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CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND CODES
SECTIONS 50840-50843.5
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 50840-50843.5
50840. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) California is experiencing a severe housing shortage that compounds itself further each year. While it is estimated that 250,000 new homes are needed each year to keep up with demand, only 140,000 building permits for new residential housing were issued in 1999. Moreover, the average number of residential building permits issued over the last seven years is only 105,000 new units per year. (2) The shortage in housing supply has led to skyrocketing home sale and rental prices, which have made housing unaffordable to many Californians. Seven of the nation's 10 least affordable metropolitan areas for housing are in California. More than 35 percent of renter households experience an extreme housing cost burden, which has been defined as paying more than 50 percent of their income for housing. (3) Long-term strategies are needed to address this ongoing deficit in new home production and to meet the state's housing needs. (4) In addition to helping meet the immediate need for housing, the state will always have a role to play in assisting in the provision of housing for families unable to afford market-rate rents. (5) A permanent source of financing is needed to fulfill this ongoing need for state housing assistance. (6) A housing trust fund would provide a permanent source of financing to be used solely to fund housing programs that serve low- and very low income households. (b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the principal in the California Housing Trust Fund shall not be spent, but rather invested as an endowment, and that the return on this investment be used to fund programs that meet the housing needs of lower and very low income households. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to make a significant appropriation to the California Housing Trust Fund in the 2001-02 fiscal year to ensure that there are sufficient ongoing resources to provide for the housing needs of lower income households. 50841. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Housing Trust Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of investment in a manner calculated to deliver the greatest rate of return consistent with the requirements of Section 16430 of the Government Code. (b) All interest or other increment resulting from investment or deposit of moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the fund, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. Except as provided in Section 50842, no money in the fund shall be spent, loaned, transferred, or otherwise removed from the fund. 50842. (a) All interest or other increment resulting from any investment of money in the California Housing Trust Fund may only be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, after allocation to the Treasurer of an amount not to exceed one-half of 1 percent of any interest and other increment to cover the actual cost of administering those investments, for housing programs or those portions of housing programs authorized by law that serve lower and very low income households, as defined in Sections 50079.5 and 50105, respectively. (b) Not less than 20 percent of any interest or other increment appropriated by the Legislature in any fiscal year from the California Housing Trust Fund shall be expended in rural areas, as defined by Section 50199.21. (c) Any interest or other increment not appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose described in subdivision (a) in the fiscal year succeeding its accrual shall be deposited in the California Housing Trust Fund and shall no longer be deemed interest or other increment for the purposes of this section. 50842.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Local housing trusts are locally developed responses to regional housing needs and are responsive to local control. (b) Local housing trusts have an excellent record of accomplishment of serving as efficient vehicles for disbursing resources at the local level. (c) As of January 1, 2006, there were 21 city and nine county housing trusts throughout California producing thousands of units of affordable housing, through the utilization of millions of dollars of locally generated funds, resulting in the leverage of millions more for the development of affordable housing. (d) Housing trusts are local sources of revenue for affordable housing and very often are a direct result of local constituencies coming together around affordable housing. These relationships are often long term and include a broad set of community players that go beyond the traditional supporter of affordable housing. 50842.2. There is hereby established the Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of supporting local housing trust funds dedicated to the creation or preservation of affordable housing as described in this section. Local housing trust funds shall be derived on an ongoing basis from private contributions or governmental sources that are not otherwise restricted in use for housing programs. 