Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

“Real property” means all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, and right, legal or equitable, therein, including leaseholds, terms of years, and liens by way…

“Rehabilitation” means repairs and improvements to a substandard residential structure necessary to make it meet rehabilitation standards. As used in this section, “substandard residential structure” has the same meaning as the term “substandard building,” as defined in subdivisi…

“Rehabilitation standards” means applicable state or local building or housing standards adopted pursuant to the State Housing Law, Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13, or continued in effect pursuant thereto. For the purposes of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with S…

“Rents” means the charges paid by the persons and families of low or moderate income for occupancy in a housing development assisted under this division whether the units are rented or operated as a cooperative. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 96.)

“Residential structure”, for the purpose of housing assisted by the department, means a real property improvement used, or intended to be used, for residential or mixed residential and commercial purposes, or for commercial purposes if, in the judgment of the department, it is an…

“Residential structure,” for the purpose of the California Housing Finance Agency, means any existing structure of one to four units or any work or undertaking of one to four dwelling units of new construction or rehabilitation for the provision of housing financed pursuant to th…

“Rules”, “regulations”, or “rules and regulations” mean regulations as defined in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. All regulations of the department and agency shall be subject to such provisions. (Amended by S…

“Rural area” means any open country or any place, town, village, or city which by itself and taken together with any other places, towns, villages, or cities that it is part of or associated with: (a) has a population not exceeding 10,000; or (b) has a population not exceeding 20…

“Rural mortgage area” means an area outside any city, metropolitan area or urban county, as such terms are defined by Section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-383). (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

“Statistical area” means an area established by action of the policy committee for purposes of determining the maximum acquisition costs for an owner-occupied housing unit to be financed pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 52500). Such areas shall be any one of the follow…

“Subsidy” means any financial assistance specifically provided by a governmental agency for the benefit of persons and families of low or moderate income, which is paid to an occupant of housing financed pursuant to this part for housing costs or which reduces such occupant’s hou…

“Systematic enforcement” means the enforcement of rehabilitation standards in accordance with a systematic program of making inspections of dwelling structures in accordance with objective criteria for selection or order of selection of dwelling structures to be inspected. System…

“Targeted area”, for the purposes of Part 6 (commencing with Section 52500), means a census tract as designated by the United States Secretary of Commerce, in which 70 percent or more of the families have an income which is 80 percent or less of the statewide median family income…

“Tribally designated housing entity” means an entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code. For the purposes of determining the eligibility of an applicant for funding under a program authorized by Part 2 (commencing with Section 50400), references to a…

“Urban area” means any portion of a county or the state which is not a rural area. (Added by renumbering Section 50104.5 (as added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 96) by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1191.)

(a) “Very low income households” means persons and families whose incomes do not exceed the qualifying limits for very low income families as established and amended from time to time pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. These qualifying limits shall be…

“Extremely low income households” means persons and families whose incomes do not exceed the qualifying limits for extremely low income families as established and amended from time to time by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and defined in Section 5.603(b) of Title…

(a) The department shall develop a statewide farm labor housing assistance plan and related policies, goals, and objectives for inclusion in the California Statewide Housing Plan. (b) The farm labor housing assistance plan shall include, but not be limited to, an identification o…

The Legislature finds and declares that a severe shortage of affordable housing exists for low- and moderate-income households, including the elderly, disabled persons, and other special needs populations. It is the intent of the Legislature that housing designed especially for l…

(a) The department shall collect, publish, and make available to the public information about federal, state, and local laws regarding housing and community development. The department may provide a statistics and research service for the collection and dissemination of informati…

The department shall develop specifications for the structure, functions, and organization of a housing and community development information system for this state. Such system shall include statistical, demographic, and community development data which will be of assistance to l…

The department shall assist and advise the Office of Planning and Research on the performance of functions specified in Section 65040.3 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

(a) The department may adopt, and from time to time, revise, guidelines for any of the following: (1) The preparation of housing elements required by Section 65302 and Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. (2) T…

