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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.6 - Loans and Grants to Qualified Rental Housing Developments › Section 50672.1.

50672.1. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(b) “Multifamily housing program” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following programs:
(1) The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program (Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 50515.2)).
(2) The CalHome Program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650)).
(3) The Multifamily Housing Program administered under Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675).
(4) The Infill Incentive Grant Program of 2007 (Section 53545.13).
(5) The Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019 (Part 12.5 (commencing with Section 53559)).
(6) The Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Program (Part 13 (commencing with Section 53560)).
(7) Housing for a Healthy California Program (Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590)).
(8) The Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014 (Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 987.001) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code).
(9) The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (Part 1 (commencing with Section 75200) of Division 44 of the Public Resources Code).
(10) The No Place Like Home Program (Part 3.9 (commencing with Section 5849.1) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
(11) The HOME Investment Partnership Program (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12721 et seq.)
(12) The National Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289), and implementing federal regulations.
(c) “Program” means the program established under this chapter.
(d) “Rental housing development” means a “qualified low-income housing project,” as defined in subsection (g) of Section 42 of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 42).
(e) “Qualified rental housing development” means a rental housing development that received an award letter from any multifamily housing direct loan program administered by the department prior to July 1, 2022.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 15. (SB 197) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.6 - Loans and Grants to Qualified Rental Housing Developments › Section 50672.2.

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 development to replace federal and state low-income housing credit equity contained in the application for which the development received the original award letter or, if applicable, a subsequent application to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.
(2) The department may, in its sole discretion, adjust the grant or loan amount to account for reduction of fees associated with tax credit syndication, reasonable cost increases, including unforeseeable cost overruns or gaps in financing due to changed market conditions, or other financing sources obtained by the sponsor of the development.
(3) If funds provided under this chapter are provided as a loan, the loan shall have an interest rate of 0 percent.
(b) (1) A rental housing development that receives a grant or loan under this chapter shall commence construction within 180 days of issuance of an award letter for funds provided pursuant to this chapter.
(2) The department may, within its sole discretion, extend the 180-day requirement based on conditions beyond the control of the development sponsor, provided the revised construction commencement date is not more than 90 days beyond the 180-day period.
(c) (1) The department shall determine the terms under which a loan or grant is subject to repayment.
(2) The terms established by the department shall include, but not be limited to, conversion of the development to market rate housing or sale or refinancing of the development with a distribution of net equity.
(3) Repayments shall be deposited into the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established by Section 50661 and shall be used for the purposes of the Multifamily Housing Program established by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675).
(d) (1) The department may establish an application fee for the program.
(2) A loan or grant awarded pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to any annual monitoring fees, except for the monitoring fees associated with the original multifamily housing program loan or loans provided by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 16. (SB 197) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.6 - Loans and Grants to Qualified Rental Housing Developments › Section 50672.3.

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 allocations from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, the department may adopt guidelines to administer this chapter. Guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 17. (AB 140) Effective July 19, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.

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 substandard units. Many of these renters also have special housing needs arising from their employment status, age, or disability, and live in communities suffering from a lack of investment.
(b)  In previous years, the state has attempted to address the needs of California renters through a series of small programs operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development, each offering financing targeted at a specific population or building type. These programs were typically highly successful in addressing local housing and community development needs. However, because each individual program came with a unique set of rules, the programs were often costly and time consuming to administer, for both the state and program users.
(c)  A more efficient method to address renter housing needs would be to operate one omnibus multifamily housing program modeled upon an existing successful program. This omnibus program would provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types. As particular needs are identified, it may be easily and quickly customized to meet those needs.
(d)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter constitute this omnibus multifamily housing program, and that it be based on the department’s existing California Housing Rehabilitation Program as established and described in Subchapter 8 (commencing with Section 7670) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.
(e)  The Multifamily Housing Program is intended to take the place of the following department programs:
(1)  The Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660).
(2)  The Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735).
(3)  The Family Housing Demonstration Program established by Section 5 of Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1988.
Repeal of the statutes establishing these programs would be administratively problematic because the department still administers a portfolio of loans from these programs. Therefore, in lieu of repeal, it is the Legislature’s intent that no further allocation of funds be made to these programs and that any and all future funds that would have been appropriated to these programs shall be appropriated instead to the Multifamily Housing Program.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 637, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.2.

