Local capacity building program. The Housing and Community Services Department may establish a program to build local capacity to address any or a combination of the following

(1) Housing needs of people, with low or moderate incomes, for homeownership and affordable rental housing;

(2) The problem of abandoned houses;

(3) The need for adequate housing for seasonal farm laborers;

(4) Housing problems for low and moderate income elderly persons and persons with disabilities;

(5) The need to incorporate social service programs as a component of community economic development;

(6) The preservation of manufactured dwelling parks that the department determines house a significant percentage of persons and families of lower income; and

(7) The need to incorporate related jobs for low and moderate income persons as a component of community economic revitalization. [1989 c.1030 §2; 1991 c.907 §1; 1993 c.794 §1; 2007 c.70 §264; 2007 c.607 §24]