50843. (a) This section applies only to grants awarded pursuant to this chapter from funds made available pursuant to Part 11 (commencing with Section 53500). (b) The department may make matching grants available to cities and counties, or a city and county, that have created, funded, and operated housing trust funds prior to January 1, 2003, and to existing charitable nonprofit organizations described in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that have created, funded, and operated housing trust funds prior to January 1, 2003. These funds shall be awarded through the issuance of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). The department may establish competitive criteria consistent with the funding priorities used in the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)) to be used in the event that applications exceed the funds available. Applicants that provide matching funds from a source or sources other than impact fees on residential development shall receive a priority for funding. (c) The department may make matching grants available to new local housing trusts created by cities and counties, or a city and county, and to fund new housing trusts created by charitable nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that provide low-income housing assistance. As used in this section, "new housing trust" means a housing trust that was not in existence prior to January 1, 2003. The department may consider grant applications, submitted pursuant to this subdivision, and determine their eligibility for funding, in the order in which they are received. (d) Housing trusts eligible for funding under this section shall have the following characteristics: (1) They utilize a public or joint public and private fund established by legislation, ordinance, resolution, or a public-private partnership to receive specific revenue to address local housing needs. (2) They receive ongoing revenues from dedicated sources of funding such as taxes, fees, loan repayments, or private contributions. (e) The minimum allocation to an applicant shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000), and no applicant may receive an allocation in excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000). All funds provided pursuant to this section shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis. No application shall be considered unless the department has received adequate documentation of the deposit in the local housing trust fund of the local match and the identity of the source of matching funds. Applicants shall be required to continue funding the local housing trust fund from these identified local sources, and continue the trust in operation, for a period of no less than five years from the date of award. If the funding is not continued for a five-year period, then (1) the amount of the department's grant to the local housing trust fund, to the extent that the trust fund has unencumbered funds available, shall be immediately repaid, and (2) any payments from any projects funded by the local housing trust fund that would have been paid to the local housing trust fund shall be paid instead to the department and used to fund projects under the Multifamily Housing Program, or its successor. The total amount paid to the department pursuant to (1) and (2), combined, shall not exceed the amount of the department's grant. (f) Funds shall be used to provide loans for the construction of rental housing projects, or for construction of units within rental housing projects, affordable to, and restricted for, very low income persons and families earning less than 60 percent of the area median income. All assisted units shall be restricted for not less than 55 years. Loan repayments shall accrue to the grantee housing trust, or to the department if the trust is no longer in existence. (g) In order for a city, county, or city and county to be eligible for funding, the applicant shall have, at the time of application, an adopted housing element that the department has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, is in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. In order for a nonprofit organization applicant to be eligible for funding, the applicant shall agree to utilize funds provided under this chapter only for projects located in cities, counties, or a city and county that have, at the time of application, an adopted housing element that the department has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. For the purposes of this section, eligible local housing trust funds may not include any ongoing restricted fund that is required to be established pursuant to federal or state law. (h) Recipients shall have held, or shall agree to hold, a public hearing or hearings to discuss and describe the project or projects that will be financed with funds provided pursuant to this section. As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this section, any nonprofit organization shall agree that it will hold one public meeting a year to discuss the criteria that will be used to select projects to be funded. That meeting shall be open to the public, and public notice of this meeting shall be provided, except to the extent that any similar meeting of a city or county would be permitted to be held in closed session. (i) No more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated to the department pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53533 shall be used to pay the costs of administration of this section. (j) A local housing trust fund shall encumber funds provided pursuant to this section no later than 54 months after receipt. Any funds not encumbered within that period shall revert to the department for use in the Multifamily Housing Program. (k) Recipients shall be required to file periodic reports with the department regarding the use of funds provided pursuant to this section. No later than December 31, 2005, the department shall provide a report to the Legislature regarding the number of trust funds created, a description of the projects supported, the number of units assisted, and the amount of matching funds. (l) This program shall be operated under guidelines adopted by the department and shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 50843.5. (a) Subject to the availability of funding, the department shall make matching grants available to cities, counties, city and counties, and charitable nonprofit organizations organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that have created and are operating or will operate housing trust funds. These funds shall be awarded through the issuance of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). (1) Applicants that provide matching funds from a source or sources other than impact fees on residential development shall receive a priority for funding. (2) The