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CA Health & Safety Code § 51062 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51062.

51062.  The agency shall establish criteria for housing sponsors and qualified mortgage lenders, which shall be designed to assure the financial integrity of programs authorized by this division and which shall provide for effective implementation of the policies and purposes set forth in this part. The criteria shall take into account the differences between private and public institutions qualifying as housing sponsors and qualified mortgage lenders.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51063 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51063.

51063.  Relocation payments shall be made to persons and families of low or moderate income who are residents displaced because of temporary or permanent displacement for rehabilitation work assisted under this part, or rent increases resulting from rehabilitation, pursuant to the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C., Sec. 4601) or Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, middle-income families who decide against occupying the rehabilitated housing shall not continue to receive relocation payments.The agency shall also insure that the relocation payments and the relocation advisory assistance specified therein shall be provided. Pursuant to the provisions of this section, the agency shall insure relocation payments are provided to persons and families involuntarily displaced in making a site or structure available for rehabilitation or construction financed under this part, or in the alternative may require the housing sponsor receiving a loan commitment pursuant to this part to make such payments and provide such assistance, whether such displacement has occurred in anticipation of the loan commitment or will occur subsequent thereto.For purposes of this section, displacement includes relocation occurring because of a qualified person or family’s inability to pay increased rentals resulting from rehabilitation, or involuntary temporary or permanent displacement of a qualified person or family to allow rehabilitation work to be done.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 96.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51064 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51064.

51064.  The agency shall establish maximum sale prices for the initial sale of residential structures, the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of which is financed by the agency in anticipation of sale to persons and families of low or moderate income. The agency shall also establish a price for any residential structure whenever the buyer of such residential structure receives a mortgage loan from the agency. The maximum sale prices established by the agency pursuant to this section may provide a reasonable profit to the seller while serving the purposes of this division.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1452, Sec. 10. Effective September 27, 1982. Operative January 1, 1983, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 1452.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51065 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51065.

51065.  The agency may make grants to nonprofit housing sponsors and local public entities to meet expenses incurred in planning, constructing, rehabilitating, or managing housing developments. The agency may make grants to housing sponsors for the purpose of lowering the rents on some or all of the units within a housing development. Grants authorized by this section shall not be made with proceeds from the sale of bonds.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 96.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51065.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51065.1.

51065.1.  The agency may make grants to buyers of residential structures combined with first mortgage loans financed by the agency to be used in conjunction with the FHA Energy Efficient Mortgage Program, for the purpose of making repairs or improvements to increase energy efficiency in the home. Grants authorized by this section shall not be made with proceeds from the sale of bonds. Any such grant, and any costs directly associated with it, shall be funded through revenues realized by the agency from the grantee’s first mortgage loan, or securities backed by it, except that the agency may provide short-term interim funding of the grant to facilitate the transaction.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 82, Sec. 3. (AB 984) Effective August 12, 2013.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51065.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51065.5.

51065.5.  The agency may make unsecured loans or loans secured by assets other than real property to local public entities. The loans may be funded by the proceeds of bonds or other agency funds to assist local public entities in providing or making affordable housing available to low- or moderate-income persons or families.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 193, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51066 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51066.

51066.  For housing developments financed by a mortgage loan from the agency, the agency shall establish a grievance procedure or require housing sponsors to establish a grievance procedure, or both, for the purpose of resolving complaints by housing sponsors and tenants of housing sponsors and contractual disputes between two or more housing sponsors or between a housing sponsor and a tenant of the housing sponsor. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual or family shall be evicted from a housing development unless the following requirements are met:(a)  The eviction is for good cause as defined by rules and regulations of the agency. (b)  Eviction proceedings shall be commenced by the giving of notice as required by Section 1946 of the Civil Code or Section 1161 or 1161a of the Code of Civil Procedure and served as provided by Section 1162 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The notice shall contain a statement of the cause for eviction and of the right of the tenant to a hearing and decision pursuant to regulations of the agency if a request for such a hearing is made to the landlord in writing within the period specified in Section 1946 of the Civil Code or Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as the case may be. (c)  When the tenant so requests the landlord in writing within the period specified in Section 1946 of the Civil Code or Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as the case may be, a hearing, in accordance with procedures established pursuant to regulations of the agency, shall be held by an impartial individual or panel selected or approved by the agency and a decision rendered within two weeks after receipt by the landlord of the tenant’s written request for a hearing. Good cause for eviction shall be established at the hearing by the weight of the evidence. Before a right to a hearing vests, the tenant shall pay rent for the two-week hearing period to the owner or to an escrow account of the agency, if not already paid. A defendant in an unlawful detainer proceeding may assert as a defense the failure of the plaintiff or the agency to comply with the requirements of this section or regulations adopted pursuant to this section. A defendant in an unlawful detainer proceeding may assert as a defense that the findings at the hearing were not supported by the weight of evidence.The costs of any hearing conducted pursuant to this section shall be assessed to, and paid by, the losing party as provided in regulations of the agency. If neither party prevails, the costs of the hearing shall be equitably apportioned. As used in this section, “tenant” includes a resident shareholder of a cooperative housing development. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation of the rights of a resident shareholder of a cooperative housing development.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1034, Sec. 29.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51067 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51067.

