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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 700 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":355348,"section_number":"23.1-2637","catch_line":"Advisory board","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2637\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1413643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355345,"identifier":"23.1-2634","token":"23.1\/IV\/26\/5\/23.1-2634","url":"\/23.1-2634\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2634\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/26\/5\/23.1-2634","dublin_core":{"Title":"Functions, powers, and duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2634","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Housing Center shall serve as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource on housing for the Commonwealth. The Housing Center shall (i) consult with the General Assembly; federal, state, and local agencies; nonprofit organizations; private industry; and other potential users of research; (ii) establish and administer agreements with other public institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education to carry out research projects; (iii) disseminate new information and research results; (iv) facilitate the application and transfer of new technologies to housing; and (v) stimulate and perform research that deals with housing policy issues<\/span> facing the General Assembly and aids the Commonwealth’s housing and housing finance agencies.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES (\u00a7 23.1-2634)\n\nThe Housing Center shall serve as an interdisciplinary study, research, and\ninformation resource on housing for the Commonwealth. The Housing Center shall\n(i) consult with the General Assembly; federal, state, and local agencies;\nnonprofit organizations; private industry; and other potential users of\nresearch; (ii) establish and administer agreements with other public\ninstitutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education to\ncarry out research projects; (iii) disseminate new information and research\nresults; (iv) facilitate the application and transfer of new technologies to\nhousing; and (v) stimulate and perform research that deals with housing policy\nissues facing the General Assembly and aids the Commonwealth’s housing and\nhousing finance agencies.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 700, \u00a7 23-135.7:15; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}