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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 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Declarations › Section 50690.

50690. The Legislature finds and declares that the attainment of the national and state goal of providing every American family with a decent home and a suitable living environment is complicated by a lack of information and technical assistance regarding housing planning, design, rehabilitation, construction, and financing; alternative housing options for owners and renters; building codes and standards and housing codes; site acquisition and development; and building materials and methods and their costs and availability.
The Legislature further finds and declares that the attainment of the national and state housing goal can be achieved, in part, through the fullest practicable utilization of the resources and capabilities of private enterprise and of individual and group self-help techniques. A significant number of persons and families of low or moderate income are capable of building or rehabilitating their own homes, in whole or in part, with considerable savings to themselves and benefits to the public.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1354.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Declarations › Section 50691.

50691. The purposes of this chapter are the following:
(1)  To encourage and foster the utilization of the resources and capabilities of private enterprise and of individual and group self-help techniques in the rehabilitation and replacement of deteriorated and dilapidated housing and in the construction of additional housing in both urban and rural areas.
(2)  To stimulate housing rehabilitation and construction so as to increase the supply of decent, affordable housing.
(3)  To demonstrate that improved housing conditions, ownership, and maintenance are within the financial capabilities of persons and families of low or moderate income through the reduced costs of owner-building, owner-rehabilitation and other self-help-oriented alternatives.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing participation of renters in such housing alternatives.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1354.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Declarations › Section 50691.1.

50691.1. The Legislature finds and declares that self-help housing generates self-reliance and a sense of community for participants, and that it is an important and proven source of housing for many low- and moderate-income California residents.
The Legislature further finds and declares that the California Self-Help Housing Program has been very successful in its goal of stimulating the production and rehabilitation of housing with the use of several self-help housing techniques, and that the program should be expanded to assist more low- and moderate-income residents throughout this state.
In addition to the purposes specified in Section 50691, the purposes of this chapter include all of the following:
(1)  Expansion of the production of decent and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people through the use of self-help methods of rehabilitation and construction.
(2)  Expansion of homeownership opportunities for those to whom it would otherwise not be available without the cost savings achieved by the self-help method.
(3)  Encouragement of self-reliance, pride of ownership, and sense of community for those who participate.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 2. Effective September 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 50692.

50692. As used in this chapter:
(a)  “Owner-builder” means any person or family who provides all, or a substantial amount, as determined by the department, of the labor necessary to build a housing unit that will be the principal residence of that person or family.
(b)  “Owner-building” means the process engaged in by owner-builders in the construction of a principal residence.
(c)  “Self-help rehabilitator” means any person or family who provides all, or a substantial amount, as determined by the department, of the labor necessary to rehabilitate, renovate, or improve that person’s or family’s principal residence.
(d)  “Self-help rehabilitation” means the process engaged in by self-help rehabilitators in the rehabilitation, renovation or improvement of their principal residences.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 3. Effective September 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions › Section 50693.

50693. There is hereby established, within the Division of Community Affairs of the department, a California Self-Help Housing Program.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 4. Effective September 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions › Section 50694.

50694. The California Self-Help Housing Program shall do all of the following:
(a)  Be a clearinghouse for owner-building and self-help rehabilitation information.
(b)  Conduct research projects and training projects pertaining to owner-building and self-help rehabilitation.
(c)  Provide information and technical assistance to, and between, public and private agencies, community groups, and present and prospective owner-rehabilitators and self-help rehabilitators.
(d)  Prepare, publish, and disseminate educational information relating to, and encouraging, owner-building and self-help rehabilitation.
(e)  Encourage and facilitate the effective use of available housing resources by existing and potential owner-builders and self-help rehabilitators and other persons seeking to improve their principal residences.
(f)  Encourage and assist the formation and operation of neighborhood organizations and community design centers to assist owner-builders and self-help rehabilitators.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 5. Effective September 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions › Section 50695.

