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• § 50490.1 — (a) There is hereby established the California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program, to be administered by the department in accordance with this chapter.
• § 50490.2 — (a) The department shall allocate 50 percent of moneys available in the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund described in subdivision (c) of Section 50472, and any moneys that have not yet been made ava
• § 50490.3 — (a) An application submitted in response to the department’s notice of funding availability shall meet all of the following minimum requirements: (1) The application requests an allocation pursuant to
• § 50490.4 — (a) An administrative entity shall use funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50490.
• § 50490.5 — (a) The department shall distribute funds allocated to an administrative entity pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50490.
• § 50495 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50496 — (a) (1) (A) Beginning July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, all public housing authorities shall report each of the following United States Department of Housing and Urban Development reported data t
• § 5050 — The rates for any class of users or property served may be extended to cover any additional premises thereafter served which fall within the same class, without the necessity of hearing or notice.
• § 50500 — The department may, upon receipt of a request of a local public entity, provide advisory assistance or staffing for development of new and rehabilitated housing for persons and families of low or mode
• § 50501 — The department may furnish counseling and guidance services to aid any governmental agency or any private or nonprofit organization or persons in securing the financial aid or cooperation of governmen
• § 50502 — The department shall encourage research and demonstration projects to develop new and better techniques, including techniques of rehabilitation, for increasing the quality and supply of housing for pe
• § 50503 — The department may adopt rules and regulations establishing a mutual self-help housing technical assistance program providing grants to nonprofit housing sponsors for carrying out programs of technica
• § 50504 — The department may make grants to nonprofit housing sponsors and local public entities for operating, administrative, and other expenses of planning, constructing, rehabilitating, and operating assist
• § 50504.5 — (a) The department shall develop by December 31, 2020, a list of existing state grants and financial incentives for operating, administrative, and other expenses in connection with the planning, const
• § 50505 — The department may enter into agreements to provide staffing to assist government agencies in the conduct of federal loan and grant programs for the provision of housing for veterans and persons and f
• § 50506 — The department may conduct programs of subsidies for occupants of existing housing pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or other federal programs, but may not submit any com
• § 50506.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to accomplish both of the following: (1) To prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families because of homelessness or the lack of adequate s
• § 50507 — The department may, upon request by a local public entity, provide technical assistance of staffing for the purpose of developing applications and plans for community development funding pursuant to t
• § 50508 — The department shall endeavor to obtain community development funds available under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (P.
• § 50508.5 — The department may compile, analyze, and report upon the use in redevelopment project areas, of federal funds granted under selected federal programs, including Title I of the Housing and Community De
• § 50509 — The department may provide technical assistance to any public entity or public utility undertaking construction, maintenance, operation, or financing of replacement housing designed for persons displa
• § 5051 — Any change or readjustment of the rates shall be made in the same manner as the rates were originally established.
• § 50510 — The department shall develop and, subject to specific authorization and appropriation by the Legislature or the availability of federal subsidies, implement demonstration subsidy programs to test the
• § 50510.5 — The department may provide technical assistance to housing sponsors who are involved in any of the following activities: (a) The development of cooperatively owned mobilehome parks for persons and fam
• § 50511 — The department may provide potential housing sponsors and persons and families of low or moderate income such advisory consultative training and educational services as will assist them to become owne
• § 50512 — The department may provide technical assistance and aid to governmental agencies, nonprofit corporations, and housing sponsors for the purpose of providing the benefits of assisted housing to veterans
• § 50512.5 — (a) The department shall provide technical assistance to a local educational agency that submits a notice pursuant to Section 50408.
• § 50513 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the G.
• § 50514 — The department shall take appropriate measures to assure that its services and publications are available to persons and families having limited fluency in the English language, in order to assure ful
• § 50514.5 — Notwithstanding the proviso to subitem (b) of Item 190 of the Budget Act of 1976, sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) of the amount appropriated by subitem (b) of Item 190 of the Budget Act of 1976 shall
• § 50515 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Annual progress report” means the annual report required to be submitted to the department pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 of the Gover
• § 50515.01 — (a) (1) The Local Government Planning Support Grants Program is hereby established for the purpose of providing regions and jurisdictions with one-time funding, including grants for planning activitie
• § 50515.02 — Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.