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 context requires otherwise, the definitions contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 shall also apply to this chapter.
(a)  “Affordable rent” shall be established by the department to be consistent with the rent limitations imposed by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program, as administered by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.
(b)  “Assisted unit” means a unit that is affordable to a lower income household as a result of a loan provided pursuant to this chapter. In order to ensure consistency with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program, occupancy of assisted units shall be limited to households whose income does not exceed the limits specified by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.
(c)  “Maintain affordable rent levels” means rents may be increased by the sponsor on an annual basis in the amount that would be allowed if the project was subject to the requirements of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program established pursuant to Section 42 of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
(d)  “Rental housing development” means a structure or set of structures with common financing, ownership, and management, and which collectively contain five or more dwelling units, including efficiency units. No more than one of the dwelling units may be occupied as a primary residence by a person or household who is the owner of the structure or structures.
(e)  “Rehabilitation,” in addition to the meaning set forth in Section 50096, includes improvements and repairs made to a residential structure acquired for the purpose of preserving its affordability.
(f)  “Rent-up costs” means costs incurred while a unit is on the housing market but not rented to its first tenant.
(g)  “Sponsor” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 50669, and also includes a limited partnership in which the sponsor or an affiliate of the sponsor is a general partner.
(h)  “Supportive housing” means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.
(i)  “Transitional housing” and “transitional housing development” means buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six months.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. (SB 482) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.3.

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 made pursuant to this chapter, including interest and payments in advance in lieu of future interest, shall be deposited in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established by Section 50661. These moneys shall be used for the purposes of this chapter, including the implementation and operation of the program created by this chapter, and the administrative expenses of the department shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 637, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.4.

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 transitional or rental housing development.
(2)  The rehabilitation, or acquisition and rehabilitation, of a transitional or rental housing development.
(3)  The conversion of a nonresidential structure to a transitional or rental housing development.
(b)  In the case of rehabilitation projects, to be eligible to receive a loan, the loan shall be necessary to avoid increases in monthly debt service that have either of the following effects:
(1)  Result in rent increases causing permanent displacement of persons of lower income residing in the development prior to rehabilitation.
(2)  Make it economically infeasible to accept subsidies available to provide affordable rents to persons of lower income, if the sponsor agrees to accept the subsidies.
(c)  To be eligible to receive a loan, the sponsor shall agree to both of the following:
(1)  To set and maintain affordable rent levels for assisted units.
(2)  To the payment of prevailing wage rates with respect to construction assisted through the program. In implementing this paragraph, it is the intent of the Legislature that this requirement apply to construction work that is dependent on the commitment of program funds in order for construction to proceed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department’s enforcement responsibilities shall be limited to the imposition of this requirement through the lending documents. The department shall require, as a condition of loan closing, a signed certificate that prevailing wages have been, or will be, paid in conformance with the requirements of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of the Labor Code and that labor records shall be made available to any enforcement agency upon request. The requirements of this paragraph shall not apply to projects for which program funds are used exclusively to achieve lower rents and to pay associated administrative costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 957, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.5.

50675.5. (a)  Eligible costs shall include the cost of developing dwelling units, transitional housing, and childcare, and after school care and social service facilities integrally linked to the assisted dwelling units.
(b)  Eligible cost categories shall include all of the following:
(1)  Real property acquisition, including refinancing of existing debt to the extent necessary to reduce debt service to a level consistent with the provision of affordable rents and the fiscal integrity of the project.
(2)  New construction or rehabilitation, including the conversion of nonresidential structures to residential use.
(3)  General property improvements that are necessary to correct unsafe, unhealthy, or unsanitary conditions, including renovations and remodeling, including, but not limited to, remodeling of kitchens and bathrooms, installation of new appliances, landscaping, and purchase or installation of central air-conditioning.
(4)  Necessary and related onsite and offsite improvements.
(5)  Reasonable developer fees.
(6)  Reasonable consulting costs.
(7)  Initial operating costs for housing units.
(8)  Capitalized reserves for replacement and operation. The department shall offer capitalized operating reserves to supportive housing units after developers have sought capitalized reserves from other potential funding sources. The department may allow capitalized operating reserves to eligible projects to be used for rent subsidies for assisted units reserved for occupancy by households with incomes below limits determined by the department, which shall not exceed the income limit for very low income households. Assisted units may include, but not be limited to, supportive housing units. The department may offer capitalized reserves for operations and supportive services in the form of a grant. To determine project eligibility for capitalized operating reserves, the department may consider all of the following:
(A)  The availability of funds.
(B)  The individual financial needs of the project.
(C)  Whether developers have sought rent or operating subsidies from other potential funding sources.
(D)  Any other factors the department deems appropriate.
(9)  Any other costs of rehabilitation or new construction authorized by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 780, Sec. 2. (SB 482) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.7.

