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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 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50508.5.

50508.5. The department may compile, analyze, and report upon the use in redevelopment project areas, of federal funds granted under selected federal programs, including Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383), as amended. The department may report the amounts and percentage of such funds used for the purpose of (1) principally benefiting persons of low and moderate income, (2) aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight, or (3) meeting other community development needs having a particular urgency. Such analysis may include an assessment of the extent to which the application of such funds meet the specified purposes. Redevelopment agencies and other local agencies shall promptly respond to any requests for information from the department in connection with its duties under this section.
The department shall publish its analysis and assessment as necessary.
(Amended 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 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50509.

50509. The department may provide technical assistance to any public entity or public utility undertaking construction, maintenance, operation, or financing of replacement housing designed for persons displaced because of the acquisition or clearance of real property for public purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50510.

50510. The department shall develop and, subject to specific authorization and appropriation by the Legislature or the availability of federal subsidies, implement demonstration subsidy programs to test the effectiveness of one or more housing subsidy programs for veterans, very low income households, or other persons and families of low or moderate income. Such programs may include housing allowance payments, homeownership downpayment assistance, homeownership interest subsidy, leased housing subleased to very low income households, rent supplement payments on behalf of very low income households, or other types of subsidy programs.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 727, Sec. 7. (AB 639) Effective October 10, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50510.5.

50510.5. The department may provide technical assistance to housing sponsors who are involved in any of the following activities:
(a)  The development of cooperatively owned mobilehome parks for persons and families of low and moderate income.
(b)  The development of mobilehome parks in which the rents charged for spaces are affordable to and occupied by persons and families of low and moderate income.
(c)  The development of manufactured housing subdivisions in which lots and mobilehomes will be purchased by persons and families of low and moderate income.
The department may also provide technical assistance to cooperatives and nonprofit housing sponsors who are involved in the purchase of an existing mobilehome park which is placed on the market and which will be occupied primarily by persons and families of low and moderate income.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1136.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50511.

50511. The department may provide potential housing sponsors and persons and families of low or moderate income such advisory consultative training and educational services as will assist them to become owners or tenants of housing financed under this division. Such training and services may include but are not limited to, technical and professional planning assistance, the preparation and promulgation of organizational planning and development outlines and guides, consultation services, training courses, seminars and lectures, the preparation and dissemination of newsletters and other printed materials, and the services of field representatives.
The department shall, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, or the availability of private, local governmental, or federal funds establish a program of such home management training for persons and families of low or moderate income who are occupants or potential occupants of assisted housing.
The department may provide potential housing sponsors of multiple-unit housing developments with advisory consultative training and educational services in the management of housing.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50512.

50512. The department may provide technical assistance and aid to governmental agencies, nonprofit corporations, and housing sponsors for the purpose of providing the benefits of assisted housing to veterans, very low income households, and persons and families of low or moderate income which are handicapped or in which the head of household has been previously confined to institutional care. Subject to the availability of staff resources, the department shall coordinate its technical assistance activities and loan and grant programs in order to increase participation and understanding of those activities and programs by public and private groups and individuals seeking to expand or improve housing opportunities for veterans, the elderly, or the handicapped.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 727, Sec. 8. (AB 639) Effective October 10, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50513.

50513. (a) The department shall provide comprehensive technical assistance to tribal housing authorities, housing sponsors, and governmental agencies on reservations, rancherias, and on public domain to facilitate the planning and orderly development of suitable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing for American Indians residing in those areas. This assistance may include technical assistance in land use planning, natural and environmental resource planning, and economic resource planning. Upon request of the governing body of a reservation or rancheria, the department may act on behalf of the tribal housing authority and perform the functions thereof and for those purposes shall have all the powers granted to housing authorities by Part 2 (commencing with Section 34200) of Division 13.
(b) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the G. David Singleton California Indian Assistance Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 660, Sec. 6. (AB 1010) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50514.

50514. The department shall take appropriate measures to assure that its services and publications are available to persons and families having limited fluency in the English language, in order to assure full participation by such persons and families in programs administered by the department. Where a significant number of persons in a community have limited fluency in the English language, services and essential publications of the department shall be provided in the native language of such persons.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Assistance Activities of the Department › Section 50514.5.