• § 50515.03 — Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.
• § 50515.04 — (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a council of governments, other regional entity, or jurisdiction, as applicable, that receives an allocation of program funds pursuant to Section 50515.
• § 50515.05 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to revamp the existing regional housing need allocation process described in Sections 65584 to 65584.
• § 50515.06 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50515.07 — (a) (1) The Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program of 2021 is hereby established for the purpose of providing regions with funding, including grants, for transformative planning and implementat
• § 50515.08 — (a) The funds described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.
• § 50515.09 — (a) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.
• § 50515.10 — (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible entity that receives an allocation of program funds pursuant to Section 50515.
• § 50515.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may extend the term of an existing multifamily housing loan made by the department under the original Rental Housing Construction Program established
• § 50517.10 — (a) In addition to the purposes specified in subdivision (a) of Section 50517.
• § 50517.11 — (a) (1) In the City and County of Los Angeles, where the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted an authority, as defined in Section 34203, a waiver effective August 17, 2024,
• § 50517.5 — (a) (1) The department shall establish the Joe Serna, Jr.
• § 50517.6 — (a) The department may set aside the amount of funds authorized by subdivision (d) for the purposes of curing or averting a default on the terms of any loan or other obligation by the recipient of fin
• § 50517.7 — In counties in which a disaster has been declared by the Governor pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code and for a period of 12 months aft
• § 50517.8 — A household deemed eligible by the United States Department of Agriculture, under the Rural Housing Loan Program of Section 502 of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.
• § 50517.9 — (a) In enacting this section, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide disaster assistance for farmworkers displaced by the 1997 floods in the most expeditious and fiscally sound manner possible
• § 50519 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the need for decent housing among individuals of very low and low income is great, and that residential hotels are often the only form of housing affordable
• § 5052 — If the rate is not paid when due, on the first day of each calendar month thereafter a penalty of ten per cent of the amount of the delinquent rate shall be added.
• § 50520 — The department may, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, grant funds for the purpose of providing relocation benefits to persons and families of low or moderate income who are displaced, or wh
• § 50521 — Relocation benefits pursuant to Section 50520 may be provided in the form of grants pursuant to Sections 50504 and 50510 for costs of developing replacement housing or of providing subsidies to assist
• § 50522 — The department may obtain federal assistance pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or any other federal housing program, for use in providing relocation benefits to persons s
• § 50523 — (a) Upon the application for assistance from two-thirds of the owners of mobilehomes in the mobilehome park, the department shall provide comprehensive technical assistance to the residents seeking to
• § 5053 — The rates and penalties may be collected in the following manner: (a) An action may be brought in the name of the district against the person who occupied the property when the service was rendered fo
• § 50530 — (a) Large numbers of Californians face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard housing units.
• § 50530.5 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Housing” includes, but is not limited to, manufactured housing.
• § 50531 — (a) The Urban Predevelopment Loan Fund is hereby renamed the Predevelopment Loan Fund.
• § 50532 — The fund shall be administered by the director and any persons within the department designated by the director, in accordance with all of the following requirements: (a) The department shall not comm
• § 5054 — The remedies specified for collecting and enforcing rates are cumulative and may be pursued alternatively or may be used consecutively when the governing body so determines.
• § 50540 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program.
• § 50541 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Despite strong economic growth and record-level unemployment in most areas of the state, California has fallen seriously short of its polic
• § 50542 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter: (a) To develop an incentive-based strategy to encourage the construction of housing in those areas of the state that over the last decade
• § 50542.1 — (a) The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Account is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury.
• § 50543 — (a) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter in Item 2240-114-0001 of Section 2.
• § 50544 — (a) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of the funds transferred for purposes of this chapter in Item 2240-114-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000, any funds transferred in Item 2240-114-0001 and ap
• § 50545 — Five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter in Item 2240-114-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000 shall be transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fun
• § 50546 — (a) The administrative expenses of the department shall not exceed 3 percent of the amount available for the purposes of this chapter.
