Amended IN Senate March 08, 2018 Amended IN Senate February 20, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 912Introduced by Senators Beall and Skinner(Coauthors: Senators Hill, Lara, Portantino, and Wiener)January 18, 2018 An act to add Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 50480) to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 912, as amended, Beall. Housing. Housing: homelessness programs and affordable housing.Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and makes the department responsible for administering various housing programs throughout the state, including, among others, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. Multifamily Housing Program.This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make a one-time allocation of $2,000,000,000 in general funds for the purpose of funding programs that serve the homeless as well as existing housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development dedicated to housing low- and moderate-income families, as provided.This bill, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, would require that the sum of $2,000,000,000 be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would require that $1,000,000,000 of that money be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund and expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60% of the area median income. The bill would require that the remaining $1,000,000,000 be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, and provide for the allocation of that money for grants to cities and counties for specified related purposes, grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program, funding for a specified homeless youth program, and assistance for housing and services for survivors of domestic violence, as provided. The bill would also include legislative findings as to the necessity to provide additional funding for housing.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Despite recent legislative efforts, California has not been able to fill the funding gap from the loss of redevelopment funds and statewide housing bonds passed in the 2000s. The state housing crisis is the leading driver of the rise in homelessness.(b) The recent 2017 federal tax law, Public Law 115-97, reduces the value of the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC). The LIHTC program is the most successful state and national housing program and critical for all affordable housing built in California. As a result, California will lose $540 million, or about 4,000 to 5,000 units, per year.(c) According to the Department of Finance, over the last 10 years, California has experienced a 34 percent reduction in federal housing funds.(d) According to the Department of Housing and Community Development, from 2016 to 2017, California experienced the largest increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness, about 14 percent. Its homeless population accounts for 25 percent of the national homeless population.(e) Housing the homeless saves taxpayer money. According to the most comprehensive homelessness cost study in the United States, the average prehousing public cost was $62,000, and the average posthousing cost was $20,000, equal to an annual reduction of nearly $43,000, or 68 percent.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to offset federal funding cuts and the reduced value of the LIHTC by investing in existing and successful state housing programs.(g) It is further the intent of the Legislature to emphasize the financing of housing for vulnerable populations, including: chronically homeless persons who frequently use hospitals or are incarcerated, homeless transitional age youth, homeless college students, families with repeated instances of homelessness, domestic violence survivors, veterans, and persons with a physical or mental disability.SEC. 2. Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 50480) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.7. Funding for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing50480. Upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section, the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) shall be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:(a) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income.(b) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, to be allocated as follows:(1) Seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) shall be used to provide grants to cities and counties that agree to provide matching funds to alleviate chronic homelessness within their jurisdictions. Cities and counties shall apply to the department for grants pursuant to this paragraph in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Authorized uses of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the following:(A) Rental assistance and flexible housing subsidy pool investments.(B) Operating subsidies, including gap financing to make supportive housing projects that offer lower rents financially viable.(C) Capital grants.(D) Interim housing.(E) Emergency shelters, navigation centers, and rapid rehousing projects.(F) (i) Construction of affordable housing that includes housing for homeless persons.(ii) The department shall set aside a portion of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph for purposes of this subparagraph and deposit those moneys in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income, that makes at least 20 percent of the units available to persons who are chronically homeless.(2) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be used to provide grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program established pursuant to Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590).(3) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) for housing for homeless youth in accordance with the departments Homeless Youth Multifamily Housing Program, previously funded pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545.(4) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Complementary Services Fund, upon establishment of that fund within the Office of Emergency Services, and used to provide housing and services for survivors of domestic violence.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make a one-time allocation of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) in general funds for the purpose of funding programs that serve the homeless as well as existing housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development dedicated to housing low- and moderate-income families. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would include eligible recipients such as cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide a local funding match.
Amended IN Senate March 08, 2018 Amended IN Senate February 20, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 912Introduced by Senators Beall and Skinner(Coauthors: Senators Hill, Lara, Portantino, and Wiener)January 18, 2018 An act to add Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 50480) to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 912, as amended, Beall. Housing. Housing: homelessness programs and affordable housing.Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and makes the department responsible for administering various housing programs throughout the state, including, among others, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. Multifamily Housing Program.This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make a one-time allocation of $2,000,000,000 in general funds for the purpose of funding programs that serve the homeless as well as existing housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development dedicated to housing low- and moderate-income families, as provided.This bill, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, would require that the sum of $2,000,000,000 be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would require that $1,000,000,000 of that money be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund and expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60% of the area median income. The bill would require that the remaining $1,000,000,000 be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, and provide for the allocation of that money for grants to cities and counties for specified related purposes, grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program, funding for a specified homeless youth program, and assistance for housing and services for survivors of domestic violence, as provided. The bill would also include legislative findings as to the necessity to provide additional funding for housing.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate March 08, 2018 Amended IN Senate February 20, 2018
Amended IN Senate March 08, 2018
Amended IN Senate February 20, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 912
Introduced by Senators Beall and Skinner(Coauthors: Senators Hill, Lara, Portantino, and Wiener)January 18, 2018
Introduced by Senators Beall and Skinner(Coauthors: Senators Hill, Lara, Portantino, and Wiener)
January 18, 2018
An act to add Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 50480) to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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SB 912, as amended, Beall. Housing. Housing: homelessness programs and affordable housing.
