PART 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [50400. - 50899.7.]
Heading of Part 2 amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 996.
§§ 50400–50899.7 · 413 sections
CHAPTER 1. Organization of the Department and General Powers §§ 50400–50410 · 27 sections
- § 50400 (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the California Housing and Homelessness Agency. (b) This section…
- § 50400.5 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, any money contained in the Rural Predevelopment Loan Fund created pursuant…
- § 50401 The department shall be administered by an executive officer known as the Director of Housing and Community Development. The director shall be appointed by the…
- § 50402 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the department, and the director…
- § 50403 The Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the director, a deputy director. The deputy director shall hold office at the pleasure of the director…
- § 50404 The work of the department shall be divided into the following three divisions: (a) The Division of Codes and Standards. (b) The Division of Housing Policy…
- § 50405 Each division shall be in the charge of a chief, under the direction of the director. The chiefs shall be appointed, upon recommendation by the director, by…
- § 50405.2 The Division of Codes and Standards shall be divided into two sections, the Housing Standards Section and the Manufactured Housing Section. Each section shall…
- § 50405.5 (a) Effective January 1, 2024, the department shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department…
- § 50406 For the purposes of this division, the department has all of the following powers: (a) To sue and be sued in its own name. (b) To have an official seal and to…
- § 50406.1 Pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 50406, the department shall review all guidelines it has adopted or amended to determine whether those guidelines…
- § 50406.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the department may enter into long-term contracts or agreements for not more than 30 years for the purpose of…
- § 50406.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any funds approved, reserved, or allocated by the department after the effective date of the guidelines required pursuant to…
- § 50406.4 Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent permitted under federal law and the California Constitution, the department shall allow an owner of a property…
- § 50406.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may make advance payments to eligible borrowers and grantees under any loan or grant programs…
- § 50406.6 (a) For the purposes of this section, “coordinated entry system” means a centralized or coordinated assessment system developed pursuant to Section 578.7 of…
- § 50406.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall reduce the interest rate on any loan issued by the department to a rental housing development to as low…
- § 50406.8 Notwithstanding any other law, the department may expend any funds it is authorized to set aside for curing or averting potential defaults for the purposes of…
- § 50406.9 The department may do any of the following in administering federally funded grant programs administered by the department, including, but not limited to, the…
- § 50407 The department is the principal state department responsible for coordinating federal-state relationships in housing and community development, except for…
- § 50407.5 (a) Notwithstanding the transfer of the department from the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency to the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing… see note
- § 50408 (a) On or before December 31 of each year, the department shall submit an annual report to the Governor and both houses of the Legislature on the operations…
- § 50408.1 (a) The department shall develop and publish in the annual report required by Section 50408 all of the following information regarding grant programs…
- § 50408.5 (a) (1) On or before December 1, 2023, the department shall commission a statewide study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions to inform a…
- § 50408.6 (a) On or before January 1, 2027, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local educational agency to notify the…
- § 50409 Except where the department is specifically vested by this part or by any other provision of law with the authority to adopt rules and regulations, and except…
- § 50410 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Affordable Housing Default Reserve Account. All interest or other increments resulting from the…
CHAPTER 1.5. Statewide Housing Plan §§ 50420–50426 · 7 sections
- § 50420 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) “Plan” means the California Statewide Housing…
- § 50421 There is a California Statewide Housing Plan that was developed in cooperation with the private housing industry as well as regional and local housing and…
- § 50422 The plan shall incorporate a statement of housing goals, policies, and objectives, as well as all of the following segments: (a) An evaluation and summary of…
- § 50423 (a) The department shall update and provide a revision of the plan to the Legislature by January 1, 2006, by January 1, 2009, and every four years thereafter,…
- § 50424 The plan developed pursuant to Section 50421 shall provide a reference guide for local housing market studies and for local housing elements required by…
- § 50425 The goals and recommendations adopted for the plan shall be published once adopted, and shall be republished as revisions are adopted. The plan shall be…
- § 50426 (a) Each update and revision to the plan occurring on or after January 1, 2023, shall incorporate both of the following: (1) The plan shall include an…
CHAPTER 2. Policy Activities of the Department §§ 50455–50469 · 18 sections
- § 50455 (a) The department shall develop a statewide farm labor housing assistance plan and related policies, goals, and objectives for inclusion in the California…
- § 50455.6 The Legislature finds and declares that a severe shortage of affordable housing exists for low- and moderate-income households, including the elderly, disabled…
- § 50456 (a) The department shall collect, publish, and make available to the public information about federal, state, and local laws regarding housing and community…
- § 50457 The department shall develop specifications for the structure, functions, and organization of a housing and community development information system for this…
- § 50458 The department shall assist and advise the Office of Planning and Research on the performance of functions specified in Section 65040.3 of the Government Code.