• § 5055 — Until the principal and interest of the bonds are fully paid any holder of any bond outstanding at any time may compel the use of any or all of the remedies provided in this chapter.
• § 50550 — There is hereby established the Workforce Housing Reward Program, to be administered by the department for the purpose of providing local assistance to cities, counties, and cities and counties that p
• § 50550.1 — (a) To the extent that funds are available, the department shall provide local assistance grants to a city, county, or city and county that issues a building permit for a housing development consistin
• § 50550.2 — (a) Grants provided pursuant to this chapter shall be used for the construction or acquisition of capital assets as set forth in Section 16727 of the Government Code that serve to benefit the communit
• § 5056 — After rates are fixed pursuant to this article, any person may pay such rates under protest and bring an action against the governing body in the superior court to recover any money which the governin
• § 50560 — (a) Subject to the requirements of this chapter, the department may approve an extension of a department loan, the reinstatement of a qualifying unpaid matured loan, the subordination of a department
• § 50561 — (a) The department may approve an extension of an existing rental housing development loan or regulatory agreement, if the extension facilitates the reinstatement of a qualifying unpaid matured loan,
• § 50562 — (a) If a department loan is extended, subordinated, or paid off before the end of its term, the department approves the reinstatement of a qualifying unpaid matured loan, the department approves the e
• § 50563 — (a) Sections 50560 and 50562 shall apply to the restructuring of loans for group homes, except as modified in this section.
• § 50564 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may approve the extension of a loan to an owner who occupies his or her housing unit funded by the department under any of the following loan programs
• § 50565 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “qualifying unpaid matured loan” shall mean either of the following: (1) A loan made pursuant to the programs listed in subdivision (a) of Section 50560 that is in ma
• § 5060 — Any district owning or operating works may contract with one or more other cities, counties, sanitation districts, or sanitary districts for the use of the works, but only to the extent of their capac
• § 50600 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The federal Housing and Urban Development Department subsidizes over 147,000 units of California’s affordable rental housing.
• § 50601 — (a) The Preservation Opportunity Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 50602 — The definitions contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 shall apply to this chapter, except as follows: (a) “Assisted housing development” has the same meaning as in paragraph
• § 50603 — (a) There is hereby created the Preservation Opportunity Program.
• § 50604 — (a) There is hereby created the Interim Repositioning Program, the purpose of which is to leverage private capital to increase the funding available to preserve at-risk housing.
• § 50605 — The department shall include in its last annual report submitted to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 50408, on or before December 31, 2005, all of the following: (a) A general description of activ
• § 50606 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide the department the flexibility necessary to maintain the supply and quality of the affordable rental housing units for which
• § 50607 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this chapter, the department may make loans or grants, or both loans and grants, to rehabilitate, capitalize operating subsidy or replacement
• § 50608 — (a) For any loans issued pursuant to this chapter, principal and accumulated interest is due and payable upon completion of the term of the loan.
• § 50609 — (a) The department may designate an amount not to exceed 1.
• § 5061 — The governing body of the district may by ordinance establish, change, and adjust rates for the service rendered in the lessee-district by the works, against the owners of the premises served, in the
• § 50610 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023.
• § 50611 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The private housing market has failed to meet the needs of the vast majority of California residents, who are unable to afford market r
• § 50612 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Afford” and “affordable” mean that a household pays no more than 30 percent of its household income on rent.
• § 50613 — (a) No later than December 31, 2026, the department shall complete a California Social Housing Study.
• § 5062 — The necessary intercepting sewers and appurtenant works for connecting the works of the owner-district with the sewerage system of the lessee-district shall be constructed by the owner-district or the
• § 5063 — The income received by the owner-district under the contract shall, if so provided in the ordinance, be deemed to be a part of the revenue of the works.
• § 50650 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) An adequate supply of safe and affordable housing is the foundation for strong and sustainable communities.
• § 50650.1 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the CalHome Program.
• § 50650.2 — The department shall administer this chapter.
