Strongest closure signal
The March 3, 2026 official Virginia Housing announcement says the Community Heroes Grant pilot is closed for new reservations effective immediately.
Virginia under review
Virginia Housing lender-side materials now point to suspension and closure for new reservations, while the public homebuyer page still looks live and continues to say funding is limited and subject to availability.
Official sources
The March 3, 2026 official Virginia Housing announcement says the Community Heroes Grant pilot is closed for new reservations effective immediately.
The February 13 and February 25, 2026 official updates show a program moving from exhausted funding to tighter reservation control and eventual shutdown, rather than operating like a normal open statewide grant.
Virginia Housing's lender guidelines index lists Community Heroes entries with suspension markers, which supports the lender-side closure sequence.
The public homebuyer page still promotes the grant and says funding is limited and subject to availability. Because that public consumer signal does not cleanly match the newer lender-side closure notices, the safest status is still under review.