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 feasible, this process shall be coordinated with the processes of other major housing funding sources, including that of the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, and shall ensure a reasonable geographic distribution of funds.
(b)  The process shall require that applications for projects meet minimum threshold requirements, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1)  The proposed project shall be located within reasonable proximity to public transportation and services.
(2)  Development costs for the proposed project shall be reasonable compared to costs of comparable projects in the local area.
(3)  The proposed project shall be feasible.
(4)  The sponsor shall have the capacity to own and develop the proposed project.
(c)  Projects that meet threshold requirements shall be evaluated for funding based on weighted underwriting and evaluative criteria that give consideration to projects that meet the following criteria:
(1)  Serve households at the lowest income levels, consistent with long-term feasibility, considering regional variations.
(2)  Address the most serious identified local housing needs.
(3)  Will be developed and owned by entities with substantial and successful experience.
(4)  Contain a significant percentage of units for families or special needs populations.
(5)  Leverage other funds in those jurisdictions where they are available.
(d)  The department may establish alternate project selection processes, threshold requirements, and priorities for funds appropriated for special purposes. These alternate processes, requirements, and priorities shall be tied to the specific needs and objectives for which the funds have been appropriated.
(e)  Loans for rental housing developments and transitional housing may be reviewed, approved, and funded by the department directly to the sponsor. The department shall ensure that the sponsor notifies the local legislative body of the sponsor’s loan application prior to application submission.
(f)  The department may make grants to local public entities using funds reserved by the Legislature for rehabilitation, or acquisition and rehabilitation, in support of code enforcement. The local entities shall then make the funds available as loans, and they may be allowed to collect and retain loan repayments, provided that these repayments are reloaned in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, as it relates to funds used in support of code enforcement.
(g) The department may establish set-asides for specific project types or projects that serve specific target populations.
(h) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2022.
(Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 192, Sec. 6. (AB 434) Effective January 1, 2021. Section operative January 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.8.

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 agreement with the sponsor that provides for all of the following:
(1)  Sets standards for tenant selection to ensure occupancy of assisted units by eligible households of very low and low income for the term of the agreement.
(2)  Governs the terms of occupancy agreements.
(3)  Contains provisions to maintain affordable rent levels to serve eligible households.
(4)  Provides for periodic inspections and review of yearend fiscal audits and related reports by the department.
(5)  Permits a sponsor to distribute earnings in an amount established by the department and based on the number of units in the rental housing development.
(6)  Has a term for not less than the original term of the loan.
(7)  Contains any other provisions necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b)  The agreement shall be binding upon the sponsor and successors in interest upon sale or transfer of the rental housing development regardless of any prepayment of the loan.
(c)  The agreement shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the real property subject to the agreement is located.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 637, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.9.

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 of the requirements of this chapter, the requirements of this chapter may be modified as necessary to ensure program compatibility. Where the requirements of federal funding or tax credits create what are deemed to be minor inconsistencies as determined by the director of the department, the department may waive the requirements of this chapter as deemed necessary to avoid an unnecessary administrative burden.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 637, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.10.

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 averting a default on the terms of any loan or other obligation by the recipient of financial assistance, or bidding at any foreclosure sale where the default or foreclosure sale would jeopardize the department’s security in the rental housing development assisted pursuant to this chapter. The funds so designated shall be known as the “default reserve.”
(b) The department may use default reserve funds made available pursuant to this section to repair or maintain any rental housing development assisted pursuant to this chapter that was acquired to protect the department’s security interest.
(c) The payment or advance of funds by the department pursuant to this section shall be exclusively within the department’s discretion, and no person shall be deemed to have any entitlement to the payment or advance of those funds. The amount of any funds expended by the department for the purposes of curing or averting a default shall be added to the loan amount secured by the rental housing development and shall be payable to the department upon demand.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 37, Sec. 41. (AB 1817) Effective June 27, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.11.

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 may administer the funds with guidelines that shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If an appropriation exceeds twenty million dollars ($20,000,000), the department may administer the funds with guidelines for 15 months, during which time the guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 637, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.12.

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 assisted through the program.
(2)  The types of units assisted through the program.
(3)  The location and geographical distribution of the projects and units assisted.
(4)  The average cost per project, and cost per unit.
(5)  The number of projects and units that have been assisted that serve special needs populations and information related to the types of special needs populations served.
(b)  After each Notice of Funding Availability issued for the distribution of funds pursuant to the program, the department shall evaluate the ability of projects that serve families or special needs populations to competitively access the program. Based on its analysis, if the department determines that those projects are not able to apply for or to successfully compete for funding, the department shall make the adjustments it deems appropriate to ensure that these populations are adequately served in subsequent Notices of Funding Availability. These adjustments may include, but are not limited to, making adjustments to threshold requirements, evaluative criteria, or the timing of the issuance of Notices of Funding Availability to ensure that reasonable funding remains available for more complex projects that include the supportive services necessary to serve families and special needs populations.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 667, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.7 - Multifamily Housing Program › Section 50675.13.

