California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 7 - Department of Housing and Community Development Programs › Subchapter 4 - Multifamily Housing Program › Article 1 - General › Section 7301 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions found in Chapter 2
						(commencing with Section 50050), of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Health and
						Safety Code, and Health and Safety Code Section 50675.2, the following
						definitions and those found in the Uniform Multifamily Regulations (Chapter 7,
						subchapter 19, Section 8301) shall apply to this subchapter. In the event of a
						conflict between the following definitions and those cited above, the following
						definitions prevail for the purposes of these regulations. The defined terms
						will be capitalized as they appear in the regulation text. References to code
						sections refer to sections of these regulations unless otherwise noted:
(a) "Affordable Rents" means Rents
					 established for Assisted Units in accordance with Section 7312.
(b) "Area Median Income" means the most
					 recent applicable county median family income published by TCAC.
(c) "Article XXXIV" means the Article of the
					 California Constitution (Health and Safety Code Section 37000) that requires
					 advance voter approval of certain publicly funded low-rent housing
					 Projects.
(d) "Disabled Household"
					 means a household in which a member has an orthopedic disability impairing
					 personal mobility or a physical disability affecting his or her ability to
					 obtain employment, or in which a person requires special care or facilities in
					 the home. "Disabled Household" also includes a household in which a member has
					 a developmental disability specified in subdivision 4512(a) of the Welfare and
					 Institutions Code, or a mental disorder, which would render him or her eligible
					 to participate in programs of rehabilitation or social services conducted by or
					 on behalf of a public agency, or a single person with such a developmental
					 disability or mental disorder.
(e)
					 "Efficiency Unit" means a Dwelling Unit containing only one habitable room. A
					 room in a structure that is a single-family house at the time of application
					 will not be considered to be an Efficiency Unit eligible for program
					 funds.
(f) "Eligible Households"
					 means households whose incomes do not exceed the income limits specified by
					 TCAC or other, lower income limits agreed to by a Project Sponsor and the
					 Department. In non-Special Needs Population Projects, household income will be
					 calculated on the basis of Units in accordance with TCAC rules and procedures.
					 In Special Needs Populations Projects, household income may be calculated on
					 the basis of bedrooms within a single-family house and bedrooms within an
					 apartment Unit, provided all Project Units are located on the same parcel or on
					 contiguous parcels and the bedrooms are:
(1)
					 occupied by a single individual who is a member of a Special Needs Populations,
					 or an individual member of a Special Needs Populations and his or her relatives
					 or caretaker and
(2) subject to an
					 individual rental or occupancy agreement. In transitional Special Needs
					 Populations Projects, household income may be calculated on the basis of each
					 occupant of each bedroom provided all Project Units are located on the same
					 parcel or on contiguous parcels and no more than 2 unrelated persons are
					 occupying a bedroom.