If you want to transfer to Virginia Beach, VA:

• Submit a Request to Transfer to your current housing authority.
• If the staff there determines that you are eligible for transfer, they will forward your portability package to Virginia Beach Housing & Neighborhood Preservation.
• Once you know that they have sent your package to our department, please contact us to schedule an appointment and to receive a list of the necessary documents required for briefing.
• You must be on time for your appointment with us.
• Please do not locate a unit in Virginia Beach prior to coming to the briefing.
• We will be billing your home agency.
• Please review the Payment and Occupancy Standards for our agency.

If you are porting into Virginia Beach, please send all incoming portability documentation to our department to the attention of Bouason Taylor, housing specialist assistant, by email to hcvportabilityunit@vbgov.com; fax to (757) 385-5766; or by mail to:

City of Virginia Beach
Department of Housing & Neighborhood Preservation
2424 Courthouse Dr. - Bldg. 18A
Virginia Beach, VA 23456

We require all incoming vouchers to have a minimum of 45 days remaining before they expire and have the initial housing authority be willing to offer an extension to both the voucher and the billing deadline if it is requested.​

If you want to leave the Virginia Beach Housing & Neighborhood Preservation jurisdiction:

• You must give proper notice to your housing specialist and your landlord.
• You must be in good standing with the terms of your lease including being current in your rent.
• You must schedule an appointment with your housing specialist for a port-out briefing