- § 50459 (a) The department may adopt, and from time to time, revise, guidelines for any of the following: (1) The preparation of housing elements required by Section…
- § 50460 The department shall adopt guidelines relating to relocation assistance by public entities, as defined in Section 7260 of the Government Code, pursuant to the…
- § 50461 The department shall establish a tracking system for all programs established under this part and administered by the department. The tracking system shall, at…
- § 50462 The department may initiate, develop, and propose regulations for adoption by the agency and review regulations proposed by the board prior to their taking…
- § 50463 The department may certify local housing agents, and may periodically review, recertify, and decertify such local housing agents as provided in Section 51252.
- § 50464 The department may: (a) Make investigations of housing and community development in California. (b) Call conferences of representatives of all levels of…
- § 50465 (a) On or before January 1, 2009, the Department of Water Resources shall propose for adoption and approval by the California Building Standards Commission…
- § 50466 (a) (1) The department shall require each housing development that is financed on or after January 1, 2018, pursuant to this division, to authorize a resident…
- § 50466.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the department shall create an impact fee nexus study template that may be used by local jurisdictions. The template shall…
- § 50466.6 (a) On or before July 1, 2028, the department shall create both of the following: (1) A fee schedule template for proposed housing development projects that…
- § 50467 (a) Any notice of funding availability issued by the department for an affordable multifamily housing loan program shall state that adaptive reuse of a…
- § 50468 (a) The department shall not require a project-specific transition reserve for any unit subject to a qualified project rental or operating subsidy. (b) The…
- § 50469 (a) The department shall not require a tribe that is an eligible recipient of state funding to waive tribal sovereign immunity in order to access state or…
CHAPTER 2.5. Building Homes and Jobs Act §§ 50470–50475 · 5 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 50470–50472 · 4 sections
- § 50470 (a) (1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund. All interest or other increments resulting from the investment of…
- § 50470.5 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) “Local government” means any city, county, city…
- § 50471 The department and the California Housing Finance Agency shall report on the expenditure of funds pursuant to this chapter in accordance with Sections 50408…
- § 50472 The department shall allocate the funds described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50470 as follows: (a) Five million dollars…
ARTICLE 2. Audits and Reporting § 50475 · 1 section
- § 50475 (a) The Office of State Audits and Evaluation may conduct periodic audits to ensure that the annual allocation to individual programs is awarded by the…
CHAPTER 2.8. California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program §§ 50490–50490.5 · 6 sections
- § 50490 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Administrative entity” means one of the following that has been designated by the Continuum of Care to administer California…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50490.4 (a) An administrative entity shall use funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50490.2 for one or more of the following eligible activities: (1)…
- § 50490.5 (a) The department shall distribute funds allocated to an administrative entity pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50490.2 by executing a contract with…
CHAPTER 2.9. Housing Vouchers §§ 50495–50496 · 2 sections
- § 50495 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) “Housing authority” has the same meaning as in…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 3. Assistance Activities of the Department §§ 50500–50514.5 · 21 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50502 The department shall encourage research and demonstration projects to develop new and better techniques, including techniques of rehabilitation, for increasing…
- § 50503 The department may adopt rules and regulations establishing a mutual self-help housing technical assistance program providing grants to nonprofit housing…
- § 50504 The department may make grants to nonprofit housing sponsors and local public entities for operating, administrative, and other expenses of planning,…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50508 The department shall endeavor to obtain community development funds available under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-383)…
- § 50508.5 The department may compile, analyze, and report upon the use in redevelopment project areas, of federal funds granted under selected federal programs,…
- § 50509 The department may provide technical assistance to any public entity or public utility undertaking construction, maintenance, operation, or financing of…
- § 50510 The department shall develop and, subject to specific authorization and appropriation by the Legislature or the availability of federal subsidies, implement…
- § 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…
- § 50511 The department may provide potential housing sponsors and persons and families of low or moderate income such advisory consultative training and educational…
- § 50512 The department may provide technical assistance and aid to governmental agencies, nonprofit corporations, and housing sponsors for the purpose of providing the…
- § 50512.5 (a) The department shall provide technical assistance to a local educational agency that submits a notice pursuant to Section 50408.6 and that requests the…
- § 50513 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the G. David Singleton California Indian Assistance Program. (b) The department shall provide…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 3.1. Local Government Planning Support Grants Program §§ 50515–50515.05 · 6 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50515.02 Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.01, one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) shall be available to…
- § 50515.03 Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.01, one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) shall be available to…
- § 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…
- § 50515.05 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to revamp the existing regional housing need allocation process described in Sections 65584 to 65584.2, inclusive, of…
CHAPTER 3.15. Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program of 2021 §§ 50515.06–50515.10 · 5 sections
- § 50515.06 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) “Program” means the Regional Early Action…
- § 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,…
