Bill Text: CA AB1459 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Multifamily Housing Program: veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2009. [AB1459 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1459-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1459	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 50675.1 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1459, as introduced, Davis. Multifamily Housing Program:
veterans.
   Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program under the
administration of the Department of Housing and Community
Development to provide a standardized set of program rules and
features applicable to all housing types based on the department's
California Housing Rehabilitation Program. Existing law authorizes a
sponsor of a supportive housing development, as defined, to restrict
occupancy to persons with veterans if, among other things, the
development is located on property that is owned or leased by the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the California
Department of Veterans Affairs.
   This bill would provide that a sponsor of a supportive housing
development may restrict occupancy to persons with veteran status if,
in addition to meeting other requirements, the development is
located on property that is owned or leased by a city, county, or
city and county.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  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
shall be provided in the form of a deferred payment loan to pay for
the eligible costs of development as hereafter described.
   (c) Except as provided in paragraph (3), 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 federal Department of Housing and
Urban Development on the basis of the most recent 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 meeting the definitions in paragraphs
(2) and (3) of subdivision (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.
   (d) This chapter shall be administered by the department and the
department shall establish the terms upon which loans may be made
consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
   (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the sponsor of a
supportive housing development, as defined in subdivision (b) of
Section 50675.14, may restrict occupancy to persons with veteran
status, if all of the following conditions apply:
   (1) The veterans shall possess significant barriers to social
reintegration and employment that require specialized treatment and
services that are due to a physical or mental disability, substance
abuse, or the effects of long-term homelessness.
   (2) The veterans are otherwise eligible to reside in an assisted
unit.
   (3) The sponsor also provides, or assists in providing, the
specialized treatment and services.
   (4) The development is located on property that is owned or leased
by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs,  or
 the California Department of Veterans Affairs,  or by a
city, county, or city and county,  and is leased to the sponsor
for a term of not less than 55 years.