51067.  The agency shall adopt standards for the admission of tenants, termination of tenancies, and eligibility of purchasers of housing financed under this part as well as standards establishing maximum percentages of income which a tenant or purchaser may allocate to housing costs, which shall provide consideration for proven ability in individual cases to pay what would otherwise be an unusually high percentage of income for housing costs.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51068 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51068.

51068.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 711, 711.5, and 1916.5 of the Civil Code, the agency shall not permit assumption of the obligation of any mortgage loan made pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 51100) by a subsequent ineligible purchaser or transferee of the prior borrower. If the subsequent purchaser or transferee does not meet the agency’s eligibility requirements, the agency shall require acceleration of repayment of the principal balance of the loan to be all due and payable upon the sale or transfer of the property. (b)  With respect to mortgage loans made prior to July 1, 1979, the agency may waive the requirements of subdivision (a) when necessary to permit participation in mortgage insurance, guarantee, or purchase programs, or when the provisions of subdivision (a) would interfere with the financial structuring or the administration of any bond financing program. (c)  The requirements of subdivision (a) may be waived pursuant to subdivision (b) with respect to any mortgage loan made on or after July 1, 1979, only if the loan is federally assisted or insured and the waiver is necessary to obtain the federal assistance or insurance. As a condition to authorizing assumption of a mortgage loan pursuant to this subdivision, the agency shall recast the repayment schedule for the remainder of the term of the loan by increasing the interest to the current market rate at the time of assumption, or to any lower rate of interest which is the maximum allowed by an entity that provided any insurance or other assistance with respect to which a waiver was granted pursuant to this subdivision. Any additional increment of interest produced by increasing the rate of interest upon a mortgage loan pursuant to this subdivision shall be transmitted or forwarded to the agency for deposit in the California Housing Finance Fund. (d)  The agency may also waive the requirements of subdivision (a) if it determines that its application would result in undue hardship, that the failure to meet the agency’s eligibility requirements resulted from circumstances beyond the mortgagor’s control, and if the waiver is for a limited period of time as specified by the agency. (e)  The agency shall implement appropriate measures to assure compliance with this section. (f)  This section applies to all mortgage loans made by the agency pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 51100), whether directly or through a qualified mortgage lender, and including mortgage loans made prior to September 22, 1979. (Added by renumbering Section 51068.5 by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1034, Sec. 31.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51069 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51069.

51069.  The agency, after approving an application for mutual self-help housing, may make development loans and construction loans for land acquisition and development costs to eligible housing sponsors on terms and conditions and in amounts as it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part. These development loans and construction loans may be interest free if sufficient surplus funds exist for that purpose and the loans can be made without jeopardizing the financial self-sufficiency of the agency or the adequacy of its reserves. Land acquired and housing developments financed pursuant to this section shall be sold or conveyed to eligible housing sponsors or for the purpose of developing other mutual self-help housing.In making loans pursuant to this section, the agency, as an alternative to disbursing the loans directly to eligible housing sponsors or persons and families of low or moderate income, may establish procedures retaining the loans or portions thereof, and disburse those amounts directly to the person or entity performing a service, or providing goods, material, land or improvements.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1034, Sec. 32.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51070 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 4 - General Powers|Section 51070.

51070.  The agency shall require that qualified mortgage lenders do not substitute funds made available under this part for the lenders’ own resources, without permission of the agency. Qualified mortgage lenders may provide financing under this part until the agency makes a finding that the lender is in violation of this section or decertifies the lender pursuant to Section 50094.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1034, Sec. 33.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 6 - Neighborhood Preservation|Section 51300.

51300.  This chapter empowers the agency to designate neighborhood preservation areas, and to enter into agreements with local agencies. It does not limit agency powers to provide construction loans and mortgage loans as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 51100) of this part.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 6 - Neighborhood Preservation|Section 51301.

51301.  The agency shall, after public hearings, establish priorities for the allocation of financing assistance pursuant to this chapter among eligible areas and counties and cities throughout the state. In so doing, the agency shall take into account the following factors, to the extent applicable:(a)  The impact of financing assistance in upgrading substandard residential structures to decent, safe, and sanitary condition. (b)  The impact of financing assistance in stablilizing urban neighborhoods and preventing or arresting the process of deterioration. (c)  The impact of financing assistance in effectuating the efficient utilization of commitments of housing subsidies, thereby increasing housing opportunities for lower income households and very low income households. (d)  The impact of financing assistance in complementing the local utilization of community development funds made available pursuant to Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383). (e)  The availability and feasibility of alternative means to achieve substantially the same results as financing assistance provided pursuant to this chapter. (f)  The availability of efficient and effective public mass transit service for the residents of the neighborhood assisted. Other things being equal, preference shall be given to preserving neighborhoods where efficient and effective public mass transit service exists. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 96.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 6 - Neighborhood Preservation|Section 51302.