- § 50515.08 (a) The funds described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07 shall be available only to the following entities before any suballocation: (1)…
- § 50515.09 (a) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07, four hundred eighty million dollars ($480,000,000) shall be available to…
- § 50515.10 (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible entity that receives an allocation of program funds pursuant to Section 50515.08 shall submit a report, in the…
CHAPTER 3.2. The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program §§ 50515.2–50517.11 · 8 sections
- § 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…
- § 50517.5 (a) (1) The department shall establish the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program under which, subject to the availability of funds, there shall be…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50517.10 (a) In addition to the purposes specified in subdivision (a) of Section 50517.5 and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the department may make…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 3.3. Residential Hotel Rehabilitation §§ 50519–50522 · 4 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 3.4. Mobilehome Park Ownership Assistance § 50523 · 1 section
- § 50523 (a) Upon the application for assistance from two-thirds of the owners of mobilehomes in the mobilehome park, the department shall provide comprehensive…
CHAPTER 3.5. Predevelopment Loans §§ 50530–50532 · 4 sections
- § 50530 (a) Large numbers of Californians face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard housing units. In order to facilitate an increase in the…
- § 50530.5 As used in this chapter: (a) “Housing” includes, but is not limited to, manufactured housing. (b) “Predevelopment loan” means a loan for required expenses,…
- § 50531 (a) The Urban Predevelopment Loan Fund is hereby renamed the Predevelopment Loan Fund. (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 3.7. The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program §§ 50540–50546 · 8 sections
- § 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,…
- § 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…
- § 50542.1 (a) The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Account is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money in the fund shall be available, upon…
- § 50543 (a) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter in Item 2240-114-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50546 (a) The administrative expenses of the department shall not exceed 3 percent of the amount available for the purposes of this chapter. (b) The department may…
CHAPTER 3.8. Workforce Housing Reward Program §§ 50550–50550.2 · 3 sections
- § 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,…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 3.9. Portfolio Restructuring §§ 50560–50565 · 6 sections
- § 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…
- § 50561 (a) The department may approve an extension of an existing rental housing development loan or regulatory agreement, if the extension facilitates the…
- § 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…
- § 50563 (a) Sections 50560 and 50562 shall apply to the restructuring of loans for group homes, except as modified in this section. (b) The department may approve an…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 5. Preservation Interim Loan Programs §§ 50600–50605 · 6 sections
- § 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…
- § 50601 (a) The Preservation Opportunity Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fund is…
- § 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…
- § 50603 (a) There is hereby created the Preservation Opportunity Program. (b) The department shall contract with the agency for the administration of this section, and…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 5.5. Affordable Housing Preservation §§ 50606–50609 · 4 sections
- § 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…
- § 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,…
- § 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. The loan…
- § 50609 (a) The department may designate an amount not to exceed 1.5 percent of funds appropriated for use pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of curing or…
CHAPTER 5.6. Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023 §§ 50610–50613 · 4 sections
- § 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…
- § 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. (b) “Affordable…
- § 50613 (a) No later than December 31, 2026, the department shall complete a California Social Housing Study. The study shall consist of a comprehensive analysis of…
CHAPTER 6. CalHome Program §§ 50650–50650.8 · 10 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50650.4 (a) To be eligible to receive a grant or loan, local public agencies or nonprofit corporations shall demonstrate sufficient organizational stability and…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 6.4. Tribal Housing Reconstitution and Resiliency Act §§ 50651–50651.4 · 5 sections
- § 50651 For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) “Eligible…
- § 50651.1 There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Tribal Housing Grant Program Trust Fund to be administered by the department. All interest or other…
- § 50651.2 The moneys in the fund allocated in accordance with Section 50651.1 to eligible applicants may be expended for all of the following purposes: (a) Housing and…
- § 50651.3 The moneys in the fund allocated to eligible applicants in accordance with Section 50651.1 shall only be expended for the benefit of one or more of the…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 6.5. Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loans §§ 50660–50671.6 · 23 sections
- § 50660 The Legislature finds and declares that the rehabilitation of existing housing is necessary to the continued viability of neighborhoods, the elimination 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…
- § 50661 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund. All interest or other increments resulting from the investment of…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50662 The department shall adopt regulations establishing terms upon which deferred-payment rehabilitation loans may be made. The amount of a deferred-payment…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50662.8 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 50662.7, the department may allow the assumption of any loan made pursuant to subdivision (b)…
- § 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…
- § 50664 Deferred-payment loans may be made to local agencies for repair of substandard dwellings through a master agreement and fund commitment. Such agreements shall…
- § 50665 In residential rehabilitation areas designated pursuant to Section 37921, or in conjunction with financing of residential rehabilitation outside such areas as…
- § 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…