• § 50650.3 — (a) Funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter shall be used to enable low- and very low income households to become or remain homeowners as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), and to provide dis
• § 50650.35 — (a) In allocating grants to local public agencies or nonprofit corporations for new construction of home ownership units, the department shall consider setting higher per-unit and total project alloca
• § 50650.4 — (a) To be eligible to receive a grant or loan, local public agencies or nonprofit corporations shall demonstrate sufficient organizational stability and capacity to carry out the activity for which th
• § 50650.5 — For the purposes of this chapter, all of the following shall apply: (a) Mutual housing, community land trusts, and limited equity cooperative housing shall be deemed to be forms of home ownership and
• § 50650.6 — The department may use up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter for its costs in administering the program.
• § 50650.7 — For appropriations of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) or less, the department may administer the funds using guidelines that shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 50650.8 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, the term “local public agencies” or “local government agencies” includes, but is not limited to, the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or ranch
• § 50651 — For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50651.1 — There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Tribal Housing Grant Program Trust Fund to be administered by the department.
• § 50651.2 — The moneys in the fund allocated in accordance with Section 50651.
• § 50651.3 — The moneys in the fund allocated to eligible applicants in accordance with Section 50651.
• § 50651.4 — (a) (1) Recipients shall have five years from the date of execution of a funding agreement with the department to expend all funds allocated to programs and services.
• § 50660 — The Legislature finds and declares that the rehabilitation of existing housing is necessary to the continued viability of neighborhoods, the elimination of health and safety hazards, the prevention of
• § 50660.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local governments to assist residents to repair and rebuild housing in a cost-efficient and expeditious manner following a disaster.
• § 50661 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund.
• § 50661.5 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Disaster Housing Repair Fund, into which shall be paid all moneys appropriated by the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) or transf
• § 50661.7 — The Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development may transfer moneys appropriated or otherwise made available for the purposes of the programs established under Sections 50662.
• § 50662 — The department shall adopt regulations establishing terms upon which deferred-payment rehabilitation loans may be made.
• § 50662.2 — Deferred-payment loans may be made to finance actual costs incurred to meet rehabilitation standards for rehabilitation of mobilehome parks, as defined in Section 18214, for occupancy by lower income
• § 50662.5 — For the purpose of providing disaster relief to those owners of owner-occupied single-family dwellings that were damaged or destroyed as a result of the Los Angeles-Whittier Narrows Earthquake on Octo
• § 50662.7 — For the purpose of providing disaster relief to those owners of owner-occupied dwellings that were damaged or destroyed as a result of a natural disaster defined by Section 8680.
• § 50662.8 — (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 50662.
• § 50663 — The department may contract with a local public entity or nonprofit corporation to provide any portion of uncommitted funds in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund for making deferred-payment rehabili
• § 50664 — Deferred-payment loans may be made to local agencies for repair of substandard dwellings through a master agreement and fund commitment.
• § 50665 — In residential rehabilitation areas designated pursuant to Section 37921, or in conjunction with financing of residential rehabilitation outside such areas as provided in Section 37922.
• § 50666 — In concentrated rehabilitation areas designated pursuant to Section 51302, a person or family of low or moderate income who is the owner of an owner-occupied residential structure of one to four units
• § 50667 — In those counties and cities in which the California Housing Finance Agency has allocated funds for mortgage loans for rehabilitation of housing developments pursuant to Section 51311, a person or fam
• § 50667.5 — In areas in which a local public entity or nonprofit corporation is undertaking a rehabilitation or code enforcement program for which federal funds are being used or will be used in conjunction with
• § 50668 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or in Section 50664, deferred-payment loans may be made only through agreements between the local public entity which has received a fund commitment and the o
• § 50668.5 — For the purpose of providing financial assistance pursuant to this chapter utilizing bond proceeds transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of S
• § 50669 — As used in Section 50670: (a) “Deferred-payment loan” means a loan for acquisition and rehabilitation of a rental housing development that (1) has a term of not more than 30 years, but that shall not
• § 50670 — (a) The department shall establish a Special User Housing Rehabilitation Program under which it may make deferred-payment loans to sponsors for the rehabilitation or the acquisition and rehabilitation
• § 50671 — For the purpose of providing disaster relief to owners of rental housing and the tenants residing in rental housing that was damaged or destroyed as a result of the Los Angeles-Whittier Narrows Earthq
• § 50671.5 — For the purpose of providing disaster relief to owners of rental housing and the tenants residing in rental housing that was damaged or destroyed as a result of a natural disaster as defined by Sectio
• § 50671.6 — For the purpose of preserving or expanding the supply of rental housing affordable to low- and very low-income tenants in cities or counties affected by a natural disaster as defined by Section 8680.
