Disaster Assistance - Richmond, VDAF, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
600 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Eligibility
Check website for further guidelines.
Eligible Applicants:
Eligible Applicants must have been Virginia residents in a Qualified Community at the time of the applicable Disaster Event and must have owned the eligible real property or properties at the time of the applicable Disaster Event. Only owners of affected properties that were actively occupied on or at the times of the applicable Disaster Event are eligible. Ineligible applicants include property owners whose property(ies) were abandoned or uninhabited, during the time of the applicable Disaster Event, or who have acquired the property since the applicable Disaster Event. Eligible Applicants also includes owners of commercial real property and owners who lost fencing and crops as a result of a Disaster Event.
Eligible Properties:
Part 1 of the Program provides relief based on damage to real property with an active use that was adversely impacted by one or more of the Disaster Events. Eligible real property must have been in active use at the time of the applicable Disaster Event and cannot have been abandoned or uninhabited.
Hours
8am to 5pm from Monday through Friday
Application process
Apply as soon as possible by visiting the website or emailing or calling the regional Planning District Commission serving your county or city.
Service area
Norton, VA
Bristol, VA
Galax, VA
Radford, VA
Buchanan, VA
Dickenson, VA
Russell, VA
Tazewell, VA
Lee, VA
Scott, VA
Wise, VA
Bland, VA
Carroll, VA
Grayson, VA
Smyth, VA
Washington, VA
Wythe, VA
Floyd, VA
Giles, VA
Montgomery, VA
Pulaski, VA
The Virginia Disaster Assistance Fund (VDAF) is a state program providing financial relief to Virginians whose homes, businesses, farms, or community infrastructure were destroyed or heavily damaged by natural disaster. It also funds large mitigation projects to protect community infrastructure against future disasters.
Distribute funding through our partner organizations (local governments and regional Planning District Commissions) to make sure help reaches residents quickly and fairly.
Planning District Commission (PDC) :
Cumberland Plateau PDC :
Buchanan County
Dickenson County
Russell County
Tazewell County
(276)880-4020; [email protected]; cppdc.com/disaster-recovery
LENOWISCO PDC :
Lee County
City of Norton
Scott County
Wise County
(276)431-2206; lenowisco.org
Mount Rogers PDC:
Bland County
City of Bristol
Carroll County
City of Galax
Grayson County
Smyth County
Washington County
Wythe County
(276)-200-5110; [email protected]; mrpdc.org/disasterassistancefund/home
New River Valley Regional Commission:
Floyd County
Giles County
Montgomery County
Pulaski County
City of Radford
(540)639-9313 nrvrc.org/virginia-disaster-assistance
What's Here
Providing organization
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) partners with state, federal, local and nonprofit housing and community and economic development initiatives. DHCD programs strive to maintain the vibrancy of communities throughout the Commonwealth and include providing universal broadband access, investing in economic development initiatives, promulgating the statewide building and fire regulations, preserving the affordability and efficiency of Virginia’s homes and buildings, addressing homelessness, reducing eviction rates across the state and fostering innovative solutions to create affordable housing. DHCD invests over $350 million annually in addition to $2 billion in federal recovery programs as a partner to Virginia communities to create safe, affordable and prosperous communities to live, work and do business in Virginia.