- § 50667 In those counties and cities in which the California Housing Finance Agency has allocated funds for mortgage loans for rehabilitation of housing developments…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50668.5 For the purpose of providing financial assistance pursuant to this chapter utilizing bond proceeds transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund pursuant…
- § 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…
- § 50670 (a) The department shall establish a Special User Housing Rehabilitation Program under which it may make deferred-payment loans to sponsors for the…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 6.6. Loans and Grants to Qualified Rental Housing Developments §§ 50672–50672.3 · 4 sections
- § 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…
- § 50672.1 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) “Multifamily housing program” includes, but is…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 6.7. Multifamily Housing Program §§ 50675–50675.16 · 20 sections
- § 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…
- § 50675.1 (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Multifamily Housing Program. (b) Assistance provided to a project pursuant to this chapter, excluding…
- § 50675.1.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (b) of Section 50675.1, funds appropriated in the 2020 Budget Act or an act related to the 2020 Budget…
- § 50675.1.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (b) of Section 50675.1, funds appropriated to provide housing for individuals and families who are…
- § 50675.1.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, projects to provide housing pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5965.04 of the Welfare and…
- § 50675.2 The definitions of this section shall apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or unless the…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50675.5 (a) Eligible costs shall include the cost of developing dwelling units, transitional housing, and childcare, and after school care and social service…
- § 50675.6 (a) A sponsor may apply for loans for one or more rental or transitional housing developments. A housing development may utilize any combination of federal,…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50675.10 (a) The department may designate an amount not to exceed 1.5 percent of funds appropriated for use pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of curing or…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50675.14 (a) This section applies only to projects funded with funds appropriated for supportive housing projects. (b) For purposes of this section, the following terms…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 6.8. Federal Housing Trust Fund §§ 50676–50676.1 · 2 sections
- § 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…
- § 50676.1 (a) The departments shall convene a stakeholder process to inform the development of the allocation plan. Stakeholders represented shall include, but not be…
CHAPTER 7. Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled §§ 50680–50689.5 · 14 sections
- § 50680 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that recent deemphasis of programs of institutional care for persons with developmental and physical disabilities and…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50685 As used in this chapter, “physically disabled” means affected by a physical disability rendering the affected persons eligible to participate in programs of…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 50687.5 The department, after consultation with the State Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Rehabilitation, or the State Department of Health…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 7.5. Housing Advisory Service §§ 50690–50698 · 11 sections
ARTICLE 1. Findings and Declarations §§ 50690–50691.1 · 3 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 50692 · 1 section
- § 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…
ARTICLE 3. General Provisions §§ 50693–50698 · 7 sections
- § 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. (b)…
- § 50695 The California Self-Help Housing Program shall provide potential and actual owner-builders and self-help rehabilitators all of the following information and…
- § 50696 (a) The California Self-Help Housing Program may provide the information and technical assistance required by Section 50695 in conjunction with federal and…
- § 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…
- § 50697.1 (a) The Self-Help Housing Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 8. Housing-Related Parks Program §§ 50700–50704.5 · 6 sections
- § 50700 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) “Designated time period”…
- § 50701 There is hereby established in state government the Housing-Related Parks Program, to be administered by the department, using funds allocated, upon…
- § 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,…
- § 50703 (a) The department shall award bonus funds in addition to the base grant award for applicants that meet the requirements under Section 50702. The department…
- § 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…
- § 50704.5 The department shall adopt guidelines for the operation of the program. The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with…
CHAPTER 8.2. Excess Site Local Government Matching Grants Program §§ 50704.80–50704.83 · 4 sections
- § 50704.80 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) “Local…
- § 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…
- § 50704.82 Excess sites local government matching grants shall be available to selected developers that will receive contributions from local governments in accordance…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 8.3. Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program §§ 50705–50708 · 3 sections
- § 50705 (a) The Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program is hereby established for the purpose of funding the acquisition of property to…
- § 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…
- § 50708 The department shall collect all of the following from each borrower and include a summary of this information in its last annual report submitted to the…
CHAPTER 8.5. Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers §§ 50710–50718 · 20 sections
- § 50710 The Director of Housing and Community Development may contract with school districts, housing authorities, health agencies, and other appropriate local public…
- § 50710.1 (a) If all the development costs of any migrant farm labor center assisted pursuant to this chapter are provided by federal, state, or local grants, and if…
- § 50710.2 The department shall allow, in an operating contract, the entity operating the contract to have flexibility in its opening date if needed to adjust for…
- § 50710.3 (a) By January 1, 2026, the department shall engage and solicit feedback from stakeholders on the definition of “migratory agricultural worker” for the…
