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CA Health & Safety Code § 50784.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund|Section 50784.7.

50784.7.  (a) The department may make loans or grants to a resident organization, qualified nonprofit housing sponsor, or local public entity from the fund for the purpose of assisting lower income homeowners to do any of the following:(1) Make repairs to their mobilehomes.(2) Make accessibility-related upgrades to their mobilehomes.(3) Replace their mobilehomes.(b) Loans and grants made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall meet both of the following requirements:(1) The applicant entity has received a loan or loans pursuant to Section 50783, 50784, or 50784.5 for the purpose of assisting homeowners within a park proposed for acquisition or conversion.(2) The applicant entity demonstrates sufficient organizational stability and capacity to manage a portfolio of individual loans over an extended time period. This capacity may be demonstrated by substantial successful experience performing similar activities or through other means acceptable to the department.(c) (1) For loans issued to an individual, lower-income homeowner pursuant to this section on and after January 1, 2019, loan repayments shall be deferred for the full term of the loans. The department shall charge a transaction fee to cover its costs for processing these restructuring transactions. The department may waive or defer some or all of this fee if it determines that the residents of the mobilehome park do not have the ability to make these payments.(2) For loans issued to an individual, lower-income homeowner pursuant to paragraph (1), principal and accumulated interest is due and payable upon completion of the term of the loan. The loan shall bear simple interest at the rate of 3 percent per annum on the unpaid principal balance. The department shall require annual loan payments in the minimum amount necessary to cover the costs of project monitoring.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 750, Sec. 3. (AB 2056) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50785 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund|Section 50785.

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 the following:(1) The reasonableness of the conversion costs relating to repairs, rehabilitation, construction, or other costs.(2) Any administrative and security factors affecting the department’s program operation and administration.(3) Whether or not the projects complement the implementation of a local housing program to preserve or increase the supply of housing for persons and families of low or moderate income.(4) Whether or not state funds are utilized in the most efficient and effective manner.(5) In the case of a loan to a qualified nonprofit housing sponsor or to a local public entity, evidence of resident participation in the conversion and management of the park, in the form of either resident participation on the board of directors of the entity that acquires ownership of the park, or the establishment of, and consultation with, a permanent resident advisory board.(b) To the extent consistent with requests for assistance, the department shall allocate funds available for the purposes of this chapter throughout the state in accordance with identified housing needs, including seeking to allocate not less than 20 percent to rural areas.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 493, Sec. 7. (AB 225) Effective September 20, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50786.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund|Section 50786.5.

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 converting the park to resident ownership, and the department has entered into a binding agreement for the commitment of funds to the project, the department shall not require that more than a simple majority of households residing in the park actually purchase, or have opened escrow to purchase, interests or spaces in the park as a condition of disbursement of funds for loans made pursuant to Section 50784 to qualified individual households.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 473, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50787 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund|Section 50787.

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 have significant experience working with mobilehome park residents, or acquiring, rehabilitating, and preserving affordable housing, and have statewide or regional capacity to deliver technical assistance to mobilehome park residents or community-based nonprofit corporations in order to assist them in acquiring, financing, operating, and improving mobilehome parks occupied by low- and moderate-income households, including reasonable administrative costs for the grant recipient or recipients. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, moneys in the fund may be used for grants to provide services for initial terms of no more than three years.(b) No funds provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used for the purposes of taking a mobilehome park by the state, county, or city by eminent domain pursuant to Section 19 of Article I of the California Constitution.(c) The department may adopt, amend, or repeal guidelines to implement this section. Any guidelines adopted to implement this section shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Awards of funding made pursuant to this section shall not be subject to review or approval by the Local Assistance Loan and Grant Committee of the department operating pursuant to Subchapter 1 (commencing with Section 6900) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contract entered into pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be for local assistance.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 766, Sec. 3. (SB 136) Effective October 13, 2017.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11.5 - Emergency Housing and Assistance Program|Section 50800.

