把你的损失定义得高一点就好了，比如空置也是损失

 If the applicant fails to rent the unit for which application was made, from the application deposit the landlord shall refund to the applicant within 20 days after the applicant's failure to rent the unit or the landlord's rejection of the application all sums in excess of the landlord's actual expenses and damages together with an itemized list of said expenses and damages.

 

查一下l立法历史，这段话2000就有了，再往前网上没有改变记录，估计原来1977年立法原文里面就有

http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0760?

具体看55-248.6:1