- § 50710.4 (a) The department may enter into multiyear operating contracts with entities, and provide funding annually by making an amendment to that contract. (b) The…
- § 50710.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no housing authority, housing authority commissioner, housing authority officer, or housing authority employee,…
- § 50710.6 (a) (1) The department shall develop a report that analyzes the feasibility and impact of transitioning housing units at Office of Migrant Services centers to…
- § 50710.7 (a) By December 31, 2028, the department shall, following the completion of the report under Section 50710.6, coordinate with the Department of General…
- § 50710.8 (a) All communications to migratory farmworkers from the department and the entity operating a migrant farm labor center shall be delivered in culturally and…
- § 50711 The Director of Housing and Community Development shall have possession and control of all records and papers held previously by the Director of Employment…
- § 50711.5 (a) The Napa County Farmworker Centers Account is hereby established, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, through its…
- § 50712 Any county, city, or other local agency may enter into contracts of the nature described in Section 50710, to the extent that such an agency is otherwise…
- § 50712.5 (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services, pursuant to the authority granted in subdivision (n) of…
- § 50713 For the purposes of procuring or developing housing or shelter for migratory agricultural workers pursuant to this chapter, the department may execute…
- § 50714 (a) The San Diego County Farmworker Housing Account is hereby established, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, through…
- § 50714.5 (a) (1) The Director’s San Diego County Farmworker Housing Discretionary Account is hereby established in the Office of Migrant Services in the department. The…
- § 50715 (a) Housing operated pursuant to this chapter may be used for the purposes set forth in Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 50800), provided that no funds…
- § 50716 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, to respond to the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on January 17, 2014, the department shall, directly or…
- § 50717 (a) On or before January 1, 2019, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, an entity operating a migrant farm labor center shall provide a report to…
- § 50718 (a) An entity operating a migrant farm labor center shall prescreen Office of Migrant Services program applicants for eligibility in farmworker-restricted…
CHAPTER 8.6. Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program §§ 50720–50720.12 · 7 sections
- § 50720 The Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program is hereby created for the purpose of preserving affordable housing and promoting resident ownership…
- § 50720.2 (a) The Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program is hereby established. The department shall administer the program for the purpose of preserving…
- § 50720.4 As used in this chapter: (a) “Capitalized operating subsidy reserve” means funds that are set aside before a property is acquired pursuant to this chapter to…
- § 50720.6 (a) The department shall grant funds to one or more fund managers to implement the program until June 30, 2026, which shall include funds for all of the…
- § 50720.8 (a) A borrower or grantee that receives funds from a loan or grant made pursuant to the program shall only use the funds as follows: (1) To pay for property…
- § 50720.10 A loan made pursuant to the program may be partially or fully converted to a grant.
- § 50720.12 (a) The department shall adopt guidelines for the administration of the program. The guidelines shall comply with all of the following: (1) The guidelines…
CHAPTER 9. Rental Housing Construction Program §§ 50735–50771.3 · 35 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Provisions §§ 50735–50744.5 · 13 sections
- § 50735 The following definitions shall apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this article or unless the context…
- § 50736 (a) Not less than 30 percent of the units in each rental housing development consisting of 10 or more units which receives any funds pursuant to this chapter…
- § 50737 The department shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of…
- § 50737.5 Funds available for the purposes of this chapter shall be allocated by the department throughout the state in accordance with identified housing needs.
- § 50738 The department may make payments pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 50745), 3 (commencing with Section 50755), or 4 (commencing with Section 50765)…
- § 50738.5 (a) The department shall establish and administer an annuity fund and may, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, make commitments to provide…
- § 50739 At the time the department makes a payment pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 50745), 3 (commencing with Section 50755), or 4 (commencing with…
- § 50740 (a) The Rental Housing Construction Incentive Fund established in the State Treasury is hereby renamed the Rental Housing Construction Fund. Notwithstanding…
- § 50740.7 If money committed by the department prior to the effective date of the act which enacted this section cannot be used by the local finance entity or housing…
- § 50741 Only rental housing developments on which construction is commenced on or after six months from the effective date of this chapter shall be eligible for…
- § 50742 For purposes of acting as a local finance entity pursuant to this chapter, a city, county, or city and county may, pursuant to an enabling ordinance of its…
- § 50744 Where a local finance entity or local public entity is authorized to receive payments from the annuity fund established pursuant to Section 50748, under a…
- § 50744.5 The same notice requirements as specified in Section 65863.10 of the Government Code shall apply to rental housing developments that receive financial…
ARTICLE 2. Rental Construction Incentive Program §§ 50745–50750 · 8 sections
- § 50745 (a) Upon application by the agency or a local finance entity, the department may contract with the agency or local finance entity to pay all or a portion of…
- § 50745.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision or requirement of this chapter, and any regulations adopted thereunder, the department may contract with the agency, a…
- § 50746 Each contract pursuant to Section 50745 shall be recorded or referenced in a recorded document in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the…
- § 50747 The development cost payments provided by the department pursuant to this article shall not exceed 100 percent of the development costs of a rental housing…
- § 50748 (a) The department may establish and administer an annuity fund, with respect to rental housing developments assisted under this article or Article 3…
- § 50748.1 (a) The department shall from time to time direct the Treasurer to invest moneys set aside or otherwise deposited in the annuity fund established by Section…