50800.  (a)  It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the provision of shelter, with effective personal rehabilitation and self-sufficiency development services, to homeless persons at as low a cost and as quickly as possible, without compromising the health and safety of shelter occupants. It is also the intent of the Legislature to encourage the move of homeless persons from shelters to a self-supporting environment as soon as possible, to encourage provision of services for as many persons at risk of homelessness as possible, to encourage compatible and effective funding of homeless services, and to encourage coordination among public agencies that fund or provide services to homeless individuals, as well as agencies that discharge people from their institutions, including, but not limited to, child welfare agencies, health care programs, and jails and prisons. Because many communities currently provide shelter and limited services to individuals who are unable or unwilling to comply with traditional housing programs only during cold and wet weather and because year-round shelter will encourage these individuals to accept services and move toward permanent housing, it is also the intent of the Legislature to increase the availability of year-round shelter to meet the special needs of those individuals, including a Safe Haven that provides supportive housing for seriously mentally ill homeless persons. (b)  There is hereby created the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. (c)  To the extent possible, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program shall not conflict with the federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as approved on July 22, 1987, cited as Public Law 100-77, as it is, from time to time, amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or its successor. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 667, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50800.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11.5 - Emergency Housing and Assistance Program|Section 50800.5.

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 the fund is continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Any repayments, interest, or new appropriations shall be deposited in the fund, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. Money in the fund shall not be subject to transfer to any other fund pursuant to any provision of Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, except to the Surplus Money Investment Fund.(b) All moneys in the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund, created pursuant to Section 50800.5 as it existed prior to the effective date of the act that adds this chapter, shall be transferred, on the effective date of the act that adds this chapter, to the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund created by subdivision (a).(c) The department may require the transfer of moneys in the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund to the Surplus Money Investment Fund for investment pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. All interest, dividends, and pecuniary gains from these investments shall accrue to the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code.(d) To the extent funds are made available by the Legislature, moneys in the fund may be used for the purposes of Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 50899.1) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code.(e) The Department of Housing and Community Development may transfer any unobligated Proposition 46 and Proposition 1C bond funds to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund, less any funds needed for state operations to support outstanding awards as determined by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be used for supportive housing for the target population identified in Section 50675.14. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 714, Sec. 26. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11.5 - Emergency Housing and Assistance Program|Section 50801.

50801.  As used in this chapter:(a)  “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(b)  “Designated local board” means a group, including social service providers and a representative of local government, that has met department requirements for distribution of grants allocated by the department pursuant to this chapter.(c)  “Director” means the Director of Housing and Community Development.(d)  “Eligible organization” means an agency of local government or a nonprofit corporation that provides, or contracts with community organizations to provide, emergency shelter or transitional housing, or both.(e)  “Emergency shelter” means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.(f)  “Nonurban county” means any county with a population of less than 200,000, as published in the most recent edition of Population Estimates of California Cities and Counties, E-1, prepared by the Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit.(g)  “Region” means a county or a consortium of counties voluntarily banding together by action of a designated local board.(h)  “Safe Haven” means supportive housing for seriously mentally ill homeless persons, many of whom have cooccurring substance abuse problems, that have been unable or unwilling to participate in high demand housing programs.(i)  “Transitional housing” means housing with supportive services for up to 24 months that is exclusively designated and targeted for recently homeless persons. Transitional housing includes self-sufficiency development services, with the ultimate goal of moving recently homeless persons to permanent housing as quickly as possible, and limits rents and service fees to an ability-to-pay formula reasonably consistent with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s requirements for subsidized housing for low-income persons. Rents and service fees paid for transitional housing may be reserved, in whole or in part, to assist residents in moving to permanent housing.(j)  “Urban county” means any county that is not a nonurban county.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 120. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50801.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11.5 - Emergency Housing and Assistance Program|Section 50801.5.