50514.5. Notwithstanding the proviso to subitem (b) of Item 190 of the Budget Act of 1976, sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) of the amount appropriated by subitem (b) of Item 190 of the Budget Act of 1976 shall not be allocated and expended as provided therein and shall instead be allocated by the Department of Finance to the Department of Housing and Community Development for a loan to a community nonprofit organization for technical assistance in the development of an industrial park in the city of Calexico. The loan shall be repaid upon the terms and conditions prescribed by the Department of Finance.
(Added by renumbering Section 50518 by Stats. 1999, Ch. 83, Sec. 114. 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 3.1 - Local Government Planning Support Grants Program › Section 50515.

50515. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Annual progress report” means the annual report required to be submitted to the department pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 of the Government Code.
(b) “Completed entitlement” means a housing development project that has received all the required land use approvals or entitlements necessary for the issuance of a building permit and for which no additional action, including environmental review or appeals, is required to be eligible to apply for and obtain a building permit.
(c) “Council of governments” means a single or multicounty council created by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code that is responsible for allocating regional housing need pursuant to Sections 65584, 65584.04, and 65584.05 of the Government Code.
(d) “Housing element” or “element” means the housing element of a community’s general plan, as required pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65302 of the Government Code and prepared in accordance with Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.
(e) “Jurisdiction” means a city, county, or city and county.
(f) “Program” means the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program established pursuant to this chapter.
(g) “Regional housing need assessment” means the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as determined by the department pursuant to Section 65584.01 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 159, Sec. 11. (AB 101) Effective July 31, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.1 - Local Government Planning Support Grants Program › Section 50515.01.

50515.01. (a) (1) The Local Government Planning Support Grants Program is hereby established for the purpose of providing regions and jurisdictions with one-time funding, including grants for planning activities to enable jurisdictions to meet the sixth cycle of the regional housing need assessment.
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) shall be distributed under the program in accordance with this chapter, as provided in Sections 50515.02 and 50515.03.
(b) The department shall administer the program and, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, provide grants to regions and jurisdictions for technical assistance, preparation and adoption of planning documents, and process improvements to accelerate housing production and facilitate compliance to implement the sixth cycle of the regional housing need assessment.
(c) Of the total amount of any moneys appropriated for purposes of this chapter, the department shall set aside up to 5 percent for program administration, including state operations expenditures and technical assistance, as well as expenditures by recipients of funding pursuant to Sections 50515.02 and 50515.03.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 159, Sec. 11. (AB 101) Effective July 31, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.1 - Local Government Planning Support Grants Program › Section 50515.05.

50515.05. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to revamp the existing regional housing need allocation process described in Sections 65584 to 65584.2, inclusive, of the Government Code in order to accomplish the following objectives:
(1) Create a fair, transparent, and objective process for identifying housing needs across the state.
(2) Strategically plan for housing growth according to statewide priorities, consistent with Section 65041.1 of the Government Code, and expected future need for housing at all income levels.
(3) Encourage increased development to address the state’s housing affordability issues.
(4) Improve compliance and outcomes through incentives and enforcement.
(b) (1) By December 31, 2023, the department, in collaboration with the Office of Planning and Research and after engaging in stakeholder participation, shall develop a recommended improved regional housing need allocation process and methodology that promotes and streamlines housing development and substantially addresses California’s housing shortage.
(2) In developing the recommendations required by this subdivision, the department may appoint a third-party consultant to facilitate a comprehensive review of the current regional housing need allocation process and methodology.
(c) The department shall keep the Legislature apprised of its progress in implementing this section, including providing an update to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2023. Upon completion of the process described in subdivision (b), the department shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature. The report required to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 11. (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 3.15 - Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program of 2021 › Section 50515.06.

50515.06. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(b) “Program” means the Regional Early Action Planning Grants of 2021 established pursuant to this chapter.
(c) “Regional housing need assessment” means the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as determined by the department pursuant to Section 65584.01 of the Government Code.
(d) “Sustainable Communities Strategy” refers to the plan prepared by each metropolitan planning organization pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code.
(e) “Alternative Planning Strategy” refers to the document, if any, prepared by a metropolitan planning organization pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code.
(f) (1) “Transformative planning and implementation activities” means housing, planning, infrastructure investments supporting infill housing, and other actions that enable meeting housing goals that also result in per capita vehicle miles traveled reductions, including accelerating infill development, supporting residents through realizing multimodal communities, shifting travel behavior through reducing driving, and increasing transit ridership.
(2) Transformative planning and implementation activities shall be in furtherance of all of the following:
(A) State planning priorities, as described in Section 65041.1 of the Government Code.
(B) Affirmatively furthering fair housing pursuant to Section 8899.50 of the Government Code.
(C) Facilitating housing element compliance for the sixth cycle regional housing needs assessment pursuant to Section 65302 of the Government Code prepared in accordance with Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.
(D) A region’s sustainable community strategy, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code, or alternative planning strategy, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code, as applicable.
(g) “Eligible entity” means any recipient of these funds either through direct allocation from the department or through a suballocation from a recipient. For the purposes of this chapter, an eligible entity can include a metropolitan planning organization (MPO), a single or multicounty council of governments (COG), a regional transportation planning agency (RTPA), a county, a city, a city and county, a transit agency or district, a county transportation agency, or a tribal entity.
(h) “Tribal entity” means an entity formed by the duly constituted governing body of a California Native American Tribe in Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004, as described in Section 21073 of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 15. (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 3.15 - Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program of 2021 › Section 50515.07.