The department shall adopt guidelines relating to relocation assistance by public entities, as defined in Section 7260 of the Government Code, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. The department m…

The department shall establish a tracking system for all programs established under this part and administered by the department. The tracking system shall, at a minimum, include the deadlines for each step of a program application. The tracking system shall be published on the d…

The department may initiate, develop, and propose regulations for adoption by the agency and review regulations proposed by the board prior to their taking effect, with respect to the following: (a) Standards for affirmative marketing programs of housing sponsors seeking financia…

The department may certify local housing agents, and may periodically review, recertify, and decertify such local housing agents as provided in Section 51252. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

The department may: (a) Make investigations of housing and community development in California. (b) Call conferences of representatives of all levels of government, industry, and private groups, to discuss housing and community development problems of California. (c) Investigate …

(a) On or before January 1, 2009, the Department of Water Resources shall propose for adoption and approval by the California Building Standards Commission updated requirements to the California Building Standards Code for construction in areas protected by the facilities of the …

(a) (1) The department shall require each housing development that is financed on or after January 1, 2018, pursuant to this division, to authorize a resident of the housing development to own or otherwise maintain one or more common household pets within the resident’s dwelling …

(a) On or before January 1, 2024, the department shall create an impact fee nexus study template that may be used by local jurisdictions. The template shall include a method of calculating the feasibility of housing being built with a given fee level. (b) The department may contr…

(a) On or before July 1, 2028, the department shall create both of the following: (1) A fee schedule template for proposed housing development projects that may be used by cities and counties. (A) The template shall, at a minimum, contain the following: (i) A list of the fees and…

(a) Any notice of funding availability issued by the department for an affordable multifamily housing loan program shall state that adaptive reuse of a property for affordable housing purposes is an eligible activity. (b) To the extent any affordable multifamily housing loan prog…

(a) The department shall not require a project-specific transition reserve for any unit subject to a qualified project rental or operating subsidy. (b) The Pooled Transition Reserve Fund is hereby created within the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Governm…

(a) The department shall not require a tribe that is an eligible recipient of state funding to waive tribal sovereign immunity in order to access state or federal funds, as long as not requiring the waiver is not in conflict with applicable law. This subdivision does not apply to…

The primary purpose of the agency shall be to meet the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

In meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income, not less than 30 percent of the units financed by mortgage loans or property improvement loans pursuant to this part shall be available to, or occupied by, very low income households at affordable ren…

The agency shall also seek to attain all of the following objectives: (a) Acquisition of the maximum amount of funds available for subsidies for the benefit of persons and families of low or moderate income occupying units financed pursuant to this part. (b) Housing developments …

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, and it shall be a goal of the agency, that not less than one-half of the dollar amount of financing for single-family homes shall fund loans for purchasers who will be the first occupant. (b) The agency shall include in its annual report r…

No provision of this division shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the agency or any local public entity might otherwise have under any laws of this state, and this part is cumulative with respect to these powers. This division shall be deemed t…

The exercise of the powers specified in this division will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well-being and prosperity, and for the improvement of their social and economic conditions, and the agency shall not be required to pay any tax or a…

(a) The agency and every housing sponsor shall require that occupancy of housing developments assisted under this part shall be open to all regardless of any basis listed in subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 12955 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 129…

It shall be the policy of the agency to coordinate its activities with the department. It shall be the policy of the agency to conduct its operations so as to be fiscally self-sufficient and so as not to require appropriations from the General Fund for payment of its administrati…

No development or construction loan shall be made pursuant to this part if the agency determines that the making of such a loan would result in the permanent loss of a subsidy or a reduction in future subsidies due to the failure of the agency to use currently available subsidies…

Mortgage loans made pursuant to this part to housing sponsors, other than local public entities and nonprofit housing sponsors of rental and cooperative housing developments, shall not exceed 95 percent of the development costs of the housing development for which the loan is mad…

This division is intended to benefit purchasers and residents of housing developments who are persons and families of low or moderate income and shall be liberally construed to allow such persons to initiate civil actions and to enforce rights, duties and benefits under this divi…