50801.5.  (a)  The department shall adopt regulations for the administration of the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. The regulations shall govern the equitable distribution of funds in accordance with the intent and provisions of this chapter, and shall ensure that the program is administered in an effective and efficient manner. The regulations shall provide for reasonable delegation of authority to designated local boards, ensure that local priorities and criteria are reasonably designed to address the needs of homeless people, and ensure that designated local boards meet reasonable standards of inclusiveness, accountability, nondiscrimination, and integrity. (b)  The regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall ensure that emergency shelter and services will be provided on a first-come-first-served basis for whatever time periods are established by the shelter. No individual or household may be denied shelter or services because of an inability to pay. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to preclude a shelter from accepting payment vouchers provided through any other public or private program so long as no shelter beds are reserved beyond sundown for that purpose. Notwithstanding Section 11135 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a provider of emergency shelter or transitional housing from restricting occupancy on the basis of any of the following: (1)  Sex. (2)  In the case of an emergency shelter or transitional housing offered exclusively to persons 24 years of age or younger pursuant to Section 11139.3 of the Government Code, on the basis of age. (3)  Military veteran status, if the veterans served possess significant barriers to social reintegration and employment due to a physical or mental disability, substance abuse, or the effects of long-term homelessness that require specialized treatment and services and the provider of emergency shelter or transitional housing also provides the specialized treatment and services. However, in the case of families, providers of emergency shelter or transitional housing shall provide, to the greatest extent feasible, adequate facilities within their range of services so that all members of a family may be housed together, regardless of age and gender.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 776, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11.5 - Emergency Housing and Assistance Program|Section 50803.

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 regulations or guidelines, including, but not limited to, any of the following activities:(1) Operating facilities, including, but not limited to, operations staff salaries, maintenance, repair, utilities, equipment, and debt reduction.(2) Providing for capital development programs, such as acquisition, leasing, construction, and rehabilitation of sites for emergency shelter and transitional housing for homeless persons.(3) Administrative costs.(4) Operating expenses relating to supervising and counseling clients.(5) Providing residential rental assistance.(6) Leasing or renting rooms for provision of temporary shelter.(7) Capital development loans for the conversion of emergency shelter or transitional housing to permanent supportive housing for homeless families or individuals. The department shall establish the maximum loan limits for the loans in the notice of funding availability.(8) Providing effective approaches to rapidly rehouse homeless clients. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, homeless system assessments, street outreach and housing and services engagement efforts, coordinated care services, housing location and stabilization services, and rental assistance costs, including deposits and costs necessary for occupancy.(b) Funds allocated to a nonurban county pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50802 may be used to pay the cost of leasing or renting individual units, hotel rooms, or motel rooms for use as emergency shelters. No more than 15 percent of the funds allocated to a region other than a nonurban county shall be expended for this purpose.(c) By regulation, the department shall establish a level, not to exceed 5 percent of a grant award, which any eligible recipient may use to defray administrative costs.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 488, Sec. 2. (AB 873) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50803.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11.5 - Emergency Housing and Assistance Program|Section 50803.5.

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 promulgated hereunder.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1022, Sec. 2. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50804 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11.5 - Emergency Housing and Assistance Program|Section 50804.

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 complying with requirements pursuant to this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The department shall establish, by regulation, the types of information that each designated local board shall include in the strategy, including, but not limited to, each of the following: (1)  A statement of goals and how goals will be achieved. (2)  A statement of priorities and how the priorities complement the local continuum of care planning process. (3)  A description of the application process and ranking criteria for the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. (4)  Copies of application forms for the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program that the designated local board will use to evaluate requests for grants. (5)  A statement of how grant recipients shall be encouraged to develop year-round emergency shelters and transitional housing to meet the diverse needs of the homeless populations that include families, youth, and persons with physical and mental disabilities, people who are addicted to alcohol and drugs, people living with HIV/AIDS, veterans, the elderly, and pregnant women. Also, a description of how the local plan serves the needs of individuals and families at risk of homelessness as a result of eviction. (b)  The department shall establish a deadline, by which date the designated local board shall be required to submit a strategy for the department’s review. (c)  Upon the department’s approval of a strategy, the designated local board shall make the strategy broadly available to shelter and service providers and to other interested persons in its region. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 667, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50804.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11.5 - Emergency Housing and Assistance Program|Section 50804.5.

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 applications within the region for a time period or dollar limit to be specified by department regulations. The department may designate a time period or dollar limit for the distribution of capital development funds that is different from the time period or dollar limit for the distribution of noncapital development funds. When the designated local board is unable to distribute funds during the time period designated by the department, the funds shall revert to the fund for distribution. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1022, Sec. 2. Effective October 11, 1993.)