50515.07. (a) (1) The Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program of 2021 is hereby established for the purpose of providing regions with funding, including grants, for transformative planning and implementation activities.
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, funds shall be distributed under the program in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The department, in collaboration with the Office of Planning and Research, the Strategic Growth Council, and the State Air Resources Board, shall develop and administer the program and, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, provide grants to eligible entities for implementing planning and implementation activities. The department shall seek input from the transportation and housing coordination workgroup established through Section 50407.5.
(c) Distribution and expenditures of funds shall be made consistent with the state planning priorities, established pursuant to Section 65041.1 of the Government Code, and shall consider geographic equity among regions of the state.
(d) Of the total amount of any moneys appropriated for purposes of this chapter, the department shall set aside up to 5 percent for program administration, including state operations expenditures and technical assistance, as well as expenditures by recipients of funding pursuant to Sections 50515.08 and 50515.09.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 15. (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 3.15 - Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program of 2021 › Section 50515.09.

50515.09. (a) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07, 85 percent shall be available to the entities described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.08 for transformative planning and implementation activities. The maximum amount that an entity may receive pursuant to this subdivision shall be determined as follows:
The maximum amount that an eligible entity may receive pursuant to this subdivision shall be based on the most recent Department of Finance P-2A County Population Projections as of July 1, 2021. Amounts shall be calculated based on aggregate 2030 projected population per each eligible applicant as a percentage of projected 2030 statewide population.
(b) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07, 5 percent shall be available to the eligible entities described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.08 for transformative planning and implementation activities.
(c) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07, 5 percent shall be available as a competitive set aside available to all eligible entities for transformative planning and implementation activities that demonstrably exceed the requirements of this chapter and further multiple policy objectives. Scoring criteria for this competitive set aside will include, but are not limited to, the extent of acceleration of infill housing production and reduction of per capita vehicle miles traveled.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 255, Sec. 9. (AB 175) Effective September 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.2 - The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program › Section 50517.6.

50517.6. (a)  The department may set aside the amount of funds authorized by subdivision (d) 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 dwelling unit assisted pursuant to this chapter.
(b)  The department may use the set-aside funds made available pursuant to this chapter to repair or maintain any dwelling unit assisted pursuant to this chapter that was acquired to protect the department’s security interest in the dwelling unit.
(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 any grant amount secured by the lien and shall be payable to the department upon demand.
(d)  On the effective date of the act that adds this section, the department may set aside up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) from the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund for the purposes authorized by this section. On July 1 of each subsequent fiscal year, the department may set aside, for the purposes of this section, up to 1.5 percent of the funds available in the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund on that date.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 159, Sec. 13. (AB 101) Effective July 31, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.2 - The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program › Section 50517.7.

50517.7. In counties in which a disaster has been declared by the Governor pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code and for a period of 12 months after the declaration, the department may provide grants from the fund established by subdivision (b) of Section 50517.5, subject to the following terms and conditions, which are applicable only to this section:
(a)  Grants may be made to local public entities, nonprofit corporations, and housing owners comprised of either homeowners who are agricultural employees or owners of rental property used primarily by agricultural households.
(b)  The department may enter into master agreements with nonprofit corporations or local public entities or it may enter into contracts directly with housing owners to carry out the activities authorized by this section.
(c)  The department may make grants directly to housing owners or through master agreements for the cost of preparation of applications for funds, and supervision of expenditures from the fund, including, but not limited to estimates, work writeups, bidding supervision, and inspections. Funds granted pursuant to this subdivision shall not be secured by, and subject to, the liens required by Section 50517.5.
(d)  The department, either directly or through master agreements, may provide grants to housing owners which shall be used for housing rehabilitation or acquisition and rehabilitation, and related costs, other than those costs accruing pursuant to subdivision (c). Only those funds from the fund which are actually utilized pursuant to this subdivision shall be secured by, and subject to, the liens required by Section 50517.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 159, Sec. 14. (AB 101) Effective July 31, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.2 - The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program › Section 50517.8.