department shall set aside funding for new trusts, as defined by the department in the NOFA. (b) Housing trusts eligible for funding under this section shall have the following characteristics: (1) Utilization of a public or joint public and private fund established by legislation, ordinance, resolution, or a public-private partnership to receive specific revenue to address local housing needs. (2) Receipt of ongoing revenues from dedicated sources of funding such as taxes, fees, loan repayments, or private contributions. (c) The minimum allocation to an applicant that is a newly established trust shall be five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). The minimum allocation for all other trusts shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000). No applicant may receive an allocation in excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000). All funds provided pursuant to this section shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis with money that is not required by any state or federal law to be spent on housing. No application for an existing housing trust shall be considered unless the department has received adequate documentation of the deposit in the local housing trust fund of the local match and the identity of the source of matching funds. An application for a new trust shall not be considered unless the department has received adequate documentation, as determined by the department, that an ordinance imposing or dedicating a tax or fee to be deposited into the new trust has been enacted or the applicant has adopted a legally binding commitment to deposit matching funds into the new trust. Funds shall not be disbursed by the department to any trust until all matching funds are on deposit and then funds may be disbursed only in amounts necessary to fund projects identified to receive a loan from the trust within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the department. Applicants shall be required to continue funding the local housing trust fund from these identified local sources, and continue the trust in operation, for a period of no less than five years from the date of award. If the funding is not continued for a five-year period, then (1) the amount of the department's grant to the local housing trust fund, to the extent that the trust fund has unencumbered funds available, shall be immediately repaid, and (2) any payments from any projects funded by the local housing trust fund that would have been paid to the local housing trust fund shall be paid instead to the department and used for the program or its successor. The total amount paid to the department pursuant to (1) and (2), combined, shall not exceed the amount of the department's grant. (d) (1) Funds shall be used for the predevelopment costs, acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of the following types of housing or projects: (A) Rental housing projects or units within rental housing projects. The affordability of all assisted units shall be restricted for not less than 55 years. (B) Emergency shelters, safe havens, and transitional housing, as these terms are defined in Section 50801. (C) For sale housing projects or units within for sale housing projects. (2) At least 30 percent of the total amount of the grant and the match shall be expended on projects, units, or shelters that are affordable to, and restricted for, extremely low-income persons and families, as defined in Section 50106. No more than 20 percent of the total amount of the grant and the match shall be expended on projects or units affordable to, and restricted for, moderate-income persons and families whose income does not exceed 120 percent of the area median income. The remaining funds shall be used for projects, units, or shelters that are affordable to, and restricted for, lower income persons and families, as defined in Section 50079.5. (3) If funds are used for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of for sale housing projects or units within for sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restriction against the property that will ensure compliance with one of the following requirements upon resale of the for sale housing units, unless it is in conflict with the requirements of another public funding source or law: (A) If the property is sold within 30 years from the date that trust funds are used to acquire, construct, or rehabilitate the property, the owner or subsequent owner shall sell the home at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50025.5, to a household that meets the relevant income qualifications. (B) The owner and grantee shall share the equity in the unit pursuant to an equity-sharing agreement. The grantee shall reuse the proceeds of the equity sharing agreement consistent with this section. To the extent not in conflict with another public funding source or law, all of the following shall apply to the equity-sharing agreement provided for by the deed restriction: (i) Upon resale by an owner-occupant of the home, the owner-occupant of the home shall retain the market value of any improvements, the downpayment, and his or her proportionate share of appreciation. The grantee shall recapture any initial subsidy and its proportionate share of appreciation, which shall then be used to make housing available to persons and families of the same income category as the original grant and for any type of housing or shelter specified in paragraph (1). (ii) For purposes of this subdivision, the initial subsidy shall be equal to the fair market value of the home at the time of initial sale to the owner-occupant minus the initial sale price to the owner-occupant, plus the amount of any downpayment assistance or mortgage assistance. If upon resale by the owner-occupant the market value is lower than the initial market value, then the value at the time of the resale shall be used as the initial market value. (iii) For purposes of this subdivision, the grantee's proportionate share of appreciation shall be equal to the ratio of the initial