50695. The California Self-Help Housing Program shall provide potential and actual owner-builders and self-help rehabilitators all of the following information and technical assistance:
(a)  The cost savings of owner-building and self-help rehabilitation.
(b)  Construction materials and methods.
(c)  The identity of local material sources and technical resources.
(d)  Financing requirements and opportunities.
(e)  Site acquisition.
(f)  Insurance and legal requirements.
(g)  Energy and water conservation.
(h)  Building codes and standards and housing codes.
(i)  Other available housing alternatives.
(j)  Any other information or technical assistance determined by the department to further the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 6. Effective September 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions › Section 50696.

50696. (a)  The California Self-Help Housing Program may provide the information and technical assistance required by Section 50695 in conjunction with federal and state energy and water conservation programs, and federal and state neighborhood preservation and urban homesteading programs, including local programs carried on in federally assisted community development neighborhoods, neighborhood preservation areas, redevelopment project areas, urban homesteading areas, and residential rehabilitation areas.
(b)  The California Self-Help Housing Program may contract with public entities and private nonprofit corporations to provide assistance to persons and families of low or moderate income who are owner-builders or self-help rehabilitators, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 50692. These contracts shall provide grant funds for any of the following activities:
(1)  To cover the costs of developing, conducting, administering, or coordinating programs of technical or supervisory assistance which will aid persons and families of low or moderate income in carrying out owner-building or self-help rehabilitation housing efforts.
(2)  To write down the development costs of the participant’s housing.
(3)  To reduce monthly mortgage payments by reducing the interest cost to the participant through supplemental payments of those grant funds, reducing principal, or deferring all or a portion of the payments until the housing is sold or refinanced.
(c)  The primary emphasis of the California Self-Help Housing Program and local self-help housing programs shall be to expand and improve the housing stock available to lower income households. The program shall give priority to those applications received by the program which serve the highest proportion of lower income households.
(d)   The department shall not contract with any public entity or private nonprofit corporation pursuant to subdivision (b) if that entity or corporation denies the benefits of this chapter, or discriminates in the provision of assistance pursuant to this chapter, in violation of Section 11135 of the Government Code, as determined by the department.
(e)   Notwithstanding Section 50052.5, the department may establish a standard for monthly housing costs that does not exceed 30 percent of the gross monthly income of persons eligible for assistance pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50696.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 7. Effective September 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions › Section 50697.

50697. (a)  The department shall encourage or support all self-help housing program activities in the state and shall do so in accordance with the policies, goals, and objectives of the California Statewide Housing Plan.
(b)  The department may seek commitments, on a matching or other basis, from local agencies for the financial support of local self-help housing programs.
(c)  The department may seek, obtain, and utilize public and private funds to carry out the purposes and general provisions of this chapter.
(d)  The department shall adopt procedures and regulations necessary to implement this chapter. The regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, both of the following requirements:
(1)  A maximum mortgage subsidy limit.
(2)  Guidelines which either encourage resale to lower income households or provide assistance to new self-help households. These guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to, permitting assumption of department mortgage subsidies or permitting partial or total forgiveness of mortgage subsidies after a specified period of occupancy by eligible households. If a household receiving assistance sells to a household which is not an eligible household, the regulations shall provide for repayment of the mortgage subsidy and may provide for payment of interest on the mortgage subsidy. The guidelines shall also provide that, if the market value at the time of resale to either an eligible or ineligible household is less than the total of outstanding mortgages, liens, and the value of the self-help equity, the amount due in repayment of the mortgage subsidy shall be reduced by the difference between that total and the market value.
(e)  Any assistance provided pursuant to this chapter shall be considered a purchase or rehabilitation loan for the purposes of Section 711.5 of the Civil Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 8. Effective September 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions › Section 50697.1.

