Department of Housing and Community Development [165]
Secretarial Area: Commerce and Trade
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $47,722,330 $59,447,613 $107,169,943
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $57,845,481 $57,947,613 $115,793,094
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $45,082,524 $57,447,613 $102,530,137
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $46,540,971 $229,724,719 $276,265,690
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $57,242,823 $57,904,313 $115,147,136
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $81,001,245 $72,904,924 $153,906,169
2018-2020 2019 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 $83,405,720 $73,084,436 $156,490,156
2018-2020 2019 Base Budget $81,001,245 $72,904,924 $153,906,169
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments ($1,531,058) $1,774,512 $243,454
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments $3,935,533 ($1,595,000) $2,340,533
2018-2020 2020 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 $90,072,386 $73,084,436 $163,156,822
2018-2020 2020 Base Budget $81,001,245 $72,904,924 $153,906,169
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments $135,608 $1,774,512 $1,910,120
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments $8,935,533 ($1,595,000) $7,340,533
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 55.90 51.10 107.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 55.90 51.10 107.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 56.25 51.75 108.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 57.25 53.25 110.50
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 60.25 51.75 112.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 60.25 51.75 112.00
2018-2020 2019 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 60.25 51.75 112.00
2018-2020 2019 Base Budget 60.25 51.75 112.00
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 60.25 51.75 112.00
2018-2020 2020 Base Budget 60.25 51.75 112.00
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Continue Chapter 836 savings in agency budgets Base Budget Adjustment
  Transfers savings included in Items 475.10 and 475.20 of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly from Central Appropriations to applicable agency budgets.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($6,625,797) ($6,625,797)
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded three percent salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the three percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 X. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $124,486 $124,486
Nongeneral Fund $94,130 $94,130
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded health insurance costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 G. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $105,246 $105,246
Nongeneral Fund $73,763 $73,763
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded information technology auditors and security officers Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for information technology auditors and information security officers budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 476 J. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $29,853 $29,853
Nongeneral Fund $22,483 $22,483
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee retirement rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 H. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($24,394) ($24,394)
Nongeneral Fund ($18,447) ($18,447)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded state employee other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 K. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $8,020 $8,020
Nongeneral Fund $6,066 $6,066
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded changes in agency information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in information technology and telecommunications usage budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 476 G. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,186 $1,186
Nongeneral Fund $1,700 $1,700
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded internal service fund charges for the Personnel Management Information System Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the Personnel Management Information System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 476 O. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,090 $1,090
Nongeneral Fund $824 $824
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 V. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($551) ($551)
Nongeneral Fund ($762) ($762)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes in Cardinal charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the reduction in Cardinal charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 476 L. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($197) ($197)
Nongeneral Fund ($245) ($245)
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Expand access to healthy foods in underserved communities Decision Package
  Provides funding to establish the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund to encourage the development of supermarkets and other healthier food retail in underserved communities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,750,000 $3,750,000
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Increase funding for the GO Virginia initiative Decision Package
  Provides additional support for the GO Virginia initiative. Funds are provided for administration of the program. In addition, nongeneral fund appropriation is included to increase the per capita grant component of the program. Corresponding budgetary language is included in the act.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $637,000 $637,000
Nongeneral Fund $1,595,000 $1,595,000
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Increase funding for the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative Decision Package
  Provides additional support for the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative, a grant program supporting broadband deployment in the Commonwealth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
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Provide funding for the Commonwealth's match for the National Disaster Resilience Grant Decision Package
  Provides funding for the Commonwealth's match required as part of the National Disaster Resilience Grant. As part of the grant proposal, the Commonwealth pledged $5.0 million for the signature project, a regional resilience accelerator (RISE). The grant term is through FY 2022. This appropriation is intended to continue in FY 2021 and FY 2022 to meet the terms of the grant.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,666,666
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Eliminate the Building Collaborative Communities and the Building Entrepreneurial Economies programs Decision Package
  Removes funding associated with the Building Collaborative Communities and the Building Entrepreneurial Economies grant programs. The funding is reallocated to support administration of the GO Virginia initiative in a separate amendment.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($637,000) ($637,000)
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Provide additional support for rapid re-housing of veterans Decision Package
  Increases support for rapid re-housing efforts for veterans. WIth this increase, the base funding designated for this effort is $200,000.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000 $100,000
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Increase funding for Go Virginia General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases funding for the Virginia Growth and Opportunity initiative by $5.0 million from the general fund in the first year and $10.0 million from the general fund in the second year. It also eliminates new language in the introduced budget in order to correct an unintended consequence of distribution of funds to localities, permits the Board to grant matching fund waivers to qualifying regions that request them, and raises the eligible minimum amount of funds allocated to each region based upon its share of population to $1.0 million The additional funds shall be distributed as follows: an increase of $1.0 million in the first year for capacity-building grants; an increase of $3.0 million the first year and $6.0 million the second year for grants based upon a region's share of population; and, an increase of $1.0 million in the first year and $4.0 million the second year for competitive grants.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,000,000 $10,000,000
Nongeneral Fund ($1,595,000) ($1,595,000)
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Eliminate the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment eliminates language establishing the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund and reduces funding of $3.75 million from the general fund in each year of the biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($3,750,000) ($3,750,000)
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Increase funding for broadband General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $2.0 million from the general fund each year to the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative to support the extension of broadband networks by the private sector in unserved areas of the Commonwealth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,000,000 $2,000,000
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Increase funding for enterprise zones General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases funding for the Enterprise Zone Grant program to $13.5 million each year from the general fund. In grant year 2016, Enterprise Zone Real Property Improvement Grant awards were prorated to 73.68 cents on the dollar.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $685,533 $685,533
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Define criteria and guidelines for the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment further defines development of the criteria and guidelines of the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative by the Department of Housing and Community Development's (DCHD) by adding items for its consideration in developing criteria and guidelines for the program. In addition, the restrictions placed upon localities that are recipients of federal Connect America Funds are removed. Finally, language is added that directs DHCD to post applications electronically, and develop a process that will enable incumbent and potential providers to challenge the assertions made in the submissions.
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Direct advisory workgroups under the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board General Assembly Adjustment
  This language-only amendment directs the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board to develop a framework and guidelines to facilitate the allocation of grants to qualifying regions for broadband assessments, planning and potential projects.
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Restore the Building Collaborative Communities and Building Entrepreneurial Economies Programs General Assembly Adjustment
  This language-only amendment removes the prohibition on administering the Building Collaborative Communities and Building Entrepreneurial Economies programs at the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). The introduced budget removes funding and explicitly prohibits DHCD from continuing to administer these programs. This amendment removes the prohibition to allow DHCD the flexibility to continue these programs if resources become available.


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