50517.8. A household deemed eligible by the United States Department of Agriculture, under the Rural Housing Loan Program of Section 502 of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1472 et seq.), on the basis of the household’s ratio of housing costs to household income shall be deemed eligible for a grant pursuant to this chapter notwithstanding the department’s calculation of the ratio of housing costs to income utilizing different and additional housing cost factors.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 881, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.3 - Residential Hotel Rehabilitation › Section 50520.

50520. The department may, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, grant funds for the purpose of providing relocation benefits to persons and families of low or moderate income who are displaced, or who may be displaced if not assisted, as a result of any of the following:
(a)  Direct code enforcement activities of the department.
(b)  A disaster for which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor on or after the effective date of this section.
(c)  Fires which damage or destroy residential structures.
The department may also provide technical assistance to local agencies in providing relocation benefits, pursuant to Sections 50500 and 50509.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.3 - Residential Hotel Rehabilitation › Section 50521.

50521. Relocation benefits pursuant to Section 50520 may be provided in the form of grants pursuant to Sections 50504 and 50510 for costs of developing replacement housing or of providing subsidies to assist displaced persons.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.3 - Residential Hotel Rehabilitation › Section 50522.

50522. The department may obtain federal assistance pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or any other federal housing program, for use in providing relocation benefits to persons subject to potential or actual displacement by public or private action, where local relocation benefits or rental subsidies are not immediately available.
(Amended 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 3.4 - Mobilehome Park Ownership Assistance › Section 50523.

50523. (a)  Upon the application for assistance from two-thirds of the owners of mobilehomes in the mobilehome park, the department shall provide comprehensive technical assistance to the residents seeking to purchase the mobilehome park in which they reside. The assistance may include, but shall not be limited to, aiding the residents to secure proper permits, assisting in the formation of a residents’ organization to take title to the mobilehome park, and providing advisory assistance in mobilehome park management. To the extent that its technical assistance resources are limited, the department shall give priority to requests for assistance from residents who are persons and families of low or moderate income as defined in Section 50093.
(b)  In providing comprehensive technical assistance under subdivision (a), the department shall, to the extent feasible, ensure that its assistance does not result in the displacement of persons or families living in a mobilehome park intended for purchase by its residents.
(c)  The department shall publicize the services described in subdivision (a) by any means reasonably calculated to notify mobilehome park residents of their availability.
(d)  The department may charge the residents of a mobilehome park fees for providing the services described in subdivision (a). The fees shall not exceed the actual costs to the department for providing these services.
(e)  Upon receipt of a request for termination of assistance by two-thirds of the owners of mobilehomes in the mobilehome park, the department shall cease providing technical assistance to that park.
(f)  In no case shall assistance provided by the department to the residents of a mobilehome park extend beyond one year of the close of escrow for the mobilehome park purchased pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 713, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.5 - Predevelopment Loans › Section 50530.

50530. (a)  Large numbers of Californians face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard housing units. In order to facilitate an increase in the supply of housing, the state has created and funded several predevelopment loan programs, the purposes of which have been to provide interim financing to housing sponsors to cover the planning and development costs associated with the development of new housing.
(b)  A more efficient method to address the need to provide interim financing would be through the operation of a single omnibus predevelopment loan program.
(c)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Predevelopment Loan Program as contained in this chapter be used as the vehicle for the department’s ongoing urban and rural predevelopment programs as well as specially directed programs as may be funded by the Legislature from time to time. In particular, the Predevelopment Loan Program, as amended, is intended to take the place of the following department programs:
(1)  The Rural Predevelopment Loan Program previously established by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 50515).
(2)  The preservation predevelopment loans authorized by and subject to Item 2240-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999, Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000, and Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2001.
(3)  The jobs-housing predevelopment loans provided for in Chapter 3.7 (commencing with Section 50540).
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective October 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 3.5 - Predevelopment Loans › Section 50530.5.