• § 50672 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to expedite the construction and production of housing developments that have received a commitment of funds from multifamily housing direc
• § 50672.1 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50672.2 — (a) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this chapter, the department may award a forgivable loan or grant to a qualified rental housing development to replace federal and state l
• § 50672.3 — In order to expedite the development of qualified rental housing developments that are ready to proceed to construction except for obtaining tax credit or bond allocations from the California Tax Cred
• § 50675 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Large numbers of California’s renters face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard units.
• § 50675.1 — (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Multifamily Housing Program.
• § 50675.1.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (b) of Section 50675.
• § 50675.1.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (b) of Section 50675.
• § 50675.1.5 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, projects to provide housing pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5965.
• § 50675.10 — (a) The department may designate an amount not to exceed 1.
• § 50675.11 — If an appropriation is made by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter in an amount of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) or less, the department may administer the funds with guidelines th
• § 50675.12 — (a) The department shall include in the annual report required by Section 50408 information that describes all of the following: (1) The number of projects assisted through the program.
• § 50675.13 — (a) With respect to funds made available under this chapter, the department shall award reasonable priority points for projects to prioritize any of the following: (1) Infill development.
• § 50675.14 — (a) This section applies only to projects funded with funds appropriated for supportive housing projects.
• § 50675.15 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Eligible individual” means an individual who meets both of the following criteria: (A) The individual is experiencing home
• § 50675.16 — (a) (1) In the City and County of Los Angeles, where the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted an authority, as defined in Section 34203, a waiver effective August 17, 2024,
• § 50675.2 — The definitions of this section shall apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter.
• § 50675.3 — Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter and all moneys received by the department in repayment of loans made pursuant to this chapter, including
• § 50675.4 — (a) To be eligible to receive a loan, a proposed project shall involve one or more of the following activities: (1) The development and construction of a new transitional or rental housing development
• § 50675.5 — (a) Eligible costs shall include the cost of developing dwelling units, transitional housing, and childcare, and after school care and social service facilities integrally linked to the assisted dwell
• § 50675.6 — (a) A sponsor may apply for loans for one or more rental or transitional housing developments.
• § 50675.7 — Loans shall be provided using a project selection process established by the department that meets all of the following requirements: (a) To the extent feasible, this process shall be coordinated with
• § 50675.8 — (a) Prior to disbursement of any funds for loans to rental housing developments made pursuant to this chapter, the department shall enter into a regulatory agreement with the sponsor that provides for
• § 50675.9 — Where the requirements of federal funding for a project, or the requirements of the low-income housing tax credits used in a project, would cause a violation of the requirements of this chapter, the r
• § 50676 — (a) The department is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for administering funds received by the state from the federal Housing Trust Fund pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery
• § 50676.1 — (a) The departments shall convene a stakeholder process to inform the development of the allocation plan.
• § 50680 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that recent deemphasis of programs of institutional care for persons with developmental and physical disabilities and persons with mental health disorders has re
• § 50681 — As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50682 — As used in this chapter, “developmentally disabled” means affected by a disability specified in subdivision (a) of Section 4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code rendering the affected person eligi
• § 50683 — As used in this chapter, “local agency” means a city, county, or city and county.