subsidy to the fair market value of the home at the time of the initial sale. (e) Loan repayments shall accrue to the grantee housing trust for use pursuant to this section. If the trust no longer exists, loan repayments shall accrue to the department for use in the program or its successor. (f) (1) In order for a city, county, or city and county to be eligible for funding, the applicant shall, at the time of application, meet both of the following requirements: (A) Have an adopted housing element that the department has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, is in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. (B) Have submitted to the department the annual progress report required by Section 65400 of the Government Code within the preceding 12 months, if the department has adopted the forms and definitions pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 of the Government Code. (2) In order for a nonprofit organization applicant to be eligible for funding, the applicant shall agree to utilize funds provided under this chapter only for projects located in cities, counties, or a city and county that, at the time of application, meet both of the following requirements: (A) Have an adopted housing element that the department has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. (B) Have submitted to the department the annual progress report required by Section 65400 of the Government Code within the preceding 12 months, if the department has adopted the forms and definitions pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 of the Government Code. (g) Recipients shall have held, or shall agree to hold, a public hearing or hearings to discuss and describe the project or projects that will be financed with funds provided pursuant to this section. As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this section, any nonprofit organization shall agree that it will hold one public meeting a year to discuss the criteria that will be used to select projects to be funded. That meeting shall be open to the public, and public notice of this meeting shall be provided, except to the extent that any similar meeting of a city or county would be permitted to be held in closed session. (h) No more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated to the department for the purposes of this program shall be used to pay the costs of administration of this section. (i) A local housing trust fund shall encumber funds provided pursuant to this section no later than 36 months after receipt. Any funds not encumbered within that period shall revert to the department for use in the program or its successor. (j) Recipients shall be required to file periodic reports with the department regarding the use of funds provided pursuant to this section. No later than December 31 of each year in which funds are awarded by the program, the department shall provide a report to the Legislature regarding the number of trust funds created, a description of the projects supported, the number of units assisted, and the amount of matching funds received.
SECTION 50840-50843.5
50840. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) California is experiencing a severe housing shortage that compounds itself further each year. While it is estimated that 250,000 new homes are needed each year to keep up with demand, only 140,000 building permits for new residential housing were issued in 1999. Moreover, the average number of residential building permits issued over the last seven years is only 105,000 new units per year. (2) The shortage in housing supply has led to skyrocketing home sale and rental prices, which have made housing unaffordable to many Californians. Seven of the nation's 10 least affordable metropolitan areas for housing are in California. More than 35 percent of renter households experience an extreme housing cost burden, which has been defined as paying more than 50 percent of their income for housing. (3) Long-term strategies are needed to address this ongoing deficit in new home production and to meet the state's housing needs. (4) In addition to helping meet the immediate need for housing, the state will always have a role to play in assisting in the provision of housing for families unable to afford market-rate rents. (5) A permanent source of financing is needed to fulfill this ongoing need for state housing assistance. (6) A housing trust fund would provide a permanent source of financing to be used solely to fund housing programs that serve low- and very low income households. (b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the principal in the California Housing Trust Fund shall not be spent, but rather invested as an endowment, and that the return on this investment be used to fund programs that meet the housing needs of lower and very low income households. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to make a significant appropriation to the California Housing Trust Fund in the 2001-02 fiscal year to ensure that there are sufficient ongoing resources to provide for the housing needs of lower income households. 50841. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Housing Trust Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of investment in a manner calculated to deliver the greatest rate of return consistent with the requirements of Section 16430 of the Government Code. (b) All interest or other increment resulting from investment or deposit of moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the fund, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. Except as provided in Section 50842, no money in the fund shall be spent, loaned, transferred, or otherwise removed from the fund. 50842. (a) All interest or other increment resulting from any investment of money in the California Housing Trust Fund may only be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, after allocation to the Treasurer of an amount not to exceed one-half of 1 percent of any interest and other increment to cover the actual cost of administering those investments, for housing programs or those portions of housing programs authorized by law that serve lower and very low income households, as defined in Sections 50079.5 and 50105, respectively. (b) Not less than 20 percent of any interest or other increment appropriated by the Legislature in any fiscal year from the California Housing Trust Fund shall be expended in rural areas, as defined by Section 50199.21. (c) Any interest or other increment not appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose described in subdivision (a) in the fiscal year succeeding its accrual shall be deposited in the California Housing Trust Fund and shall no longer be deemed interest or other increment for the purposes of this section. 