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CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations
Section 50000. - 50000. This division shall be known and may be cited...
Section 50001. - 50001. The Legislature finds and declares that the subject of...
Section 50002. - 50002. The Congress of the United States has established, as...
Section 50003. - 50003. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, as a...
Section 50003.3. - 50003.3. The Legislature finds and declares that there exists within...
Section 50003.5. - 50003.5. The Legislature finds and declares that the shortage of...
Section 50004. - 50004. The Legislature finds and declares that it is to...
Section 50005. - 50005. The Legislature finds and declares that full cooperation and...
Section 50006. - 50006. The Legislature finds and declares that a number of...
Section 50007. - 50007. The Legislature finds and declares that the large equities...
Section 50007.5. - 50007.5. The Legislature finds and declares that manufactured housing, by...
Section 50008. - 50008. The Legislature finds and declares that a significantly growing...
Section 50009. - 50009. The Legislature finds and declares that the utilization of...
Section 50010. - 50010. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)...
CHAPTER 2 - Definitions
Section 50050. - 50050. Unless otherwise indicated by the context, the definitions contained...
Section 50051. - 50051. “Affirmative action” means any program created pursuant to rules...
Section 50052. - 50052. “Affirmative marketing program” means any program approved by the...
Section 50052.5. - 50052.5. (a) For any owner-occupied housing that receives assistance prior...
Section 50053. - 50053. (a) For any rental housing development that receives assistance...
Section 50054. - 50054. “Agency” means the California Housing Finance Agency. (Added by...
Section 50055. - 50055. “Assisted housing” means housing financed by a below-market interest...
Section 50056. - 50056. “Below-market interest” means a below-market interest rate adequate to...
Section 50057. - 50057. “Board” means the board of directors of the agency....
Section 50058. - 50058. “Bonds” means bonds, notes (including bond anticipation notes and...
Section 50058.5. - 50058.5. “Buy-down mortgage plan” is a program by which the...
Section 50059. - 50059. “Cause” means gross neglect of duties, fraud, or violation...
Section 50060. - 50060. “Citizen participation” means action by the local agency that...
Section 50061. - 50061. “Commission” means the Commission of Housing and Community Development....
Section 50061.5. - 50061.5. Any reference in this division to the Commission of...
Section 50062. - 50062. “Concentrated rehabilitation area” means an area characterized by substantial...
Section 50062.5. - 50062.5. “Congregate housing for the elderly” means a housing development,...
Section 50063. - 50063. “Construction loan” means a short-term loan secured by real...
Section 50063.5. - 50063.5. “Acutely low income households” means persons and families whose...
Section 50064. - 50064. “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development....
Section 50065. - 50065. “Development costs” means the aggregate of all costs incurred...
Section 50066. - 50066. “Development loan” means a loan, made prior to the...
Section 50067. - 50067. “Elderly” means a family in which the head of...
Section 50068. - 50068. “Financial interest” has the same meaning as specified in...
Section 50068.5. - 50068.5. “First-time home buyer” means a person who is a...
Section 50068.6. - 50068.6. “First-Time Home Buyers Fund” is a fund in the...
Section 50068.7. - 50068.7. “First-Time Home Buyers Policy Committee” or “policy committee” is...
Section 50069. - 50069. “Fund” means the California Housing Finance Fund. (Added by...
Section 50070. - 50070. “Governmental agency” means the United States of America, the...
Section 50071. - 50071. “Guaranteed taxable bonds” means bonds secured by a pledge...
Section 50072. - 50072. “Handicapped” means a family in which the head of...
Section 50073. - 50073. “Housing development,” for the purpose of housing assisted by...
Section 50073.5. - 50073.5. “Housing development,” for the purpose of the California Housing...
Section 50074. - 50074. “Housing sponsor,” for the purpose of housing assisted by...
Section 50074.5. - 50074.5. “Housing sponsor,” for the purpose of the California Housing...
Section 50075. - 50075. “Legislative body” means the city council, board of supervisors,...
Section 50076. - 50076. “Limited-dividend housing sponsor” means any sponsor which owns a...
Section 50076.5. - 50076.5. “Limited-equity housing cooperative” means a corporation organized pursuant to...
Section 50076.6. - 50076.6. “Loan,” for purposes of provisions relating to the agency,...
Section 50077. - 50077. “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county,...
Section 50078. - 50078. “Local housing agent” means a city, county, city and...
Section 50079. - 50079. “Local public entity” means any county, city, city and...
Section 50079.5. - 50079.5. (a) “Lower income households” means persons and families whose...