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 following:
(1) Infill development.
(2) Adaptive reuse in existing developed areas served with public infrastructure.
(3) Projects in proximity to public transit, public schools, parks and recreational facilities, or job centers.
(4) Sustainable building methods that are either of the following:
(A) Established in accordance with the criteria listed under paragraph (8) of subdivision (c) of Section 10325 of Title 4 of the California Code of Regulations, or any successor regulation.
(B) Established by the department, in consultation with the California Building Standards Commission for the purposes of funding developments subject to this section and are more stringent than those in subparagraph (A).
(b) The department may utilize other factors in rural areas to promote infill development.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 710, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.8 - Federal Housing Trust Fund › Section 50676.

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 pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289), and implementing federal regulations. The department may use up to 10 percent of the federal Housing Trust Fund annual grant award for expenses of administering these funds.
(b) The department shall administer the funds through any existing or newly created programs that produce, preserve, rehabilitate, or support the operation of rental housing for extremely low income and very low income households, except that up to 10 percent of funding may be used to support home ownership for extremely low income and very low income households. Any rental project funded from the federal Housing Trust Fund shall restrict affordability for 55 years through a recorded and enforceable affordability covenant. Any home ownership program funded from the federal Housing Trust Fund shall restrict affordability for 30 years through either a recorded and enforceable affordability covenant or a recorded and enforceable equity recapture agreement.
(c) The department shall collaborate with the California Housing Finance Agency to develop an allocation plan to demonstrate how the funds shall be distributed, based on the priority housing needs identified in the state’s consolidated plan prepared in accordance with Part 91 (commencing with Section 91.1) of Subtitle A of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The department shall submit the plan to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development and the Senate Transportation and Housing Committees 30 days after receipt of the federal funds.
(d) The allocation plan and guidelines shall give priority to projects based on:
(1) Geographic diversity.
(2) The extent to which rents are affordable, especially to extremely low income households.
(3) The merits of a project.
(4) Applicants readiness.
(5) The extent to which projects will use nonfederal funds.
(e) The department shall award funds to projects serving people experiencing homelessness, to the extent that a sufficient number of projects exist. The department may alter priority for funding to align eligibility for possible benefits, including Medi-Cal benefits intended to fund services for people experiencing homelessness.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 396, Sec. 1. (AB 816) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 6.8 - Federal Housing Trust Fund › Section 50676.1.

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 limited to, organizations that provide rental housing for extremely low income households and very low income households or assist extremely low income households and very low income households to become homeowners.
(b) The department may adopt, amend, or repeal guidelines to implement this chapter. Any guidelines adopted to implement this chapter 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.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 686, Sec. 2. (AB 90) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50680.

50680. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that recent deemphasis of programs of institutional care for persons with developmental and physical disabilities and persons with mental health disorders has resulted in participation by many of those persons in programs of rehabilitation, education, and social services within the community. Because of the outpatient status of persons enrolled in those programs, there is a need to provide housing for them that will aid in accomplishment and maintenance of the objectives of those programs, thereby minimizing the numbers of persons with developmental and physical disabilities and persons with mental health disorders in public institutions and improving the quality of life for those persons. In order to assist in providing the variety of living arrangements required for this purpose, it is necessary that the state cooperate with cities, counties, cities and counties, and nonprofit corporations in obtaining federal housing subsidies therefor.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to vest in the department authority to obtain federal housing subsidies for housing for persons requiring supportive services, as defined in this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 40. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50681.

50681. As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1165.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50682.

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 Code rendering the affected person eligible to participate in programs of rehabilitation, education, or social services conducted by or on behalf of a public agency, and also means persons affected by such a disability.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1020, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50683.

50683. As used in this chapter, “local agency” means a city, county, or city and county.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1165.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50684.

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 to participate in programs of rehabilitation, education, or social services conducted by or on behalf of a public agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 41. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50685.

50685. As used in this chapter, “physically disabled” means affected by a physical disability rendering the affected persons eligible to participate in programs of rehabilitation, education, or social services conducted by or on behalf of a public agency, and also means persons affected by such a physical disability.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1020, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50685.5.

