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_ 120 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 102. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 S.1. Out of the amounts appropriated in this item, $20,000,000 the first year from the general fund shall be used to establish and implement a rental assistance pilot program in Planning District Commission Regions 8 and 23. The department may utilize up to five percent of the funding for the administrative costs associated with implementing the program. The amounts provided in this paragraph S. shall not revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year, but shall be carried forward and reappropriated. 2. For the purposes of this paragraph, "qualifying household" means a family unit that resides together in one dwelling (i) that includes at least one person 16 years of age or younger and (ii) whose income does not exceed 50 percent of the area median income for the locality in which such family resides, as calculated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 3. The department shall establish criteria and guidelines for this pilot program on or before December 1, 2025. The guidelines shall provide that qualifying households may receive monthly rental assistance equal to the lesser of (i) the amount necessary to reduce their housing costs to 30 percent of the monthly adjusted net income of the household or (ii) the applicable payment standard as determined by the department. Rental assistance issued pursuant to this paragraph may be used for housing in any locality in Planning District Commission Regions 8 and 23, and for housing costs other than rent, such as security deposits and application fees. 4. The guidelines for the administration of the pilot program shall be informed by the 2022 Virginia Housing Stability Fund Model Program Guidelines report and by consultations with various stakeholders, including the Department of Social Services, Virginia Housing, the Department of Education, McKinney-Vento liaisons, Continuum of Care lead agencies, housing providers, public housing authorities, tenants, and others. The department may administer the pilot program in partnership with local and regional agencies, with a priority for partnerships with local school divisions and McKinney-Vento liaisons. The department shall determine rental assistance payment standards for each size of a dwelling unit in a market area, which shall be greater than or equal to the Small Area Fair Market Rent, as established annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the same size of dwelling unit in the same market area. The department shall develop a process to ensure that each dwelling unit for which rental assistance is used is safe and habitable. 5. The department shall collect data on the utilization of the rental assistance issued in each fiscal year under the pilot program and submit an annual report to the General Assembly on or before December 1 of each year with an update on the implementation and impact of the pilot program. 6. The department shall convene a group of stakeholders to consider and make recommendations regarding potential funding sources to support the program's continuation beyond the initial pilot stage, and it shall submit the recommendations of the stakeholder group to the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee and House Appropriations Committee on or before November 1, 2025. The department shall convene this stakeholder group no later than June 1, 2025, and shall include as members of the stakeholder group representatives of the following: Virginia Housing, McKinney-Vento liaisons, legal aid, affordable housing providers, public housing authorities, residential landlords, residential tenants, and others identified by the department. 7. Any funds remaining on June 30 of either fiscal year shall carryforward to the next fiscal year and be reappropriated for the same purpose. T. Out of this appropriation, $1,500,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to the City of Charlottesville to support the repurposing of an existing facility to create a low- barrier emergency shelter to address urgent need. The funding in this paragraph shall be contingent on the approval of the project by the Charlottesville City Council. Any funding remaining at the end of the fiscal year 2025 shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year and reappropriated for the purposes described in this paragraph T. U. Out of the appropriation in this item, $1,500,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to the City of Portsmouth to support ForKids' expansion of eviction prevention programs and targeted support for McKinney-Vento children in Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and the surrounding areas. The amounts provided in this paragraph U. shall not revert to the I VETO ITEM 102.S. ON PAGE 120 /s/ Glenn Youngkin 5-2-25 I VETO ITEM 102.T. ON PAGE 120 /s/ Glenn Youngkin 5-2-25