50530.5. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Housing” includes, but is not limited to, manufactured housing.
(b) “Predevelopment loan” means a loan for required expenses, other than administrative and construction, that are incurred by eligible sponsors in the process of, and prior to, securing long-term financing for construction, conversion, preservation, or rehabilitation of assisted housing, and that are recoverable once long-term financing is obtained. The purposes for which predevelopment loans may be made include, but are not limited to, the costs of, or the costs associated with, land purchase or options to buy land; options or deposits to buy or preserve existing government-assisted rental housing for the purpose of preserving the affordability of the units; professional services such as architectural, engineering, or legal services; permit or application fees; and bonding, site preparation, related water or sewer development, or material expenses. In addition, the loans may be made for the purpose of extending the time for exercising an option or extending the time period for repayment of an advance previously obtained. These loan funds may be deposited in banks as compensating balances to establish lines of credit for participating nonprofit corporations.
(c) “Fund” means the Predevelopment Loan Fund, which is replenished continuously by repayments of principal on loans made from the fund.
(d) “Land purchase loan” means a loan for the costs incurred by an eligible sponsor in obtaining an option on, or purchasing suitable land for, the future development of assisted housing, including, but not limited to, costs associated with transfer of title, appraisals, payment of property taxes, surveys, and necessary maintenance of the land.
(e) “Eligible sponsors” means local governmental agencies, nonprofit corporations, including cooperative housing corporations, limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations, and limited partnerships, as defined in subdivision (f).
(f) “Limited partnerships” means limited partnerships where all of the general partners are either nonprofit public benefit corporations, limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations, or a combination of nonprofit public benefit corporations and limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations.
(g) “Local governmental agencies” includes, but is not limited to, the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria or a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code and Section 50104.6.5.
(h) “Nonprofit corporations” includes, but is not limited to, a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code and Section 50104.6.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 660, Sec. 8. (AB 1010) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.5 - Predevelopment Loans › Section 50531.

50531. (a)  The Urban Predevelopment Loan Fund is hereby renamed the Predevelopment Loan Fund.
(b)  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fund, including any interest on loans made from the fund, is hereby continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter, together with interest as provided in that section. The fund shall be a revolving loan fund that shall be used to make predevelopment loans and land purchase loans to eligible sponsors for assisted housing for occupancy primarily by persons of low income.
(c)  All interest, dividends, and pecuniary gains from investments or deposits of moneys in the fund shall accrue to the fund, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. There shall be paid into the fund all of the following:
(1)  Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for the purposes of the fund.
(2)  Any moneys that the department receives in repayment of loans made from the fund, including any interest on loans made from the fund.
(3)  Any other moneys that may be made available to the department for the purposes of this chapter from any other source.
(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective date of this subdivision, or as otherwise specified in this section, the following fund balances, as well as any subsequent income derived from loans, including principal and interest, or grants made for the programs identified below, shall be transferred from the funds in which they are currently deposited into the Predevelopment Loan Fund:
(1)  Any funds remaining in the Rural Predevelopment Loan Fund established by Section 50516 and any repayments of these funds.
(2)  Any unencumbered funds remaining for the preservation predevelopment loans authorized by and subject to Item 2240-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 and Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000 and deposited in the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740 and any repayments of these loaned funds.
(3)  All funds appropriated by and subject to Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2001.
(4)  Any unencumbered funds remaining and any income and repayments from these loaned funds made for the jobs-housing predevelopment loans authorized by Item 2240-114-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000 to the extent that those funds remain unencumbered in the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740.
(5)  Any unencumbered funds, or any loan repayments, of the former Urban Predevelopment Loan Program that may have been received on or after June 30, 1999, and transferred or deposited into the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 395, Sec. 7. Effective October 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 3.7 - The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program › Section 50540.

50540. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 80, Sec. 2. 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 3.7 - The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program › Section 50542.

50542. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter:
(a)  To develop an incentive-based strategy to encourage the construction of housing in those areas of the state that over the last decade have experienced the greatest increase in job growth but have not kept pace with necessary housing. This may include the construction of infill housing and transit-oriented development that includes housing, within existing urbanized areas.
(b)  To attract new business and new jobs to areas that lack a sufficient employment base in relation to the housing they already provide.
(c)  To provide local governments with state funding to reward the approval and construction of housing, particularly housing for California’s working class, in strategically defined areas.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 80, Sec. 2. 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 3.7 - The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program › Section 50542.1.

50542.1. (a)  The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Account is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:
(1)  To make grants to local agencies pursuant to Section 50543.
(2)  To make grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties pursuant to Section 50544.
(3)  For transfer to the Rental Housing Construction Fund pursuant to Sections 50543 and 50545.
(4)  For the related administrative expenses of the department.
(b)  There shall be paid into the fund, the following moneys:
(1)  Any moneys that may be made available by the Legislature for the purposes of the fund.
(2)  Any other moneys that may be made available to the department for the purposes of this chapter from any other source or sources.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 665, Sec. 5. 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 3.7 - The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program › Section 50543.

