COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE 
06/08/2026-REPORTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND JUDICIARY 
 
 
BILL NO. 
36-0273 
 
Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
March 13, 2026 
 
 
 
An act amending Act No. 8465 redirecting the appropriation to the First-Time Homebuyers 
Program to the Williams Delight Community Homeownership Program and the VI Slice 
Homeownership Program 
 
 
 
PROPOSED BY: 
 
 
Senator Kurt A. Vialet 
Sponsor: Angel L. Bolques, Jr. 
Co-sponsor: Ray Fonseca 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 
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SECTION 1.  Act No. 8465 is amended as follows: 
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(a) 
In section 14, designate the existing language as subsection (a) and insert the 
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following subsection (b): 
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“(b) The sums appropriated in subsection (a) shall be disbursed as follows: 
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(1) 
$265,000 to the Virgin Islands Housing Authority for the 
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Williams Delight Community Homeownership Program; and 
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(2) 
$3,735,000 to the Economic Development Authority for the VI 
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Slice Homeownership Program.” 
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(b) 
In section 15 strike “, for the purpose of 21 V.I.C. § 8 to establish The First-
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Time Homebuyers Program”. 
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BILL SUMMARY 
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This bill amends Act No. 8465, by re-directing the $4,000,000 appropriation to the First-
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Time Homebuyers Program to (1) the Virgin Islands Housing Authority for the Williams 
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Delight Community Homeownership Program; and (2) the Economic Development Authority 
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for the VI Slice Homeownership Program. 
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BR26-1057/March 12, 2026/PFA 
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