertaking meaningful regulatory reform.