ARTICLE 4. Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities [34310. - 34335.]

Article 4 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.

§§ 34310–34335 · 44 sections

§ 34310 An authority constitutes a corporate and politic public body, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or…
§ 34311 An authority may: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Have a seal and alter it. (c) Have perpetual succession. (d) Make and execute contracts and other instruments…
§ 34312 Within its area of operation, an authority may undertake any of the following: (a) Prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate housing projects for persons…
§ 34312.3 (a) Subject to the requirements of this section and of Article 5 (commencing with Section 34350), an authority may do any of the following: (1) Issue revenue…
§ 34312.4 (a) Subject to the requirements of Article 5 (commencing with Section 34350), for purposes of implementing a home financing program an authority has the…
§ 34312.5 (a) An authority may provide leased housing to persons of low income throughout the county in which it operates, except: (1) No commitment to provide leased…
§ 34312.6 The same notice requirements as specified in Section 65863.10 of the Government Code shall apply to multifamily rental housing that receives financial…
§ 34312.7 (a) (1) When refunding revenue bonds for multifamily housing which were previously issued pursuant to Section 34312.3, the authority shall ensure that rental…
§ 34313 Except where there existed on September 15, 1945, contracts for financial assistance between a housing authority and the Federal Government, no low-rent…
§ 34314 An authority may arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, or facilities for, or in…
§ 34315 An authority may: (a) Lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project, or a…
§ 34315.3 An authority may accept financial or other assistance from any public or private source, and expend any funds so received for the purposes of this chapter and…
§ 34315.5 An authority may transfer real property not needed by the authority to a fire protection district for fire protection purposes without consideration if the…
§ 34315.7 Real property owned by an authority which the authority determines is not required for its foreseeable needs and which is not transferred pursuant to Section…
§ 34316 An authority may: (a) Invest any money held in reserves or sinking funds, or any money not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in…
§ 34316.1 The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code shall apply to the deposit…
§ 34316.2 An authority may deposit the money of the authority with the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall deposit those funds in the county treasury and…
§ 34316.5 The proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to this part to finance housing as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 34312, Section 34312.3, and subdivision (g) of…
§ 34317 Within its area of operation, an authority may: (a) Investigate into living, dwelling, and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving such…
§ 34318 Acting through one or more commissioners or other person or persons designated by it, an authority may: (a) Conduct investigations, hear testimony, and take…
§ 34319 An authority may exercise all or any part or combination of powers granted in Sections 34311 to 34318, inclusive.
§ 34320 No law concerning the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other public bodies is applicable to an authority unless the Legislature…
§ 34320.5 An authority shall provide relocation assistance and shall make all of the payments required by Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of…
§ 34321 It is declared to be the policy of the State that each authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix…
§ 34322 Except as provided by Section 34312.3, in the operation or management of housing projects, an authority shall: (a) Rent or lease the dwelling accommodations…
§ 34322.2 Each authority shall adopt and promulgate regulations establishing a plan for selection of applicants to assure equal opportunity and nondiscrimination on…
§ 34322.5 No authority shall require occupants of any project to be citizens of the United States, provided, however, that in the event there are insufficient housing…
§ 34323 Nothing contained in Sections 34321 and 34322 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a…
§ 34324 Any two or more authorities may join or co-operate with one another in the exercise either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose…
§ 34325 An authority may acquire by eminent domain any real property which it deems necessary for its purposes under this chapter. Real property belonging to the city,…
§ 34326 All housing projects are subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which the…
§ 34327 An authority may: (a) Borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project within its…
§ 34327.3 County public housing agencies may apply for, process, and distribute, to the extent that federal funds are available, housing certificates issued pursuant to…
§ 34327.5 Whether or not the type, amount, and manner of expenditure of any funds received by an authority from the Federal Government, or any funds derived from such…
§ 34327.6 All funds of housing authorities not subject to audit by a federal agency shall be audited at least once each year at the expense of the housing authority by a…
§ 34328 At least once a year, an authority shall file with the clerk of the respective city or county and with the Department of Housing and Community Development a…
§ 34328.1 (a) Every housing authority shall file on the first day of October of each year with the Department of Housing and Community Development a complete report of…
§ 34328.2 The mayor or any member of the governing body of the city in the case of a city authority or any member of the governing body of the county in the case of a…
§ 34330 An authority shall have the power to: (a) Assist in relocating in suitable housing accommodations at rentals within their means persons of low income who have…
§ 34331 In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall not do any of the following: (a) Evict any tenant without reasonable cause and unless the…
§ 34332 An authority shall do all of the following: (a) Expressly covenant in all of its leases and rental agreements to repair the premises to comply with all…
§ 34333 Any attempted waiver in any lease or rental agreement entered into by the authority of any of the rights granted tenants as against the authority by Sections…
§ 34334 No responsibility of a private landlord of leased housing, or duty of a housing authority to impose a responsibility upon a private landlord of leased housing,…
§ 34335 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Authority” means the Housing Authority of the County of Alameda. (2) “Family Self-Sufficiency program” means the Family…