HB418 • 2026

Zoning; manufactured housing.

<p class=ldtitle>A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-2247 and 15.2-2290 of the Code of Virginia, relating to zoning; manufactured housing.</p>

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Cole, N.T.
Last action: 2026-01-23
Official status: Incorporated
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or conflict resolution strategies.

Zoning Rules for Manufactured Housing

This bill changes Virginia's zoning laws to require localities to allow manufactured homes in all areas where regular houses are permitted and removes some local restrictions on their placement.

What This Bill Does

Expands the requirement that local governments must let manufactured housing units be built wherever site-built single-family homes are permitted.
Ensures that development standards for manufactured homes match those of traditional single-family houses in the same area.
Removes the authority of localities without zoning laws to designate where manufactured homes can be placed within their borders.

Who It Names or Affects

Local governments that set zoning rules and development standards.
People who want to build or live in manufactured homes.

Terms To Know

Manufactured housing: Homes built in a factory and transported to their location, often called mobile homes or modular homes.
Site-built housing: Traditional houses that are constructed on-site at the building location.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how local governments will enforce these new rules.
It is unclear what happens if there are conflicts between existing zoning laws and this new legislation.

Bill History

2026-01-23 Subcommittee #1
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)
2026-01-23 Counties, Cities and Towns
Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB655-Maldonado) (Voice Vote)
2026-01-20 Subcommittee #1
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
2026-01-12 House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103943D
2026-01-12 Counties, Cities and Towns
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

Official Summary Text

Zoning; manufactured housing.
Amends existing provisions that require localities to permit manufactured housing in areas zoned for agriculture by expanding such requirement to all zoning districts where site-built housing is allowed. The bill provides that manufactured housing shall be subject to development standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built single-family dwellings but that such standards shall not have the effect of excluding manufactured housing. The bill also removes the authority of localities without a zoning ordinance to designate the areas within the locality in which manufactured housing may be located. This bill was incorporated into HB 655.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

A BILL to amend and reenact §§
15.2-2247
and
15.2-2290
of the Code of Virginia, relating to zoning; manufactured housing.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§
15.2-2247
and
15.2-2290
of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§
15.2-2247
. Applicability of subdivision ordinance to manufactured home parks.

Any locality may designate
,
by ordinance
,
the areas within its jurisdiction in which
manufactured homes may be locate
d or
manufactured home parks may be established, notwithstanding the absence of a zoning ordinance in such locality. Such ordinance may also apply to any of the provisions of §§
15.2-2241
through
15.2-2245
in the regulation and governing of the location, establishment, and operation of
manufactured homes or
manufactured home parks. The ordinance may apply to any park or portion thereof licensed as a campground pursuant to Title 35.1
of this Code
. In the event of irreconcilable conflict between the ordinance and state law, the state law shall supersede the ordinance.

§
15.2-2290
. Uniform regulations for manufactured housing.

A. Localities adopting and enforcing zoning ordinances under the provisions of this article shall provide that, in all
agricultural
zoning districts
or districts having similar classifications regardless of name or designation where agricultural, horticultural, or forest uses such as but not limited to those described in §
58.1-3230
are the dominant use
where site-built housing is allowed
, the placement of manufactured houses that are on a permanent foundation and on individual lots shall be permitted, subject to development standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built
single family
single-family
dwellings within the same or equivalent zoning district.

B. Localities adopting and enforcing zoning regulations under the provisions of this article may, to provide for the general purposes of zoning ordinances, adopt uniform standards, so long as they apply to all residential structures erected within the
agricultural
zoning district
or other districts identified in subsection A of this section incorporating such standards
. The standards shall not have the effect of excluding manufactured housing
built in compliance
with
the
Virginia Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law
(§
36-85.2
et seq.)
.

C. Local zoning ordinances adopting provisions consistent with this section shall not relieve lots or parcels from the obligations relating to manufactured housing units imposed by the terms of a restrictive covenant.