50842.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Local housing trusts are locally developed responses to regional housing needs and are responsive to local control. (b) Local housing trusts have an excellent record of accomplishment of serving as efficient vehicles for disbursing resources at the local level. (c) As of January 1, 2006, there were 21 city and nine county housing trusts throughout California producing thousands of units of affordable housing, through the utilization of millions of dollars of locally generated funds, resulting in the leverage of millions more for the development of affordable housing. (d) Housing trusts are local sources of revenue for affordable housing and very often are a direct result of local constituencies coming together around affordable housing. These relationships are often long term and include a broad set of community players that go beyond the traditional supporter of affordable housing. 50842.2. There is hereby established the Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of supporting local housing trust funds dedicated to the creation or preservation of affordable housing as described in this section. Local housing trust funds shall be derived on an ongoing basis from private contributions or governmental sources that are not otherwise restricted in use for housing programs. 50843. (a) This section applies only to grants awarded pursuant to this chapter from funds made available pursuant to Part 11 (commencing with Section 53500). (b) The department may make matching grants available to cities and counties, or a city and county, that have created, funded, and operated housing trust funds prior to January 1, 2003, and to existing charitable nonprofit organizations described in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that have created, funded, and operated housing trust funds prior to January 1, 2003. These funds shall be awarded through the issuance of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). The department may establish competitive criteria consistent with the funding priorities used in the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)) to be used in the event that applications exceed the funds available. Applicants that provide matching funds from a source or sources other than impact fees on residential development shall receive a priority for funding. (c) The department may make matching grants available to new local housing trusts created by cities and counties, or a city and county, and to fund new housing trusts created by charitable nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that provide low-income housing assistance. As used in this section, "new housing trust" means a housing trust that was not in existence prior to January 1, 2003. The department may consider grant applications, submitted pursuant to this subdivision, and determine their eligibility for funding, in the order in which they are received. (d) Housing trusts eligible for funding under this section shall have the following characteristics: (1) They utilize a public or joint public and private fund established by legislation, ordinance, resolution, or a public-private partnership to receive specific revenue to address local housing needs. (2) They receive ongoing revenues from dedicated sources of funding such as taxes, fees, loan repayments, or private contributions. (e) The minimum allocation to an applicant shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000), and no applicant may receive an allocation in excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000). All funds provided pursuant to this section shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis. No application shall be considered unless the department has received adequate documentation of the deposit in the local housing trust fund of the local match and the identity of the source of matching funds. Applicants shall be required to continue funding the local housing trust fund from these identified local sources, and continue the trust in operation, for a period of no less than five years from the date of award. If the funding is not continued for a five-year period, then (1) the amount of the department's grant to the local housing trust fund, to the extent that the trust fund has unencumbered funds available, shall be immediately repaid, and (2) any payments from any projects funded by the local housing trust fund that would have been paid to the local housing trust fund shall be paid instead to the department and used to fund projects under the Multifamily Housing Program, or its successor. The total amount paid to the department pursuant to (1) and (2), combined, shall not exceed the amount of the department's grant. (f) Funds shall be used to provide loans for the construction of rental housing projects, or for construction of units within rental housing projects, affordable to, and restricted for, very low income persons and families earning less than 60 percent of the area median income. All assisted units shall be restricted for not less than 55 years. Loan repayments shall accrue to the grantee housing trust, or to the department if the trust is no longer in existence. (g) In order for a city, county, or city and county to be eligible for funding, the applicant shall have, at the time