- § 50749 Any rental housing development assisted pursuant to this article shall be governed by a regulatory agreement between the sponsor and the agency or local…
- § 50750 Upon consent of the legislative body of the city or county in which a rental housing development is or will be located, the department may contract with a…
ARTICLE 3. Contracts with Local Public Entities §§ 50755–50760 · 6 sections
- § 50755 The department may contract with local public entities to provide funds to be used by those entities to obtain a right of occupancy or leasehold for eligible…
- § 50756 Each contract pursuant to Section 50755 shall be recorded or referenced in a recorded document in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the…
- § 50757 Any rental housing development assisted pursuant to this article shall be governed by a regulatory agreement between the sponsor and the local public entity.…
- § 50758 With respect to units for which a local public entity has obtained a leasehold or right of occupancy, the local public entity may manage the units or may…
- § 50759 With respect to assisted units developed pursuant to this article, the local public entity shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure the provision of…
- § 50760 With respect to units developed pursuant to this article, the local public entity may, and at the direction of the department shall, do any of the following:…
ARTICLE 4. Contracts for Development and Construction by Local Housing Authorities §§ 50765–50768 · 4 sections
- § 50765 The department may contract with local housing authorities and provide funds which shall be used by such authorities to develop and construct rental housing…
- § 50766 Each contract pursuant to Section 50765 shall contain at least the following provisions: (a) The timing, amount, and terms of payments to be provided under…
- § 50767 With respect to assisted units developed and constructed pursuant to this article, the local housing authority shall, with the approval of the department: (a)…
- § 50768 The department shall monitor the operation at the rental housing development constructed pursuant to this article, to ensure compliance with grant conditions,…
ARTICLE 5. Reserve Account § 50770 · 1 section
- § 50770 Four percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be set aside in a Management Reserve Account in the Rental Housing Construction…
ARTICLE 6. Program Requirements §§ 50771.1–50771.3 · 3 sections
- § 50771.1 For the purpose of providing deferred payment loans pursuant to this chapter for the development costs of rental housing developments utilizing moneys…
- § 50771.2 (a) As an alternative to the loan provisions of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50771.1 and the regulatory agreement provisions of subdivision (d)…
- § 50771.3 The department may adopt, amend, or repeal emergency regulations to implement this chapter with respect to loans made with funds allocated pursuant to Section…
CHAPTER 10. Homeownership Assistance §§ 50775–50778 · 5 sections
- § 50775 (a) The department may provide financial assistance, in accordance with this chapter, to households residing in rental housing, or a mobilehome park in which…
- § 50775.5 For the purposes of disaster relief to those households displaced as a result of the Anaheim fire resulting in a state of emergency proclaimed on April 23,…
- § 50776 (a) Financial assistance pursuant to Section 50775 may be provided directly by the department or through a governmental agency or mortgage lender certified by…
- § 50777 (a) The department, directly or through a government agency or mortgage lender, and subject to the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 50776, may provide…
- § 50778 (a) The Homeownership Assistance Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continually…
CHAPTER 11. Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund §§ 50780–50787 · 11 sections
- § 50780 (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) That manufactured housing and mobilehome parks provide a significant source of homeownership for…
- § 50781 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions given in this section shall control construction of this chapter: (a) “Affordable” means that,…
- § 50782 (a) The Mobilehome Park Rehabilitation and Purchase Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or…
- § 50783 (a) (1) The department may make loans from the fund to resident organizations, qualified nonprofit housing sponsors, and local public entities for the purpose…
- § 50784 (a) The department may make loans from the fund to individual low-income residents of mobilehome parks to finance any individual interest in the mobilehome…
- § 50784.5 (a) The department may make loans from the fund to a qualified nonprofit housing sponsor or a local public entity pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50783,…
- § 50784.6 (a) The department may make loans from the fund to a qualified nonprofit housing sponsor, resident organization, or a local public entity for the acquisition…
- § 50785 (a) In determining the eligibility for and amount of loans pursuant to this chapter, the department shall take into consideration, among other factors, all of…
- § 50786 (a) The department may adopt, amend, or repeal guidelines for the administration and implementation of this chapter, in consultation with stakeholders. Any…
- § 50786.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, where a city, county, or other local governmental entity has acquired a mobilehome park for the purpose of…
- § 50787 (a) In addition to the other uses of the fund and activities authorized by this chapter, the department may contract directly with nonprofit corporations that…
CHAPTER 11.5. Emergency Housing and Assistance Program §§ 50800–50806.5 · 12 sections
- § 50800 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the provision of shelter, with effective personal rehabilitation and self-sufficiency development…
- § 50800.5 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in…
- § 50801 As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) “Designated local board” means a group, including…
- § 50801.5 (a) The department shall adopt regulations for the administration of the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. The regulations shall govern the equitable…
- § 50802 (a) The department shall ensure that not less than 20 percent of the moneys in the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund shall be allocated to nonurban…
- § 50802.5 (a) The department shall issue a notice or notices of funding availability to potential applicants and designated local boards, as applicable, as soon as…
- § 50803 (a) Grants awarded by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be used by a grant recipient to defray costs of eligible activities defined in department…
- § 50803.5 Each designated local board shall provide a process for appeal of its decisions and comply with the requirements of this chapter and the regulations…
- § 50804 (a) Each designated local board shall submit to the department for approval, a local emergency shelter strategy for its region, describing the procedures for…