Section 50080. - 50080. “Market interest” means the interest rate determined by the...
Section 50081. - 50081. “Market rent” means the monthly rent established by the...
Section 50082. - 50082. “Metropolitan area” means a standard metropolitan statistical area as...
Section 50082.7. - 50082.7. “Mobilehome park” shall have the same meaning as such...
Section 50083. - 50083. “Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, or other...
Section 50084. - 50084. “Mortgage deficient area” means an area where private lenders...
Section 50085. - 50085. “Mortgage assistance area” means an area characterized by a...
Section 50086. - 50086. “Mortgage loan” means a loan that is secured by...
Section 50087. - 50087. “Mutual self-help housing” means assisted housing for which persons...
Section 50089. - 50089. “Neighborhood preservation area” means any concentrated rehabilitation area, scattered-site...
Section 50090. - 50090. “Nonmetropolitan area” means an area not included in a...
Section 50091. - 50091. “Nonprofit housing sponsor” or “nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit...
Section 50092. - 50092. “Owner-occupied housing development”, for the purpose of housing assisted...
Section 50092.1. - 50092.1. “Owner-occupied housing unit”, for the purpose of Part 6...
Section 50093. - 50093. “Persons and families of low or moderate income” means...
Section 50093.5. - 50093.5. “Public transit corridor” means that area within one-quarter mile...
Section 50093.6. - 50093.6. “Property improvement loan” means an advance of money, evidenced...
Section 50094. - 50094. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), “qualified...
Section 50095. - 50095. “Real property” means all lands, including improvements and fixtures...
Section 50096. - 50096. “Rehabilitation” means repairs and improvements to a substandard residential...
Section 50097. - 50097. “Rehabilitation standards” means applicable state or local building or...
Section 50098. - 50098. “Rents” means the charges paid by the persons and...
Section 50099. - 50099. “Residential structure”, for the purpose of housing assisted by...
Section 50099.5. - 50099.5. “Residential structure,” for the purpose of the California Housing...
Section 50100. - 50100. “Rules”, “regulations”, or “rules and regulations” mean regulations as...
Section 50101. - 50101. “Rural area” means any open country or any place,...
Section 50102. - 50102. “Rural mortgage area” means an area outside any city,...
Section 50103.5. - 50103.5. “Statistical area” means an area established by action of...
Section 50104. - 50104. “Subsidy” means any financial assistance specifically provided by a...
Section 50104.5. - 50104.5. “Systematic enforcement” means the enforcement of rehabilitation standards in...
Section 50104.6. - 50104.6. “Targeted area”, for the purposes of Part 6 (commencing...
Section 50104.6.5. - 50104.6.5. “Tribally designated housing entity” means an entity as defined...
Section 50104.7. - 50104.7. “Urban area” means any portion of a county or...
Section 50105. - 50105. (a) “Very low income households” means persons and families...
Section 50106. - 50106. “Extremely low income households” means persons and families whose...
CHAPTER 3 - Agency and Department Responsibilities
Section 50150. - 50150. This chapter sets forth the general responsibilities and roles...
Section 50151. - 50151. The Secretary of Business, Consumer Services and Housing shall...
Section 50152. - 50152. The department shall be the principal state department responsible...
Section 50152.5. - 50152.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division or of...
Section 50152.7. - 50152.7. The department may promulgate regulations establishing habitability standards for...
Section 50153. - 50153. To further the goals of this division and to...
Section 50154. - 50154. The California Housing Finance Agency, within the Business, Consumer...
Section 50156. - 50156. The California Housing Finance Agency shall provide to the...
CHAPTER 3.5 - Qualified Mortgage Bonds And Mortgage Credit Certificates
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions
Section 50172. - 50172. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...
Section 50175. - 50175. This chapter is enacted in implementation of the Mortgage...
ARTICLE 2 - Mortgage Credit Certificates
Section 50197.1. - 50197.1. An issuer may establish a mortgage credit certificate program...
Section 50197.2. - 50197.2. (a) An issuer shall notify the committee if the...
Section 50197.3. - 50197.3. A mortgage credit certificate may be issued under a...
Section 50197.5. - 50197.5. Any local agency may, upon the approval of the...
Section 50197.7. - 50197.7. If an issuer elects to exchange all or part...
Section 50198. - 50198. The requirement that public notice be given that mortgage...
Section 50198.5. - 50198.5. An issuer shall develop and maintain a list of...
Section 50199. - 50199. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after a list...