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 of financial inability to provide adequate housing for themselves or persons dependent upon them, who are or will be participating in programs of rehabilitation, education, or social services, and who meet any of the following criteria:
(a) The person shall have been determined to have a developmental disability, but not to require institutional care, by the State Department of Developmental Services, a regional center established pursuant to Section 4620 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or by the designated representative thereof.
(b) The person shall have been determined to have a mental health disorder, but not to require institutional care, by a local director of mental health services, by the State Department of Health Care Services, or by the designated representatives thereof.
(c) The person shall have been determined to have a physical disability by the Department of Rehabilitation or by the designated representatives thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 42. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50686.

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 34200) of Division 24 for the purpose of obtaining financial subsidies or assistance from any agency of the United States to provide leased housing pursuant to this chapter for persons requiring supportive services.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1020, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50686.5.

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 providing, or proposes to provide, housing for persons requiring supportive services may apply to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development for federal housing subsidies therefor.
(b)  (1)  On or after July 1, 1994, the department, with the approval of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall transfer, in accordance with subdivision (c), all contracts entered into under this section to public housing authorities created by Part 2 (commencing with Section 34200) of Division 24. Prior to the transfer of vouchers and certificates that are specifically designated for the use of persons with disabilities, the public housing authority shall deliver to the department a letter attesting to its intent to maintain the vouchers and certificates for the use of persons with disabilities, including the maintenance of a separate list of eligible voucher and certificate applicants to the extent allowed by federal law. The list shall be specially coded and identified as a local preference for Aftercare eligible certificate and voucher holders. The department shall make copies of the letters of intent available to any person who requests that information.
(2)  Each housing authority shall be required to annually report on its Aftercare activities in its annual Section 8 Certificate and Voucher Program report submitted to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and the department and to any representative of the disabled community that requests that information. All information in the annual Aftercare report shall be subject to public comment and review at a properly noticed Housing Authority Commission meeting.
(c)  The transfers authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) shall not occur unless and until the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, prior to March 1, 1994, has notified the department, in writing, that the transfer can be structured so that the Aftercare vouchers and certificates will continue to serve the program’s existing and future clients.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 198, Sec. 2. Effective July 18, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50687.

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 with any agency of the United States for the purpose of obtaining funds for dispersal to local agencies, nonprofit corporations, and owners and developers of housing to subsidize housing for persons requiring supportive services.
(b)  Enter into contracts with local agencies, nonprofit corporations, and owners and developers of housing for persons requiring supportive services for the purpose of disbursing federal housing subsidies.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1020, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50687.5.

50687.5. The department, after consultation with the State Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Rehabilitation, or the State Department of Health Care Services, may adopt, amend or repeal regulations for the administration of this chapter.
The department shall submit applications for federal housing subsidies for persons requiring supportive services.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 29. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50688.

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 with mental and physical disabilities and persons who have mental health disorders and that the disruption of continued occupancy in a dwelling could cause a setback in treatment in particular cases. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature that persons who have received housing under a program established pursuant to Section 50680 shall be allowed to continue to receive rental housing assistance payments subsidies after termination of participation in a public program of rehabilitation, education, or social services if the persons meet the criteria established by federal regulations governing low-rent housing programs.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 43. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50689.

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 persons with mental health disorders where that assistance is for the purpose of providing a transition from an institutional to an independent setting, and where that assistance is administered in the context of ongoing local programs leading to rehabilitation and independence.
(b) The department shall establish a program for the purpose of housing assistance for persons with developmental and physical disabilities and persons with mental health disorders. The department shall contract with local agencies or nonprofit corporations incorporated pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 9000) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code that provide supportive services for those individuals, where those services are designed to provide a transition to independent living. The local agencies or nonprofit corporation shall ensure that recipients of housing assistance are income qualified under guidelines for programs of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437(f)), and shall not contract for housing that exceeds those guidelines for fair market rents for the Section 8 program. Public and private agencies participating in the program established pursuant to this section shall be those whose program philosophies and activities conform substantially to the principles of community living under Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 4830) of Division 4.5, community residential treatment under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 5450) of Part 1 of Division 5, and independent living under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 19800) of Part 2 of Division 10, of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c) A local agency applying to the department for housing assistance payments shall, in its application, explain how the housing assistance payments are part of its ongoing programs to establish independent living for its clientele. The department, in reviewing these applications, may consult with the Department of Developmental Disabilities, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the Department of Rehabilitation.
(d) In order to receive housing assistance payments for a specific structure pursuant to the provisions of this section, the local agency or nonprofit corporation shall not contract for rental of more than 12 units, or for rental of space for more than 24 persons, in the structure. No individual shall remain in a payment assisted unit for more than 18 months.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 44. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7 - Special Housing Programs for the Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Disordered, and Physically Disabled › Section 50689.5.

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 Government Code, of the general plan of the jurisdiction in which the housing is proposed.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1165.)