- § 50804.5 (a) Project budgets may be changed, within limits established by the department. (b) Funds allocated to a region shall remain available for funding…
- § 50805 (a) The director shall establish a statewide advisory body on emergency and transitional housing. The department shall consult with the advisory body in the…
- § 50806.5 The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement this chapter, with respect to award of funds and the administration of the program, to the extent…
CHAPTER 11.7. Transitional Housing Program § 50807 · 1 section
- § 50807 (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall allocate funding to county child welfare…
CHAPTER 11.8. Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program § 50811 · 1 section
- § 50811 (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act to the Department of Housing and Community Development to continue the housing navigator program…
CHAPTER 11.9. THP-Plus Housing Supplement Program § 50820 · 1 section
- § 50820 (a) The THP-Plus Housing Supplement Program is hereby established. Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the Department of…
CHAPTER 12. Community Development Block Grant Program Funds §§ 50825–50834 · 14 sections
- § 50825 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to ensure that funds allocated to the state pursuant to the federal State Community Development…
- § 50826 As used in this chapter: (a) “Consolidated plan” means the five-year action plan that results from the process set by the United States Department of Housing…
- § 50826.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may adopt guidelines to implement this chapter. Any guideline, rule, policy, or standard of general…
- § 50827 (a) Thirty percent of the annual allocation of federal Small Cities Community Development Block Grant funds, less department administrative funds, shall be set…
- § 50828 Not less than 51 percent of the annual allocation of federal Small Cities Community Development Block Grant funds, less department administrative funds, shall…
- § 50829 As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to this chapter, an eligible city or county shall submit a housing element to the department in accordance with the…
- § 50830 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), no city or county shall be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this chapter if the city or…
- § 50831 One and one-fourth percent of the funds made available to the department under the program shall be utilized by the department to make grants to cities and…
- § 50832 For all program applications, the department shall develop project standards and rating factors which meet the minimum requirements of federal statutes for…
- § 50832.1 (a) To the extent that the department determines that some local communities lack capacity to apply for and administer projects under this section and Section…
- § 50832.2 (a) (1) No later than 60 days after the department notifies an applicant that the department has approved the applicant’s application for funds pursuant to…
- § 50833 (a) The department shall determine and announce in the applicable NOFA the percentage of the total amount of the State Block Grant Program funds set aside for…
- § 50833.1 (a) In the event that the department is allocated supplemental funds in excess of the state’s annual program allocation pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section…
- § 50834 (a) The department shall ensure potential applicants have access to instructions that allow them to successfully qualify for the economic development set…
CHAPTER 12.5. California Home and Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere (Hope for California Program) §§ 50835–50836.5 · 3 sections
- § 50835 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) In 1990, the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act was enacted by the Congress and…
- § 50836 (a) Local government agencies may exempt, for a period of up to 20 years, from local taxes, fees, or assessments, any housing project owned or operated by a…
- § 50836.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to assist the State of California in maximizing its participation in the HOME and HOPE…
CHAPTER 13. Housing Trust Fund §§ 50842.1–50843.5 · 4 sections
- § 50842.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Local housing trusts are locally developed responses to regional housing needs and are responsive…
- § 50842.2 There is hereby established the Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of supporting local…
- § 50843 (a) This section applies only to grants awarded pursuant to this chapter from funds made available pursuant to Part 11 (commencing with Section 53500). (b) The…
- § 50843.5 (a) Subject to the availability of funding, the department shall make matching grants available to cities, counties, cities and counties, tribes, and…
CHAPTER 14. Housing Preservation and Information Service §§ 50850–50853 · 4 sections
- § 50850 The Legislature finds and declares that within the next 20 years nearly 117,000 units of low-income housing subsidized by the federal Department of Housing and…
- § 50851 The purpose of this chapter is to ensure all of the following: (a) That pertinent information concerning buildings eligible for conversion is available to…
- § 50852 As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section shall have the following meanings: (a) “Conversion” means any of the following: (1) The prepayment…
- § 50853 The department shall provide to tenants of subsidized rental units, community organizations, local governmental agencies, and other interested persons all of…
CHAPTER 14.5. Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods Program §§ 50860–50866 · 8 sections
- § 50860 (a) The Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Program and the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Fund are hereby created. (b)…
- § 50861 The department shall issue a notice of funding availability to all cities, counties, or cities and counties specifying when funds are available for the BEGIN…
- § 50862 A city, county, or city and county that receives a grant from the BEGIN Fund shall use the proceeds from the grant for downpayment assistance to a prospective…
- § 50862.5 Downpayment assistance provided pursuant to this chapter shall be in the form of a second mortgage loan. The maximum amount of the loan shall be set in the…
- § 50863 Grants shall only be made to a qualifying city, county, or city and county that has demonstrated that it has provided incentives or reduced or removed…
- § 50864 The department shall prioritize and quantify the criteria it establishes pursuant to Section 50863 by assigning points to each of the criteria. Applications of…
- § 50865 The department may administer the BEGIN Program through guidelines that shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340)…
- § 50866 No more than 5 percent of the funds deposited in the BEGIN Fund may be used to pay the costs of administration of this chapter.