• § 50684 — As used in this chapter, “persons with a mental health disorder” means a person who is affected by a mental health disorder rendering the individual eligible to participate in programs of rehabilitati
• § 50685 — As used in this chapter, “physically disabled” means affected by a physical disability rendering the affected persons eligible to participate in programs of rehabilitation, education, or social servic
• § 50685.5 — As used in this chapter, “persons requiring supportive services” means persons who are eligible to receive housing assistance pursuant to federal law because of financial inability to provide adequate
• § 50686 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall have all the powers granted to housing authorities pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 34200) of Division 24 for the purpose of
• § 50686.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public housing authority created pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 34200) of Division 24 which is providing, or proposes to provide, housi
• § 50687 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 50688, for the purposes of this chapter the department may do any or all of the following: (a) Enter into contracts with any agency of the United States for t
• § 50687.5 — The department, after consultation with the State Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Rehabilitation, or the State Department of Health Care Services, may adopt, amend or repeal re
• § 50688 — The Legislature finds and declares that proper housing serves as a stabilizing factor and is an important facet of any program designed to rehabilitate persons with mental and physical disabilities an
• § 50689 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide housing assistance for persons with developmental and physical disabilities and persons with mental health disorders where t
• § 50689.5 — Housing and housing programs developed or assisted pursuant to this chapter shall be consistent with the housing element, as required by Section 65302 of the Government Code, of the general plan of th
• § 50690 — The Legislature finds and declares that the attainment of the national and state goal of providing every American family with a decent home and a suitable living environment is complicated by a lack o
• § 50691 — The purposes of this chapter are the following: (1) To encourage and foster the utilization of the resources and capabilities of private enterprise and of individual and group self-help techniques in
• § 50691.1 — The Legislature finds and declares that self-help housing generates self-reliance and a sense of community for participants, and that it is an important and proven source of housing for many low- and
• § 50692 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Owner-builder” means any person or family who provides all, or a substantial amount, as determined by the department, of the labor necessary to build a housing unit that
• § 50693 — There is hereby established, within the Division of Community Affairs of the department, a California Self-Help Housing Program.
• § 50694 — The California Self-Help Housing Program shall do all of the following: (a) Be a clearinghouse for owner-building and self-help rehabilitation information.
• § 50695 — The California Self-Help Housing Program shall provide potential and actual owner-builders and self-help rehabilitators all of the following information and technical assistance: (a) The cost savings
• § 50696 — (a) The California Self-Help Housing Program may provide the information and technical assistance required by Section 50695 in conjunction with federal and state energy and water conservation programs
• § 50697 — (a) The department shall encourage or support all self-help housing program activities in the state and shall do so in accordance with the policies, goals, and objectives of the California Statewide H
• § 50697.1 — (a) The Self-Help Housing Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 50698 — The director’s last annual report to the Governor and the Legislature prior to January 1, 1982, shall include recommendations for improvement, continuation, or termination of the California Housing Ad
• § 5070 — Territory which has become annexed to a district which has authorized the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter, and which territory shall use the works, shall become subject to the rates and cha
• § 50700 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) “Designated time period” means the time period designated in the N
• § 50701 — There is hereby established in state government the Housing-Related Parks Program, to be administered by the department, using funds allocated, upon appropriation, under subdivision (d) of Section 535
• § 50702 — (a) To the extent that funds are available for this purpose, the department shall determine a base grant amount to be provided under this chapter to any city, county, or city and county that meets all
• § 50703 — (a) The department shall award bonus funds in addition to the base grant award for applicants that meet the requirements under Section 50702.
• § 50704 — (a) (1) Except as authorized under paragraph (2), a city, county, or city and county shall not receive a grant unless it qualifies, based on building permits issued during the period designated in the
• § 50704.5 — The department shall adopt guidelines for the operation of the program.
• § 50704.80 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50704.81 — (a) (1) The Excess Sites Local Government Matching Grants Program is hereby established for the purpose of providing selected developers with one-time grants for development activities to enable devel
• § 50704.82 — Excess sites local government matching grants shall be available to selected developers that will receive contributions from local governments in accordance with the following: (a) The moneys appropri
• § 50704.83 — (a) (1) A selected developer that receives a grant pursuant to this chapter shall submit a report, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, by December 31 of the year following the receipt o
• § 50705 — (a) The Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program is hereby established for the purpose of funding the acquisition of property to develop or preserve affordable housing.
• § 50706 — (a) (1) The department shall issue a request for qualification to select a private sector entity to manage the Loan Fund for a period of five years, and the agreement may be extended in additional fiv