50697.1. (a)  The Self-Help Housing Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated for contracts entered into pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50696 and for costs incurred by the California Self-Help Housing Program in administering the program. The moneys in the fund are not subject to transfer to any other fund pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, except the Surplus Money Investment Fund. The department may require the transfer of moneys in the 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. Notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code, all interest, dividends, and pecuniary gains from the investments shall accrue to the fund.
(b)  The Self-Help Housing Fund shall consist of all of the following:
(1)  Any moneys appropriated to the fund by the Legislature.
(2)  Any moneys which the California Self-Help Housing Program receives in repayment or return of the funds, including any interest on those moneys.
(3)  Any other moneys which may be made available to the California Self-Help Housing Program for the purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 50696 from any other source or sources.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 201, Sec. 20. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 7.5 - Housing Advisory Service › ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions › Section 50698.

50698. The director’s last annual report to the Governor and the Legislature prior to January 1, 1982, shall include recommendations for improvement, continuation, or termination of the California Housing Advisory Service.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1354.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Housing-Related Parks Program › Section 50701.

50701. There is hereby established in state government the Housing-Related Parks Program, to be administered by the department, using funds allocated, upon appropriation, under subdivision (d) of Section 53545, for the purpose of providing grants for the creation, development, or rehabilitation of park and recreation facilities to cities, counties, and cities and counties based on the issuance of building permits for new housing units, or housing units substantially rehabilitated, acquired, or preserved with committed assistance from the city, county, or city and county, that are affordable to very low or low-income households.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 779, Sec. 2. (AB 1672) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Housing-Related Parks Program › Section 50703.

50703. (a) The department shall award bonus funds in addition to the base grant award for applicants that meet the requirements under Section 50702. The department shall determine the amount of the bonus funds to be awarded pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The amount of the bonus funds to be awarded shall be established in the Notice of Funding Availability.
(c) Substantial bonus funds shall be awarded for any of the following:
(1) Jurisdictions that demonstrate that grant funds will be spent to improve a park or community recreational facility that will serve a disadvantaged community, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 50700.
(2) Jurisdictions that demonstrate that grant funds will be spent to create a new park or community recreational facility that will serve a disadvantaged community, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 50700.
(3) Jurisdictions that meet the definition of a park deficient community, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 50700.
(4) Qualifying new housing units.
(d) Additional bonus funds shall be awarded for any of the following:
(1) Qualifying units that are affordable to extremely low income households.
(2) Qualifying units that are developed in infill projects.
(3) Jurisdictions that have met or exceeded housing production thresholds established by the department, in consultation with the Department of Finance.
(4) Those jurisdictions that can demonstrate that grant funds will be spent to create or improve a park or community recreational facility to support infill development, or development within a jurisdiction that has conformed its general plan to the regional blueprint, as determined by the council of governments.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 779, Sec. 4. (AB 1672) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Housing-Related Parks Program › Section 50704.

50704. (a) (1) Except as authorized under paragraph (2), a city, county, or city and county shall not receive a grant unless it qualifies, based on building permits issued during the period designated in the Notice of Funding Availability, for a grant in an amount of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or more.
(2) If a city, county, or city and county is not able to meet the minimum qualification amount under paragraph (1), it may delay application, combine the number of building permits issued during the designated period described in paragraph (1) with the number of building permits issued during one or more subsequent Notice of Funding Availability periods, and apply once it is able to meet the minimum qualification amount by using the combined amount of building permits issued.
(b) Grants provided pursuant to this chapter shall be used for the costs of park and recreation facility creation, development, or rehabilitation, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of land for the purposes of those activities, consistent with the requirements set forth in Section 16727 of the Government Code.
(c) Funds awarded pursuant to this chapter shall supplement, not supplant, other available funding.
(d) A city, county, or city and county that receives funds under this chapter may subcontract through a recreation and park district formed under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, or a district formed pursuant to Section 5500 or 35100 of the Public Resources Code, for the creation or improvement of a park or recreational facility, or any nonprofit organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)), that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of that code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(a)), and that has among its purposes the conservation of natural or cultural resources.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 779, Sec. 5. (AB 1672) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Housing-Related Parks Program › Section 50704.5.