CHAPTER 15. Family Housing Demonstration Program §§ 50880–50895 · 17 sections
ARTICLE 1. Findings, Definitions, and General Provisions §§ 50880–50884.5 · 6 sections
- § 50880 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That there are more than 600,000 families in California who face the enormous challenge of…
- § 50881 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Families Moving to Work Program. The Families Moving to Work Program shall be operated as a component of…
- § 50881.5 The definitions in this section apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or unless the context…
- § 50882 (a) The Families Moving to Work Account is hereby established in the Rental Housing Construction Fund. The account shall be organized into subaccounts as…
- § 50883.5 (a) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the moneys appropriated to the account in a feasibility subaccount in the account. The…
- § 50884.5 The department shall submit a report on or before January 1, 1990, and on or before each January 1, thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor on the…
ARTICLE 2. Community Housing Developments §§ 50887.5–50889 · 4 sections
- § 50887.5 The department is encouraged, as appropriate, to enter into interagency agreements with any state department or agency to ensure close coordination and…
- § 50888 Each community housing development shall consist of three components: a housing component, a supportive services component, and a jobs and economic development…
- § 50888.3 (a) Housing assisted pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the following provisions: (1) For the period during which the development benefits from…
- § 50889 The community housing development shall include, to the extent feasible, financial and nonfinancial public assistance and private assistance in its development…
ARTICLE 3. Congregate Housing §§ 50890–50891.5 · 3 sections
- § 50890 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That in addition to the need for housing described in this chapter as community housing…
- § 50891 In implementing this article, the department shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) The department shall apply the requirements and…
- § 50891.5 Each congregate housing development shall, to the maximum extent feasible, as determined by the department, incorporate the design, social, and economic…
ARTICLE 4. Program Operations §§ 50893–50895 · 4 sections
- § 50893 The department shall make, or undertake commitments to make, construction or rehabilitation loans, including land acquisition costs, and mortgage loans in…
- § 50893.3 (a) The cost of development of any common portions of the development shall be allocated to the fund in the same ratio as the ratio between assisted and…
- § 50894 (a) Where loans will be used in conjunction with federal and other state housing assistance or tax credits, and a conflict exists between the other state and…
- § 50895 No rule, policy, or standard of general application employed by the department in implementing this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5…
CHAPTER 16. HOME Investment Partnerships Act §§ 50896–50896.3 · 4 sections
- § 50896 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-625) was enacted to…
- § 50896.1 The Department of Housing and Community Development shall be the state agency responsible for both of the following: (a) The administration of the state’s…
- § 50896.2 As used in this chapter: (a) “HOME” means the HOME Investment Partnership Act as enacted in Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.…
- § 50896.3 (a) All HOME funds made available to the state shall be allocated by the department for the purposes specified in HOME in accordance with the following…
CHAPTER 17. State Rental Assistance Program §§ 50897–50897.6 · 9 sections
- § 50897 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “City” means a city or a city and county. For purposes of this chapter, a city may be organized either under the general laws…
- § 50897.1 (a) (1) Funds available for rental assistance pursuant to this chapter shall consist of state rental assistance funds made available pursuant to Subtitle A of…
- § 50897.2 (a) (1) A grantee that has a population of 500,000 or greater shall be eligible to receive a block grant allocation from the department. (2) A grantee with a…
- § 50897.2.1 (a) (1) A grantee that has a population of 500,000 or greater shall be eligible to receive a block grant allocation from the department. (2) A grantee with a…
- § 50897.3 (a) (1) (A) The department may contract with a vendor to serve as the program implementer to manage and fund services and distribute emergency rental…
- § 50897.3.1 (a) (1) The department may contract with a vendor to serve as the program implementer to manage and fund services and distribute emergency rental assistance…
- § 50897.4 (a) Each Round 1 and Round 2 grantee shall provide to the department information relating to all applicable performance metrics, as determined by the…
- § 50897.5 (a) (1) Item 2240-102-0890 of the Budget Act of 2020, appropriated to the Department of Housing and Community Development, is hereby augmented by appropriating…
- § 50897.6 It is the intent of the Legislature that the state closely monitor the usage of funding pursuant to this chapter to ensure that the program is stabilizing…
CHAPTER 18. Downtown Rebound Program §§ 50898–50898.2 · 3 sections
- § 50898 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) As California moves into the next century, revitalization of our downtown areas is of vital…
- § 50898.1 (a) With the exception of funds allocated for purposes of subdivision (b), funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be distributed by the…
- § 50898.2 (a) Funds awarded pursuant to Item 2240-107-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 for the purposes of the Downtown Rebound Program established…
CHAPTER 19. California Emergency Solutions Grants Program §§ 50899.1–50899.7 · 7 sections
- § 50899.1 This chapter may be cited as the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program.
- § 50899.2 The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program shall be administered by the California Department of…
- § 50899.3 The following definitions shall apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter: (a) “Department” means the California Department of Housing and…
- § 50899.4 Funding for the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program shall be made available upon appropriation to…
- § 50899.5 Any moneys appropriated and made available for the purposes of this chapter, and all moneys received by the department pursuant to this chapter, shall be used…
- § 50899.6 The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program generally will be administered by the department in a…
- § 50899.7 (a) The department shall review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement this chapter. Any guidelines adopted to implement this chapter shall not be…