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AB-2772 California Rent Relief Program.(2023-2024)



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SECTION 1.

 Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 50535) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

CHAPTER  3.6. California Rent Relief Program
50535.
 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Area median income” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 50093.
(b) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(c) “Eligible household” means a household whose income is 80 percent or less of area median income and has not previously received rental assistance pursuant to this chapter.
(d) “Grantee” means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county, or housing authority that participates in the program.
(e) “Housing authority” means a housing authority created pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 34200) of Part 2 of Division 24).
(f) “Nonprofit corporation” means a corporation organized under the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code).
(g) “Program” means the California Rent Relief Program, established by this chapter to award funds for rental assistance pursuant to this chapter.
50536.
 (a) The California Rent Relief Program shall be administered by the department.
(b) The department may adopt, amend, and repeal rules, guidelines, or procedures necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
50537.
 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall make a block grant allocation to a grantee to provide rental assistance to eligible households pursuant to this chapter.
(b) A grantee shall contract with a nonprofit corporation to distribute allocated block grant funds pursuant to this chapter.
(c) A member of an eligible household may directly apply for rental assistance from the nonprofit corporation described in subdivision (b).
50538.
 (a) (1) To receive block grant funds pursuant to this chapter, a grantee shall agree to use its block grant funds in a manner consistent with this chapter.
(2) Refusal to comply with this subdivision shall result in the applicant being prohibited from receiving block grant funds.
(3) The department may require a grantee to pay back block grant funds that are spent in a manner inconsistent with this chapter.
(b) The department may reallocate any funds paid back pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) for purposes of this chapter.
(c) A grantee shall enter into an agreement with the department that includes terms and conditions consistent with the requirements set forth in this chapter.
(d) A grantee shall be solely responsible for compliance with all applicable requirements under this chapter.
50539.
 (a) The department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, every six months for the duration of the program, a report that provides programmatic performance metrics for block grant funds administered pursuant to this chapter. The report shall include, at minimum, all of the following information:
(1) Obligation of block grant funds for assistance provided under this chapter.
(2) Expenditure of block grant funds for assistance provided under this chapter.
(3) Expenditure by eligible households for assistance provided under this chapter.
(4) Demographic information of eligible households that received block grants funds under this chapter, including the eligible household’s income.
(b) A grantee shall provide information necessary for the department to comply with the reporting requirement described in subdivision (a).
(c) A report required to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.