Legal Question in Bankruptcy in Virginia

That's the point of a chapter 7 - you don't get paid unless (a) the debtor has non-exempt assets for the trustee to administer; or (b) your debt is non-dischargeable. Non-dischargeable debts are for things like child support, certain taxes, fines, student loans, etc. Also non-dischargeable are debts incurred by fraud, fiduciary defalcation, theft, or willful and malicious injury. If it is any of these latter types, you must file a lawsuit in the bankruptcy court to have it determined non-dischargeable (within 60 days after the first date set for the meeting of creditors). A judgment for back rent is unlikely to be non-dischargeable.