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AB-14 Multifamily Housing Program: homeless youths: homeless families.(2019-2020)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 50675.1 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

50675.1.
 (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Multifamily Housing Program.
(b) Assistance provided to a project pursuant to this chapter, excluding assistance provided pursuant to Section 50675.1.1 or 50675.1.3,  chapter  shall be provided in the form of a deferred payment loan to pay for the eligible costs of development as hereafter described, or as otherwise specified in subdivision (b) of Section 50675.15. described. 
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (3),  (3) or (7),  on and after January 1, 2008, of the total assistance provided under this chapter, the percentage that is awarded for units restricted to senior citizens, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 51.3 of the Civil Code, shall be proportional to the percentage of lower income renter households in the state that are lower income elderly renter households, as reported by the United States  federal  Department of Housing and Urban Development on the basis of the most recent American Community Survey or successor survey  decennial census  conducted by the United States Census Bureau.
(1) The department shall be deemed to have met its obligation under this subdivision if the assistance awarded is not less than 1 percent below the proportional share.
(2) This subdivision does not require the department to provide loans to projects that fail to meet minimum threshold requirements under subdivision (b) of Section 50675.7.
(3) Assistance for projects funded pursuant to Section 50675.1.1 or 50675.1.3, and assistance for projects meeting the definition in paragraph  meeting the definitions in paragraphs (2) and  (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 50675.14  (e) of Section 11139.3 of the Government Code and subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 53260  shall be excluded from the total assistance calculation under this subdivision.
(4) The department shall determine the time period over which it will measure compliance with this section, but that period shall not be less than one year or two funding cycles, whichever period is longer.
(5) If, at the end of the time period determined by the department, the total amount of funding for which sponsors have submitted qualified applications is lower than the proportional share, the department may award the remaining funds to units that are not restricted to senior citizens.
(6) The department’s annual report to the Legislature submitted under Section 50408 shall include a breakdown of funding awards between units restricted to senior citizens and units that are not age-restricted.
(7) Assistance provided for projects pursuant to Section 50675.15 shall be excluded from the total assistance calculation under this subdivision.
(d) This chapter shall be administered by the department and the department shall establish the terms upon which loans or grants  may be made consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(e) In any notice of funding availability offered pursuant to this chapter, or for any funding that is to be offered by using rating and ranking criteria that is consistent with the Multifamily Housing Program or the CalHome program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650), the department may require applicants to specify the source and amount of funding being applied for. The requirement may be set forth in either the application materials or notice of funding availability. Any requirement imposed by the department pursuant to this subdivision shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(f) Any reference outside this chapter to rating and ranking applications in a manner consistent with the Multifamily Housing Program or CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650), or administering funds consistent with the Multifamily Housing Program or CalHome Program, shall not be interpreted to authorize funding criteria or requirements that conflict with those that are or were approved by the voters through a statewide initiative or referendum.
(g) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2022.

SEC. 2.

 Section 50675.15 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

50675.15.
 (a) The Legislature hereby appropriates from the General Fund, without regard to fiscal years, ____ dollars ($____) to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established by Section 50661 to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by this chapter in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) ____ dollars ($____) shall be allocated to housing for homeless youths who are between 18 and 24 years of age.
(2) ____ dollars ($____) shall be allocated to housing for homeless families with one or more members who are under 18 years of age.
(3) The department shall prioritize loans to housing projects in disadvantaged communities when expending funds pursuant to this section.
(4) Assistance provided for projects pursuant to this section shall be excluded from the total assistance calculation under subdivision (c) of Section 50675.1.
(b) (1) The department may monitor the expenditures and activities of a recipient of a loan pursuant to this section, as the department deems necessary, to ensure compliance with program requirements.
(2) The department may, as it deems appropriate or necessary, request the repayment of funds from a recipient of a loan pursuant to this section, or pursue any other remedies available to it by law for failure to comply with program requirements.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Disadvantaged communities” means communities identified as disadvantaged communities pursuant to Section 39711.
(2) “Homeless” has the same meaning as defined in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on November 1, 2018.