Section 50199.2. - 50199.2. Any issuer that establishes a mortgage credit certificate program...
CHAPTER 3.6 - Low-Income Housing Credit
Section 50199.4. - 50199.4. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...
Section 50199.5. - 50199.5. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...
Section 50199.6. - 50199.6. (a) This chapter is enacted to implement the low-income...
Section 50199.7. - 50199.7. As used in this chapter: (a) “Committee” means the...
Section 50199.8. - 50199.8. The committee is composed of the Governor, or in...
Section 50199.9. - 50199.9. (a) The committee shall establish and charge fees which...
Section 50199.10. - 50199.10. (a) For purposes of allocating low-income housing credits, the...
Section 50199.11. - 50199.11. The committee may also contract with other entities, including...
Section 50199.12. - 50199.12. The committee shall adopt and supply forms for eliciting...
Section 50199.13. - 50199.13. Except as specified in the application and as approved...
Section 50199.14. - 50199.14. (a) The committee shall allocate the housing credit on...
Section 50199.15. - 50199.15. (a) The committee shall annually submit to the Legislature...
Section 50199.16. - 50199.16. All acts and proceedings taken by the committee prior...
Section 50199.17. - 50199.17. (a) The committee may adopt, amend, or repeal rules...
Section 50199.18. - 50199.18. This chapter shall remain in effect as long as...
Section 50199.20. - 50199.20. (a) Not less than 20 percent of the federal...
Section 50199.21. - 50199.21. “Rural area” for the purpose of this chapter and...
Section 50199.22. - 50199.22. (a) Upon being informed that information, supplied by a...
Section 50199.23. - 50199.23. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...
CHAPTER 4 - General Provisions
Section 50200. - 50200. The exercise of powers specified in this division will...
Section 50201. - 50201. Nothing in this division shall preclude the establishment of...
Section 50202. - 50202. Nothing in this division shall authorize the imposition of...
Section 50203. - 50203. Nothing in this division shall be construed to authorize...
Section 50204. - 50204. State assistance shall not be awarded to, or otherwise...
Section 50205. - 50205. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employer” means...
CHAPTER 5 - Homeless Emergency Aid Program
Section 50210. - 50210. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...
Section 50211. - 50211. (a) The Homeless Emergency Aid program is hereby established...
Section 50212. - 50212. (a) In order to be eligible for program funds,...
Section 50213. - 50213. (a) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, two hundred...
Section 50214. - 50214. (a) Program funds shall be expended on one-time uses...
Section 50215. - 50215. (a) (1) No later than January 1, 2020, each...
CHAPTER 6 - Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program
Section 50216. - 50216. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Agency” means the...
Section 50217. - 50217. (a) The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is...
Section 50218. - 50218. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, six hundred fifty...
Section 50218.5. - 50218.5. (a) (1) With respect to the moneys made available...
Section 50218.6. - 50218.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, one billion dollars...
Section 50218.7. - 50218.7. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, one billion dollars...
Section 50219. - 50219. (a) In order to apply for a round 1...
Section 50220. - 50220. (a) Timelines for round 1 of the program shall...
Section 50220.5. - 50220.5. (a) To receive a round 2 program allocation, an...
Section 50220.6. - 50220.6. (a) Notwithstanding any law, a recipient that enters into...
Section 50220.7. - 50220.7. (a) (1) No later than September 15, 2021, the...
Section 50220.8. - 50220.8. (a) (1) The council shall make an application for...
Section 50221. - 50221. (a) After receiving program funds, a recipient, by January...
Section 50222. - 50222. (a) Beginning in 2021, in addition to the data...
Section 50223. - 50223. (a) Beginning with round 3 of the program, in...
CHAPTER 7 - Encampment Resolution Funding Program
Section 50250. - 50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...
Section 50251. - 50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established...
Section 50252. - 50252. (a) The council shall distribute funding round 1 moneys...
Section 50252.1. - 50252.1. (a) This section only applies to additional funding round...
Section 50253. - 50253. (a) The council shall administer the funding round 1...
Section 50254. - 50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds...
CHAPTER 8 - Family Homelessness Challenge Grants and Technical Assistance
Section 50255. - 50255. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Applicant” means a...
Section 50256. - 50256. (a) The Family Homelessness Challenge Grants and Technical Assistance...
Section 50257. - 50257. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, forty million dollars...
Section 50258. - 50258. (a) (1) The council shall make available an application...
Section 50259. - 50259. (a) All recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter...
CHAPTER 9 - Compliance Monitoring
Section 50260. - 50260. (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the Department...