50704.5. The department shall adopt guidelines for the operation of the program. The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 641, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.2 - Excess Site Local Government Matching Grants Program › Section 50704.80.

50704.80. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(b) “Local government” means a city, county, city and county, public housing authority, joint powers authority, or an authority created pursuant to Section 8169.4 of the Government Code.
(c) “Program” means the Excess Sites Local Government Matching Grants Program established under to this chapter.
(d) “Selected developer” means a development partner selected under the Executive Order No. N-06-19 program to enter a ground lease with the state to create affordable housing on excess state-owned property.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 18. (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 8.2 - Excess Site Local Government Matching Grants Program › Section 50704.81.

50704.81. (a) (1) The Excess Sites Local Government Matching Grants Program is hereby established for the purpose of providing selected developers with one-time grants for development activities to enable development on excess state-owned property.
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be allocated under the program in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The department shall administer the program and, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, award grants to selected developers for predevelopment and development costs to accelerate housing production on excess state-owned properties, and to match local government contributions for predevelopment and development costs for selected developers.
(c) Of the total amount of any moneys appropriated under this chapter, the department shall set aside up to 5 percent for program administration, including state operations expenditures and technical assistance.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 22. (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 8.2 - Excess Site Local Government Matching Grants Program › Section 50704.83.

50704.83. (a) (1) A selected developer that receives a grant pursuant to this chapter shall submit a report, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, by December 31 of the year following the receipt of those funds, and annually thereafter, that contains the following information:
(A) The status of the proposed expenditures and uses of the local government contribution and the grant moneys as listed in the application for funding.
(B) The corresponding impact on the affordable housing development on excess state-owned property, categorized based on the eligible uses specified in subdivision (c) of Section 50704.82.
(2) The department may request additional information, as needed, to meet other applicable reporting or audit requirements.
(b) The department shall maintain records of the following and provide that information publicly on its internet website:
(1) The name of each applicant for grant moneys and the status of that entity’s application.
(2) The number of applications for grant moneys received by the department.
(3) The information described in subdivision (a) for each recipient of grant moneys.
(c) The department may monitor expenditures and activities of an applicant and grantee, as the department deems necessary, to ensure compliance with program requirements.
(d) The department may, as it deems appropriate or necessary, request the repayment of funds from an applicant or grantee, or pursue any other remedies available to it by law, for failure to comply with program requirements.
(e) The department may implement the program through the issuance of forms, guidelines, and one or more notices of funding availability, as the department deems necessary, to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred on it by this chapter. Any forms, guidelines, and notices of funding availability adopted pursuant to this section are hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions 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).
(f) The department’s decision to approve or deny an application or request for grant moneys pursuant to the program, and its determination of the amount of funding to be provided, shall be final.
(g) For development projects on property leased pursuant to this section, any requests for qualifications or requests for proposals issued shall identify the project as a public work for which prevailing wages shall be paid for purposes of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 40, Sec. 18. (AB 129) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.3 - Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program › Section 50705.

50705. (a) The Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program is hereby established for the purpose of funding the acquisition of property to develop or preserve affordable housing. The program will be comprised of a Loan Fund.
(b) The department shall adopt guidelines for the operation of the program. The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The department shall adopt regulations for the program prior to issuing any request for qualifications funded with loan repayments or any other sources.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 784, Sec. 1. (AB 1951) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.3 - Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program › Section 50708.