of application, an adopted housing element that the department has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, is in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. In order for a nonprofit organization applicant to be eligible for funding, the applicant shall agree to utilize funds provided under this chapter only for projects located in cities, counties, or a city and county that have, at the time of application, an adopted housing element that the department has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. For the purposes of this section, eligible local housing trust funds may not include any ongoing restricted fund that is required to be established pursuant to federal or state law. (h) Recipients shall have held, or shall agree to hold, a public hearing or hearings to discuss and describe the project or projects that will be financed with funds provided pursuant to this section. As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this section, any nonprofit organization shall agree that it will hold one public meeting a year to discuss the criteria that will be used to select projects to be funded. That meeting shall be open to the public, and public notice of this meeting shall be provided, except to the extent that any similar meeting of a city or county would be permitted to be held in closed session. (i) No more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated to the department pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53533 shall be used to pay the costs of administration of this section. (j) A local housing trust fund shall encumber funds provided pursuant to this section no later than 54 months after receipt. Any funds not encumbered within that period shall revert to the department for use in the Multifamily Housing Program. (k) Recipients shall be required to file periodic reports with the department regarding the use of funds provided pursuant to this section. No later than December 31, 2005, the department shall provide a report to the Legislature regarding the number of trust funds created, a description of the projects supported, the number of units assisted, and the amount of matching funds. (l) This program shall be operated under guidelines adopted by the department and shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 50843.5. (a) Subject to the availability of funding, the department shall make matching grants available to cities, counties, city and counties, and charitable nonprofit organizations organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that have created and are operating or will operate housing trust funds. These funds shall be awarded through the issuance of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). (1) Applicants that provide matching funds from a source or sources other than impact fees on residential development shall receive a priority for funding. (2) The department shall set aside funding for new trusts, as defined by the department in the NOFA. (b) Housing trusts eligible for funding under this section shall have the following characteristics: (1) Utilization of a public or joint public and private fund established by legislation, ordinance, resolution, or a public-private partnership to receive specific revenue to address local housing needs. (2) Receipt of ongoing revenues from dedicated sources of funding such as taxes, fees, loan repayments, or private contributions. (c) The minimum allocation to an applicant that is a newly established trust shall be five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). The minimum allocation for all other trusts shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000). No applicant may receive an allocation in excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000). All funds provided pursuant to this section shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis with money that is not required by any state or federal law to be spent on housing. No application for an existing housing trust shall be considered unless the department has received adequate documentation of the deposit in the local housing trust fund of the local match and the identity of the source of matching funds. An application for a new trust shall not be considered unless the department has received adequate documentation, as determined by the department, that an ordinance imposing or dedicating a tax or fee to be deposited into the new trust has been enacted or the applicant has adopted a legally binding commitment to deposit matching funds into the new trust. Funds shall not be disbursed by the department to any trust until all matching funds are on deposit and then funds may be disbursed only in amounts necessary to fund projects identified to receive a loan from the trust within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the department. Applicants shall be required to continue funding the local housing trust fund from these identified local sources, and continue the trust in operation, for a period of no less than five years from the date of award. If the funding is not continued for a five-year period, then (1) the amount of the department's grant to the local housing trust fund, to the extent that the trust fund has unencumbered funds available, shall be immediately repaid, and (2) any payments from any projects funded by the local housing trust fund that would have been paid to the local housing trust fund shall be paid instead to the department and used for the program or its successor. The total amount paid to the department pursuant to (1) and (2), combined, shall not exceed the amount of the department's grant. (d) (1) Funds shall be used for the predevelopment costs, acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of the following types of housing or projects: (A) Rental housing projects or units within rental housing projects. The affordability of all assisted units shall be restricted for not less than 55 years. (B) Emergency shelters, safe havens, and transitional housing, as these terms are defined in Section 