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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>360693</law_id><section_number>36-35</section_number><catch_line>Contracts and covenants with federal government, etc.; agreements to sell</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="83" identifier="36">Housing</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Housing Authorities Law</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="4">Bonds, Trust Indentures and Mortgages</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or amendatory or superseding <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for a loan and annual contributions heretofore or hereafter entered into between a <span class="dictionary">housing authority</span> and the <span class="dictionary">federal government</span> with respect to any <span class="dictionary">housing project</span> undertaken by the <span class="dictionary">housing authority</span>, any such <span class="dictionary">housing authority</span> is authorized to make such covenants (including covenants with holders of obligations of the authority issued for purposes of the project involved) and to confer upon the <span class="dictionary">federal government</span> such rights and remedies, as the <span class="dictionary">housing authority</span> deems necessary to assure the fulfillment of the purposes for which the project was undertaken. In any such <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, the <span class="dictionary">housing authority</span> may, notwithstanding any other provisions of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, agree to sell and convey the project (including all lands appertaining thereto) to which such <span class="dictionary">contract</span> relates to the <span class="dictionary">federal government</span> upon the occurrence of such conditions, or upon such <span class="dictionary">defaults</span> on obligations for which any of the annual contributions provided in such <span class="dictionary">contract</span> are pledged, as may be prescribed in such <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, and at a price (which may include the assumption by the <span class="dictionary">federal government</span> of the payment, when due, of the principal of and interest on outstanding obligations of the <span class="dictionary">housing authority</span> issued for purposes of the project involved) determined as prescribed therein and upon such other terms and conditions as are therein provided. Any such <span class="dictionary">housing authority</span> is hereby authorized to enter into such supplementary <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, and to execute such conveyances, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions hereof. Notwithstanding any other provisions of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, any <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> or supplementary <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> or conveyances made or executed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be or constitute a mortgage within the meaning or for the purposes of any of the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>1942, p. 326; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 3145(4o).</history><metadata></metadata></law>