50708. The department shall collect all of the following from each borrower and include a summary of this information in its last annual report submitted to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2013, pursuant to Section 50408:
(a) A general description of activities undertaken pursuant to this chapter.
(b) For each property acquired, the acquisition price; the amount and terms of the nonstate funds leveraged, and a statement as to whether the state acquisition funds were essential to the leveraging of these other acquisition funds; a description of the expiration date of the project’s rent or sales restrictions; the number of assisted units created or preserved; the amount of state funds required for each assisted unit created or preserved; and the level of affordability maintained.
(c) If any borrower sells any property acquired with assistance through these state funds, a description of the name and location of the purchaser, the purchase price, and the total transaction costs.
(d) An overall assessment of the effectiveness of these funds as tools in creating and preserving affordable housing.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 784, Sec. 3. (AB 1951) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50710.

50710. The Director of Housing and Community Development may contract with school districts, housing authorities, health agencies, and other appropriate local public and private nonprofit agencies, for the procurement, or construction of housing or shelter and to obtain services for migratory agricultural workers in the fields of education and sanitation, to obtain day care services for the children of those workers, and the director may adopt regulations as the director deems necessary in order to provide that housing service. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts made pursuant to this chapter are deemed to be for local assistance. Notwithstanding any other law, the director may provide for advance payments of up to 20 percent of annual operating costs of the migrant farm labor center to contractors, provided that the contractors do not have outstanding advance balances from the prior contract periods.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 372, Sec. 3. (AB 571) Effective September 29, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50710.2.

50710.2. The department shall allow, in an operating contract, the entity operating the contract to have flexibility in its opening date if needed to adjust for variable seasonal or climate changes if all of the following occur every operating year:
(a) A majority of the residents council, at the last meeting of the operating period, vote in favor of having a flexible opening date rather than a set opening date.
(b) The residents council, at the last meeting of the operating period, determines the amount of notice required before an opening date and the method of outreach to residents.
(c) The entity operating the migrant center outlines how the flexible opening date will interact with the admission priorities of the center.
(d) There are no competing demands for use of the center.
(e) At least 25 percent of the units will be occupied upon opening.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 999, Sec. 2. (AB 2887) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50710.4.

50710.4. (a) The department may enter into multiyear operating contracts with entities, and provide funding annually by making an amendment to that contract.
(b) The director shall consider the data contained in the annual reports, pursuant to Section 50717, to determine the needs of the residents served at the migrant farm labor centers and how to better serve those needs in operating contracts and annual amendments.
(c) This section shall not be interpreted to allow an operating period to exceed a term that is otherwise authorized by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 999, Sec. 3. (AB 2887) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50710.5.

50710.5. (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no housing authority, housing authority commissioner, housing authority officer, or housing authority employee, acting in good faith, shall be civilly liable for any injury caused by the presence of lead-based paint, prior to January 1, 1989, in or upon any housing units or related facilities owned by an agency of the state and operated by the housing authority pursuant to a contract authorized by Section 50710 by and between the housing authority and the department.
(b)  Subdivision (a) does not, however, limit or expand any liability which the state or the United States may have under other laws on account of an injury specified in this subdivision.
(c)  Subdivision (a) does not limit or expand any liability which arose prior to January 1, 1988.
(d)  Any housing authority made a defendant in a civil action alleging civil liability on account of any alleged injury specified in subdivision (a), including injuries for which liability may exist under subdivision (c), shall immediately notify the department thereof and may request the state to provide legal representation to defend the housing authority in the litigation. In the event the Attorney General fails to provide legal representation pursuant to the housing authority’s request, the department shall indemnify the housing authority for reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the housing authority to defend the lawsuit.
(e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any contract let by a housing authority to determine the existence of, or mitigate, potential health hazards which existed as of April 1, 1988, and caused by lead-based paint in or upon housing units and facilities specified in subdivision (a), shall not be subject to competitive bidding requirements.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 112, Sec. 1. Effective May 24, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50711.

50711. The Director of Housing and Community Development shall have possession and control of all records and papers held previously by the Director of Employment Development relating to the purposes and activities of Section 7100 of the Government Code as it read prior to January 1, 1982.
(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 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50711.5.

