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Fully KeptHousing / renter protections

Improve renter protections, including extending the timeline before a landlord can begin eviction proceedings from 5 to 14 days.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

All three cited sources are reachable, document the outcome for this specific promise, and the quoted text appears verbatim in each. WTOP confirms Spanberger, as governor, highlighting the new law requiring "14 days' notice before pursuing an eviction instead of five" as part of her affordability agenda, and her exact quoted remark appears verbatim. WHSV confirms verbatim "The notice period increased from five days to 14 days," attributing it to House Bill 15. Williams Mullen confirms verbatim the 14-day pay-or-quit provision replacing the prior 5-day notice, identifies the bill as HB15 (identical to SB48), and gives the July 1, 2026 effective date. The promised policy — extending the pre-eviction timeline from 5 to 14 days — is now enacted Virginia law. FULL rather than CHAMPIONED is correct: the legislative authorship/driving belonged to the bill patrons, while Spanberger's contribution was executive fulfillment (signing the law plus inclusion in her "Affordable Virginia Agenda"), which does not meet the authored/led-the-specific-measure bar for CHAMPIONED. The outcome does not overstate the evidence; the change is settled law. Rating upheld.

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