Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

“Metropolitan area” means a standard metropolitan statistical area as established by the United States Office of Management and Budget. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

“Mobilehome park” shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in Section 18214. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1136.)

“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument that may be a lien on real property. “Mortgage” includes the note secured by such an instrument. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 553, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Mortgage deficient area” means an area where private lenders have failed to provide sufficient mortgage credit for financing or refinancing of new, existing, or rehabilitated housing developments, and such practices have caused or threaten to cause a decline in the condition or …

“Mortgage assistance area” means an area characterized by a deficiency of available mortgage financing but in which general deterioration of residential structures has not occurred, and which is designated by the agency pursuant to Section 51304. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

“Mortgage loan” means a loan that is secured by a mortgage and is made for financing, including refinancing of existing mortgage obligations, to create or preserve the long-term affordability of a housing development or a residential structure in the state, or a buy-down mortgage…

“Mutual self-help housing” means assisted housing for which persons and families of low or moderate income contribute their own labor in individual or group efforts to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing for themselves, their families, and others occupying the housing. (Ad…

“Neighborhood preservation area” means any concentrated rehabilitation area, scattered-site rehabilitation area, or mortgage assistance area. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

“Nonmetropolitan area” means an area not included in a metropolitan area. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 96.)

“Nonprofit housing sponsor” or “nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code or a corporation or association that is, or will be qualified as, a cooperative housing corp…

“Owner-occupied housing development”, for the purpose of housing assisted by the department, means a housing development containing not more than four residential units, one of which is occupied by the owner of the housing development. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1165.)

“Owner-occupied housing unit”, for the purpose of Part 6 (commencing with Section 52500), means a single-family dwelling situated in California which is occupied by the owner, and includes a dwelling unit in a stock cooperative, as defined by Section 11003.2 of the Business and P…

“Persons and families of low or moderate income” means persons and families whose income does not exceed 120 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size by the department in accordance with adjustment factors adopted and amended from time to time by the United States …

“Public transit corridor” means that area within one-quarter mile of a route on which the level of service is at or above the average for the transit system as a whole, according to the transit operator serving the area, and on which regularly scheduled public mass transit servic…

“Property improvement loan” means an advance of money, evidenced by a note, to finance rehabilitation and general repairs and improvements to a residence consistent with the purposes of this division. A property improvement loan may, but need not be, secured by a deed of trust. H…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), “qualified mortgage lender” means a mortgage lender certified by the agency, pursuant to rules and regulations thereof, to do business with the agency or a housing authority certified by the agency as capable of financing the c…

“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 …