50711.5. (a) The Napa County Farmworker Centers Account is hereby established, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 50406 and 50710, to assist in the financing, maintenance, and operation of the Napa County Housing Authority’s Farmworker Centers for year-round use by migrant or nonmigrant farm labor employees. The Napa County Housing Authority shall continue to own and operate the farmworker centers pursuant to the local ordinances, regulations, or bylaws currently applicable thereto.
(b) The department shall award, annually, up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in matching funds, pursuant to this section, to the Napa County Housing Authority upon demonstration that the Napa County Housing Authority is capable of continuing to effectively serve the housing needs of migrant or other farmworkers in Napa County. To be eligible for funding, the Napa County Housing Authority shall provide equal or greater funds from local sources to support financing, maintenance, and operations of the housing assisted under this section. The Napa County Housing Authority shall also demonstrate its capability, upon receiving the funds awarded pursuant to this section, of ensuring the fiscal integrity of the farmworker centers and maintaining the project in a decent, safe, and sanitary manner for at least 25 years.
(c) The year-round use provided for in subdivision (a) for farmworker centers may be interrupted, as necessary, to close the housing for maintenance purposes, to allow new migrant farmworkers to obtain housing, or for any other purpose the Napa County Housing Authority deems necessary.
(d) The department shall use funds allocated from the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50470, as provided by Senate Bill 2 of the 2017–18 Regular Session, if that bill is enacted. If Senate Bill 2 of the 2017–18 Regular Session is not enacted, this section shall be inoperative until a funding source is identified. Funds made available pursuant to this subdivision may be used for the costs permitted by or pursuant to subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 50712.5. For purposes of soliciting and awarding funds pursuant to this section, the department shall not be required to promulgate regulations.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 469, Sec. 1. (AB 317) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50712.

50712. Any county, city, or other local agency may enter into contracts of the nature described in Section 50710, to the extent that such an agency is otherwise authorized by law to engage in the activity which it contracts to undertake.
(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 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50713.

50713. For the purposes of procuring or developing housing or shelter for migratory agricultural workers pursuant to this chapter, the department may execute instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions, including, but not limited to, pledges, encumbrances, transfers, or assignments of leaseholds of any real or personal property necessary for the procurement or development of the housing or shelter.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 986, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50714.

50714. (a)  The San Diego County Farmworker Housing Account is hereby established, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 50406 and 50710, to assist in the financing, development, and operation of up to 500 family housing units for year-round use by migrant or nonmigrant farm labor employees and their families. The sponsor shall seek federal, state, and local financial and in-kind assistance in the development of this housing, but the lack of that assistance shall not be a prerequisite for obtaining financing under this section for the development and operation of family housing units.
(b)  The department shall ensure that the housing is operated on the same basis as other state-financed housing assisted pursuant to this chapter, except that there shall be no limitation set on the term of tenancy if the project is operated for nonmigrant farmworkers.
(c)  The department shall award funds pursuant to this section to project sponsors who demonstrate that they are capable of effectively serving the housing needs of migrant or other farmworkers in San Diego County. The year-round use required by subdivision (a) for migrant centers may be interrupted as necessary to close the housing for maintenance purposes and to allow new migrant farmworker families to obtain housing. The project sponsor shall also demonstrate his or her capability of ensuring the project’s fiscal integrity and maintaining the project in a decent, safe, and sanitary manner for at least 25 years.
(d)  The department shall use funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. The appropriated funds may be used for the costs permitted by, or pursuant to, subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 50712.5. For purposes of soliciting and awarding funds pursuant to this section, the department is not required to promulgate regulations.
(e)  To be eligible for funding, a project sponsor shall make a contribution to the housing assisted under this section. However, if the housing sponsor can demonstrate that it does not have the capability to make that contribution, no contribution shall be required. A contribution, for purposes of this subdivision, may be in the form of a writedown of land costs, fee waiver, direct equivalent financial contribution, or any other incentives of financial value.
(f)  The department shall accept proposals from project sponsors commencing November 15, 1989, and until all funds reappropriated for the purpose of this section are awarded. The department shall award grants to project sponsors commencing September 1, 1990.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1509, Sec. 2. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50716.