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and makes the department responsible for administering various housing programs throughout the state, including, among others, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. Multifamily Housing Program.This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make a one-time allocation of $2,000,000,000 in general funds for the purpose of funding programs that serve the homeless as well as existing housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development dedicated to housing low- and moderate-income families, as provided.This bill, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, would require that the sum of $2,000,000,000 be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would require that $1,000,000,000 of that money be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund and expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60% of the area median income. The bill would require that the remaining $1,000,000,000 be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, and provide for the allocation of that money for grants to cities and counties for specified related purposes, grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program, funding for a specified homeless youth program, and assistance for housing and services for survivors of domestic violence, as provided. The bill would also include legislative findings as to the necessity to provide additional funding for housing.
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and makes the department responsible for administering various housing programs throughout the state, including, among others, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. Multifamily Housing Program.
This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make a one-time allocation of $2,000,000,000 in general funds for the purpose of funding programs that serve the homeless as well as existing housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development dedicated to housing low- and moderate-income families, as provided.
This bill, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, would require that the sum of $2,000,000,000 be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would require that $1,000,000,000 of that money be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund and expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60% of the area median income. The bill would require that the remaining $1,000,000,000 be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, and provide for the allocation of that money for grants to cities and counties for specified related purposes, grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program, funding for a specified homeless youth program, and assistance for housing and services for survivors of domestic violence, as provided. The bill would also include legislative findings as to the necessity to provide additional funding for housing.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Despite recent legislative efforts, California has not been able to fill the funding gap from the loss of redevelopment funds and statewide housing bonds passed in the 2000s. The state housing crisis is the leading driver of the rise in homelessness.(b) The recent 2017 federal tax law, Public Law 115-97, reduces the value of the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC). The LIHTC program is the most successful state and national housing program and critical for all affordable housing built in California. As a result, California will lose $540 million, or about 4,000 to 5,000 units, per year.(c) According to the Department of Finance, over the last 10 years, California has experienced a 34 percent reduction in federal housing funds.(d) According to the Department of Housing and Community Development, from 2016 to 2017, California experienced the largest increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness, about 14 percent. Its homeless population accounts for 25 percent of the national homeless population.(e) Housing the homeless saves taxpayer money. According to the most comprehensive homelessness cost study in the United States, the average prehousing public cost was $62,000, and the average posthousing cost was $20,000, equal to an annual reduction of nearly $43,000, or 68 percent.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to offset federal funding cuts and the reduced value of the LIHTC by investing in existing and successful state housing programs.(g) It is further the intent of the Legislature to emphasize the financing of housing for vulnerable populations, including: chronically homeless persons who frequently use hospitals or are incarcerated, homeless transitional age youth, homeless college students, families with repeated instances of homelessness, domestic violence survivors, veterans, and persons with a physical or mental disability.SEC. 2. Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 50480) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.7. Funding for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing50480. Upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section, the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) shall be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:(a) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income.(b) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, to be allocated as follows:(1) Seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) shall be used to provide grants to cities and counties that agree to provide matching funds to alleviate chronic homelessness within their jurisdictions. Cities and counties shall apply to the department for grants pursuant to this paragraph in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Authorized uses of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the following:(A) Rental assistance and flexible housing subsidy pool investments.(B) Operating subsidies, including gap financing to make supportive housing projects that offer lower rents financially viable.(C) Capital grants.(D) Interim housing.(E) Emergency shelters, navigation centers, and rapid rehousing projects.(F) (i) Construction of affordable housing that includes housing for homeless persons.(ii) The department shall set aside a portion of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph for purposes of this subparagraph and deposit those moneys in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income, that makes at least 20 percent of the units available to persons who are chronically homeless.(2) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be used to provide grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program established pursuant to Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590).(3) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) for housing for homeless youth in accordance with the departments Homeless Youth Multifamily Housing Program, previously funded pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545.(4) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Complementary Services Fund, upon establishment of that fund within the Office of Emergency Services, and used to provide housing and services for survivors of domestic violence.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make a one-time allocation of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) in general funds for the purpose of funding programs that serve the homeless as well as existing housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development dedicated to housing low- and moderate-income families. