This chapter shall be construed to further the policies and purposes of the Virginia Fair Housing Law. The board does not intend that a failure by the board to comply with this chapter should constitute a jurisdictional or other bar to administrative or legal action unless otherwise required under this chapter or the law. The board further intends that this chapter shall impose obligations, rights and remedies which are substantially equivalent to those provided by the federal fair housing law and regulations.
18 Va. Admin. Code § 135-50-30
Statutory Authority
§§ 36-96.20C and 54.1-2105 of the Code of Virginia.