50716. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, to respond to the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on January 17, 2014, the department shall, directly or through contracts, make the Office of Migrant Services centers available for rent by persons or families experiencing economic hardships or rendered homeless or at risk of becoming homeless as a result of the drought. This may include, but is not limited to, extending the period of occupancy prior to or beyond the standard 180-day period and redefining persons and families eligible to occupy the centers. To the extent feasible, the department shall give preference to persons and families that meet existing program criteria.
(b) The department may adopt program guidelines to implement this section. Any rule, policy, or standard of general application employed by the department in implementing the provisions of this section 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).
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 25, Sec. 40. (SB 84) Effective June 24, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 8.5 - Special Housing Program for Migratory Workers › Section 50717.

50717. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, an entity operating a migrant farm labor center shall provide a report to the Office of Migrant Services that contains the data specified in subdivision (b) about the agricultural workers that resided at the migrant farm labor center during the most recently concluded contract period. This data shall be reported in an aggregate, anonymous format, without any individual identifiable information.
(b) The report shall include the following information:
(1) Where the migratory agricultural workers are migrating from.
(2) Household incomes.
(3) Race or ethnicity of members of each household.
(4) Genders of the members of each household.
(5) (A) Number of schoolaged children, including number of participants in the Migrant Education Program, and the number of residents enrolled in K–12 programs.
(B) Information regarding the intended schooling for the children once the migrant farm labor center closes.
(6) Where members of the household reside when not in the migrant farm labor center and whether they own or rent.
(7) If members of households are elderly or disabled.
(8) If the migrant farm labor center has an approved proposal allowing for an exemption pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50710.3, the number and percentage of units allocated to nonmigrant agricultural workers, and the number of children enrolled in the local school district, grades K–12.
(c) The Migrant Education Program shall share information with the Department of Housing and Community Development regarding the number of students utilizing a migrant farm labor center address to register, as recorded in the State’s Migrant Education Program database. This information shall be reported in an aggregate, anonymous format, without any individual identifiable information.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 48, Sec. 6. (SB 850) 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 8.6 - Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program › Section 50720.

50720. The Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program is hereby created for the purpose of preserving affordable housing and promoting resident ownership or nonprofit organization ownership of residential real property. The program shall be administered by the department and shall provide loans and grants as described in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 23. (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 8.6 - Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program › Section 50720.4.

50720.4. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Capitalized operating subsidy reserve” means funds that are set aside before a property is acquired pursuant to this chapter to cover the property’s operating expenses over time.
(b) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(c) “Foreclosure risk intervention sale” means a sale of a 1 to 25 unit residential real property that is not owner occupied and that exhibits indicators of foreclosure risk at the time of sale including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) There is a mortgage delinquency of at least 90 days.
(2) There is a delinquency on two or more property tax payments.
(3) The owner of the property is a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding.
(4) There is tenant-initiated litigation against the owner of the property on the basis of lack of habitability.
(5) A local government body responsible for enforcing building codes has deemed the property partially or fully uninhabitable.
(6) There are other indicators that the department may prescribe in the guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(d) “Preforeclosure intervention sale” means a sale of a 1 to 25 unit residential real property that is subject to a recorded notice of default by a trustee representing a beneficiary at the time of the sale.
(e) “Program” means the Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program.
(f) “Property acquisition costs” means direct real property acquisition costs such as payment of the purchase price and any liens on eligible properties in addition to repairs required to ensure a property and its structures are in compliance with all applicable habitability, health, and safety laws.
(g) “Transaction costs” means costs related to acquiring a property, which may include property appraisal, transfer taxes, financing costs, underwriting, project management, broker fees, and legal fees.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 21. (SB 197) Effective June 30, 2022.)