50543. (a)  Five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter in Item 2240-114-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 shall be transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund created pursuant to Section 50740 to be used pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).
(b)  The department shall provide state grants to local agencies to assist them in attracting new business and jobs in “housing rich” communities that lack an adequate employment base to match the amount and cost of housing in those communities.
(c)  A local agency that has completed an economic development strategic plan may apply for a grant to create an economic development strike team to assist the local agency in better targeting and coordinating outreach to employers who may choose to locate jobs within the community.
(d)  In order to be eligible for a grant pursuant to this section, a local agency shall have an adopted housing element that the department has determined pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.
(e)  The department shall establish maximum grant amounts and establish an appropriate process for evaluating need and making grant awards.
(f)  No later than December 31, 2002, the department shall provide an interim report to the Legislature indicating the progress of the program established by this section, including the number of jurisdictions accessing the program. No later than December 31, 2005, the department shall provide a final report with updates to the data contained in the interim report and a description of the achievements by local agencies participating in the program.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 665, Sec. 6. 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 3.7 - The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program › Section 50545.

50545. Five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter in Item 2240-114-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000 shall be transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund created pursuant to Section 50740 to be used for predevelopment loans pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 50530), subject to the following provisions:
(a)  All projects shall be located within one-half mile of an existing or planned transit station proposed for development. For these purposes, a transit station is a site where two or more mass transit modes, or one transit mode with three or more mass transit lines, are accessible to the public.
(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may establish interest rates between 3 and 7 percent based on the department’s analysis of project need.
(c)  In addition to the activities eligible under the Predevelopment Loan Program, funds awarded pursuant to this section may be used for master environmental impact reports or other environmental documents that would access potential impacts in advance and propose measures to mitigate negative impacts.
(d)  Awards made pursuant to this section shall require a 50 percent match from the local agency in which the site is located.
(e)  In addition to those eligible sponsors specified in subdivision (e) of Section 50530.5, eligible sponsors shall include limited liability companies and limited partnerships where all managing members or general partners are nonprofit organizations.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 593, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.7 - The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program › Section 50546.

50546. (a)  The administrative expenses of the department shall not exceed 3 percent of the amount available for the purposes of this chapter.
(b)  The department may administer the programs set forth in this chapter pursuant to guidelines that 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. 2000, Ch. 665, Sec. 7. 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 3.8 - Workforce Housing Reward Program › Section 50550.

50550. There is hereby established the Workforce Housing Reward Program, to be administered by the department for the purpose of providing local assistance to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing developments affordable to very low and low-income households.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 482, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.8 - Workforce Housing Reward Program › Section 50550.2.

50550.2. (a)  Grants provided pursuant to this chapter shall be used for the construction or acquisition of capital assets as set forth in Section 16727 of the Government Code that serve to benefit the community. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, traffic improvements, neighborhood parks, bike paths, libraries, school facilities, play areas, community centers, and police and fire stations.
(b)  The department may deny funding to any jurisdiction that it determines, based on reasonable evidence, failed to grant final land use approval for eligible developments on a timely basis between January 1, 2003, and January 1, 2004.
(c)  The department shall adopt guidelines for the operation of the program. The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 482, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3.9 - Portfolio Restructuring › Section 50562.

50562. (a) If a department loan is extended or subordinated, the department approves the reinstatement of a qualifying unpaid matured loan, or a new tax credit investment occurs, then the department shall enter into a new regulatory agreement with the development’s owner, or amend the existing agreement. The agreement shall be binding upon the development’s owner and successors in interest upon sale or transfer of the development property, regardless of any prepayment of the loan. The agreement shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the development is located. The new or amended regulatory agreement shall:
(1) Set standards for tenant selection to ensure occupancy by the eligible households.
(2) Govern the terms of occupancy agreements.
(3) Restrict rents for assisted units, consistent with this chapter.
(4) Provide for periodic inspections by the department.
(5) Require occupancy and financial reports, and financial audits for the development.
(6) Govern the use of operating income for the development.
(7) Govern the use of reserves for the development.
(8) Have a term for not less than the term of the loan, including any extension.
(9) Include other provisions necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The development’s owner shall agree to replace or amend any other loan document to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 680, Sec. 3. (AB 2161) Effective January 1, 2015.)