50801. (C) For sale housing projects or units within for sale housing projects. (2) At least 30 percent of the total amount of the grant and the match shall be expended on projects, units, or shelters that are affordable to, and restricted for, extremely low-income persons and families, as defined in Section 50106. No more than 20 percent of the total amount of the grant and the match shall be expended on projects or units affordable to, and restricted for, moderate-income persons and families whose income does not exceed 120 percent of the area median income. The remaining funds shall be used for projects, units, or shelters that are affordable to, and restricted for, lower income persons and families, as defined in Section 50079.5. (3) If funds are used for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of for sale housing projects or units within for sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restriction against the property that will ensure compliance with one of the following requirements upon resale of the for sale housing units, unless it is in conflict with the requirements of another public funding source or law: (A) If the property is sold within 30 years from the date that trust funds are used to acquire, construct, or rehabilitate the property, the owner or subsequent owner shall sell the home at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50025.5, to a household that meets the relevant income qualifications. (B) The owner and grantee shall share the equity in the unit pursuant to an equity-sharing agreement. The grantee shall reuse the proceeds of the equity sharing agreement consistent with this section. To the extent not in conflict with another public funding source or law, all of the following shall apply to the equity-sharing agreement provided for by the deed restriction: (i) Upon resale by an owner-occupant of the home, the owner-occupant of the home shall retain the market value of any improvements, the downpayment, and his or her proportionate share of appreciation. The grantee shall recapture any initial subsidy and its proportionate share of appreciation, which shall then be used to make housing available to persons and families of the same income category as the original grant and for any type of housing or shelter specified in paragraph (1). (ii) For purposes of this subdivision, the initial subsidy shall be equal to the fair market value of the home at the time of initial sale to the owner-occupant minus the initial sale price to the owner-occupant, plus the amount of any downpayment assistance or mortgage assistance. If upon resale by the owner-occupant the market value is lower than the initial market value, then the value at the time of the resale shall be used as the initial market value. (iii) For purposes of this subdivision, the grantee's proportionate share of appreciation shall be equal to the ratio of the initial subsidy to the fair market value of the home at the time of the initial sale. (e) Loan repayments shall accrue to the grantee housing trust for use pursuant to this section. If the trust no longer exists, loan repayments shall accrue to the department for use in the program or its successor. (f) (1) In order for a city, county, or city and county to be eligible for funding, the applicant shall, at the time of application, meet both of the following requirements: (A) Have an adopted housing element that the department has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, is in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. (B) Have submitted to the department the annual progress report required by Section 65400 of the Government Code within the preceding 12 months, if the department has adopted the forms and definitions pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 of the Government Code. (2) In order for a nonprofit organization applicant to be eligible for funding, the applicant shall agree to utilize funds provided under this chapter only for projects located in cities, counties, or a city and county that, at the time of application, meet both of the following requirements: (A) Have an adopted housing element that the department has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. (B) Have submitted to the department the annual progress report required by Section 65400 of the Government Code within the preceding 12 months, if the department has adopted the forms and definitions pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 of the Government Code. (g) Recipients shall have held, or shall agree to hold, a public hearing or hearings to discuss and describe the project or projects that will be financed with funds provided pursuant to this section. As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this section, any nonprofit organization shall agree that it will hold one public meeting a year to discuss the criteria that will be used to select projects to be funded. That meeting shall be open to the public, and public notice of this meeting shall be provided, except to the extent that any similar meeting of a city or county would be permitted to be held in closed session. (h) No more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated to the department for the purposes of this program shall be used to pay the costs of administration of this section. (i) A local housing trust fund shall encumber funds provided pursuant to this section no later than 36 months after receipt. Any funds not encumbered within that period shall revert to the department for use in the program or its successor. (j) Recipients shall be required to file periodic reports with the department regarding the use of funds provided pursuant to this section. No later than December 31 of each year in which funds are awarded by the program, the department shall provide a report to the Legislature regarding the number of trust funds created, a description of the projects supported, the number of units assisted, and the amount of matching funds received.
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