51302.  Upon application by a local agency supplying such supporting information and data as the agency may require, the agency may designate an area within a city or county as a concentrated rehabilitation area if it makes the following findings:(a)  The area was selected by the legislative body after citizen participation. (b)  The area is an area of substantial deterioration of residential structures, as evidenced by a significant number of older and deteriorating residential structures in such area requiring rehabilitation. (c)  Rehabilitation assistance is necessary to enable and encourage residents in such area to cooperate in a local program of concentrated enforcement of rehabilitation standards. (d)  Rehabilitation of residential structures will arrest deterioration in the area. (e)  Rehabilitation of residential structures in the area is economically feasible. (f)  The local agency has offered to contract with the agency to (1) provide necessary supporting neighborhood public improvements and services, such as street improvements, landscaping and acquisition of open space, undergrounding of utility lines, and construction of drainage facilities in the area for which eligibility has been requested, and (2) provide concentrated and continuing enforcement of rehabilitation standards in such area. (g)  The local agency has agreed to make every effort to prevent unnecessary displacement in accomplishing rehabilitation and has an adequate program of relocation advisory assistance for persons unavoidably displaced due to rehabilitation. (h)  The supply of housing available to very low income households at affordable rents and the supply of housing available to other persons and families of low or moderate income at affordable rents will not be reduced within the area because those displaced will receive relocation payments and be able to obtain standard housing in the area. Alternatively, standard housing will be available at affordable rents in equally desirable neighborhoods, expanding the range of housing opportunities for minorities and lower income households. (i)  The local agency has adopted a housing element in compliance with Section 65302 of the Government Code, and with housing element guidelines, which sets forth an effective plan for systematic enforcement of state and local building and housing standards throughout its jurisdiction. (j)  The application is consistent with local housing assistance plans adopted pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383). (k)  The local agency has satisfied such other pertinent criteria as the agency may by regulation require. ( l)  The local agency has investigated the current and planned levels of public transit service for the area. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 96.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 6 - Neighborhood Preservation|Section 51304.

51304.  The agency may designate a mortgage assistance area, after soliciting maximum feasible participation by community organizations, if it makes the following findings:(a)  It is an area (1) where deterioration has not progressed to the stage where there is a substantial number of residential structures which do not conform to rehabilitation standards, or (2) where a program of concentrated code enforcement has been conducted previously. (b)  There is a recent history of mortgage deficiency in the area. (c)  Agency activity in the area is likely to prevent or arrest deterioration in the area. (d)  Agency activity in the area is economically feasible. (e)  Agency activity in the area will inure primarily to the benefit of persons and families of low and moderate income. (f)  The area was selected by the legislative body after citizen participation. (g)  The local agency in which the area is located has given substantial assurances acceptable to the agency that it will provide those supporting neighborhood public improvements and services determined appropriate by the agency. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 6 - Neighborhood Preservation|Section 51305.

51305.  Upon approval of an application for designation of an area as a concentrated rehabilitation area, the agency may, with respect to such area, do any one of the following:(a)  Enter into an agreement with the applicant local agency or another local public entity for purchase by the agency of bonds and notes issued pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 37930) of Part 13 of Division 24; or (b)  Enter into an agreement with the applicant local agency or another local public entity for a program of rehabilitation assistance as provided in Section 51306, to be administered by the local agency or other local public entity; or (c)  Enter into an agreement with the local agency for a program of rehabilitation assistance as provided in Section 51306, to be administered by the agency, except that the agency shall make mortgage loans only under the conditions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 51100). In addition, or instead, the agency may provide loan insurance assistance in such areas, which may include insurance of loans provided pursuant to this chapter or of other loans or bonds as provided in Part 5 (commencing with Section 51600) of this division.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1207.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 6 - Neighborhood Preservation|Section 51306.

51306.  Financing assistance for housing developments in concentrated rehabilitation areas may include any or all of the following types of loans:(a)  Development loans to prepare for rehabilitation. (b)  Mortgage loans for purchase of housing developments. (c)  Construction loans for rehabilitation, or for rehabilitation with acquisition or refinancing. (d)  Mortgage loans for rehabilitation, or for rehabilitation with acquisition or refinancing, where the cost of acquisition and rehabilitation or the cost of rehabilitation without refinancing exceeds the financial capability of the owner, or would result in rents which are not competitive for the area, as determined by the agency. For owner-occupied housing developments, the terms and interest rates of such mortgage loans shall be commensurate with ability to pay, as established by regulations of the agency. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1207.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 51308 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 3 - CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY|CHAPTER 6 - Neighborhood Preservation|Section 51308.

51308.  Financing assistance may include mortgage loans for the acquisition of housing developments and residential structures in any mortgage assistance area, or any other neighborhood preservation area which the agency finds to be mortgage deficient.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1031.)