{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"50691.1","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, ยง 50691.1","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE [50000. - 54949.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-31"},{"name":"PART 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [50400. - 50899.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-31/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7.5. Housing Advisory Service [50690. - 50698.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-31/part-2/chapter-7.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Findings and Declarations [50690. - 50691.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-31/part-2/chapter-7.5/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 2. Effective September 26, 1985.","effective":"1985-09-26","html":"

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 moderate-income California residents.

The Legislature further finds and declares that the California Self-Help Housing Program has been very successful in its goal of stimulating the production and rehabilitation of housing with the use of several self-help housing techniques, and that the program should be expanded to assist more low- and moderate-income residents throughout this state.

In addition to the purposes specified in Section 50691, the purposes of this chapter include all of the following:

(1) Expansion of the production of decent and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people through the use of self-help methods of rehabilitation and construction.

(2) Expansion of homeownership opportunities for those to whom it would otherwise not be available without the cost savings achieved by the self-help method.

(3) Encouragement of self-reliance, pride of ownership, and sense of community for those who participate.

","text":"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 moderate-income California residents. The Legislature further finds and declares that the California Self-Help Housing Program has been very successful in its goal of stimulating the production and rehabilitation of housing with the use of several self-help housing techniques, and that the program should be expanded to assist more low- and moderate-income residents throughout this state. In addition to the purposes specified in Section 50691, the purposes of this chapter include all of the following: (1) Expansion of the production of decent and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people through the use of self-help methods of rehabilitation and construction. (2) Expansion of homeownership opportunities for those to whom it would otherwise not be available without the cost savings achieved by the self-help method. (3) Encouragement of self-reliance, pride of ownership, and sense of community for those who participate.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/findings-and-declarations-50691-1","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}