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would include eligible recipients such as cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide a local funding match.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Despite recent legislative efforts, California has not been able to fill the funding gap from the loss of redevelopment funds and statewide housing bonds passed in the 2000s. The state housing crisis is the leading driver of the rise in homelessness.(b) The recent 2017 federal tax law, Public Law 115-97, reduces the value of the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC). The LIHTC program is the most successful state and national housing program and critical for all affordable housing built in California. As a result, California will lose $540 million, or about 4,000 to 5,000 units, per year.(c) According to the Department of Finance, over the last 10 years, California has experienced a 34 percent reduction in federal housing funds.(d) According to the Department of Housing and Community Development, from 2016 to 2017, California experienced the largest increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness, about 14 percent. Its homeless population accounts for 25 percent of the national homeless population.(e) Housing the homeless saves taxpayer money. According to the most comprehensive homelessness cost study in the United States, the average prehousing public cost was $62,000, and the average posthousing cost was $20,000, equal to an annual reduction of nearly $43,000, or 68 percent.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to offset federal funding cuts and the reduced value of the LIHTC by investing in existing and successful state housing programs.(g) It is further the intent of the Legislature to emphasize the financing of housing for vulnerable populations, including: chronically homeless persons who frequently use hospitals or are incarcerated, homeless transitional age youth, homeless college students, families with repeated instances of homelessness, domestic violence survivors, veterans, and persons with a physical or mental disability.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Despite recent legislative efforts, California has not been able to fill the funding gap from the loss of redevelopment funds and statewide housing bonds passed in the 2000s. The state housing crisis is the leading driver of the rise in homelessness.(b) The recent 2017 federal tax law, Public Law 115-97, reduces the value of the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC). The LIHTC program is the most successful state and national housing program and critical for all affordable housing built in California. As a result, California will lose $540 million, or about 4,000 to 5,000 units, per year.(c) According to the Department of Finance, over the last 10 years, California has experienced a 34 percent reduction in federal housing funds.(d) According to the Department of Housing and Community Development, from 2016 to 2017, California experienced the largest increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness, about 14 percent. Its homeless population accounts for 25 percent of the national homeless population.(e) Housing the homeless saves taxpayer money. According to the most comprehensive homelessness cost study in the United States, the average prehousing public cost was $62,000, and the average posthousing cost was $20,000, equal to an annual reduction of nearly $43,000, or 68 percent.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to offset federal funding cuts and the reduced value of the LIHTC by investing in existing and successful state housing programs.(g) It is further the intent of the Legislature to emphasize the financing of housing for vulnerable populations, including: chronically homeless persons who frequently use hospitals or are incarcerated, homeless transitional age youth, homeless college students, families with repeated instances of homelessness, domestic violence survivors, veterans, and persons with a physical or mental disability.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
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(a) Despite recent legislative efforts, California has not been able to fill the funding gap from the loss of redevelopment funds and statewide housing bonds passed in the 2000s. The state housing crisis is the leading driver of the rise in homelessness.
(b) The recent 2017 federal tax law, Public Law 115-97, reduces the value of the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC). The LIHTC program is the most successful state and national housing program and critical for all affordable housing built in California. As a result, California will lose $540 million, or about 4,000 to 5,000 units, per year.
(c) According to the Department of Finance, over the last 10 years, California has experienced a 34 percent reduction in federal housing funds.
(d) According to the Department of Housing and Community Development, from 2016 to 2017, California experienced the largest increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness, about 14 percent. Its homeless population accounts for 25 percent of the national homeless population.
(e) Housing the homeless saves taxpayer money. According to the most comprehensive homelessness cost study in the United States, the average prehousing public cost was $62,000, and the average posthousing cost was $20,000, equal to an annual reduction of nearly $43,000, or 68 percent.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to offset federal funding cuts and the reduced value of the LIHTC by investing in existing and successful state housing programs.
(g) It is further the intent of the Legislature to emphasize the financing of housing for vulnerable populations, including: chronically homeless persons who frequently use hospitals or are incarcerated, homeless transitional age youth, homeless college students, families with repeated instances of homelessness, domestic violence survivors, veterans, and persons with a physical or mental disability.
SEC. 2. Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 50480) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.7. Funding for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing50480. Upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section, the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) shall be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:(a) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income.(b) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, to be allocated as follows:(1) Seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) shall be used to provide grants to cities and counties that agree to provide matching funds to alleviate chronic homelessness within their jurisdictions. Cities and counties shall apply to the department for grants pursuant to this paragraph in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Authorized uses of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the following:(A) Rental assistance and flexible housing subsidy pool investments.(B) Operating subsidies, including gap financing to make supportive housing projects that offer lower rents financially viable.(C) Capital grants.(D) Interim housing.(E) Emergency shelters, navigation centers, and rapid rehousing projects.(F) (i) Construction of affordable housing that includes housing for homeless persons.(ii) The department shall set aside a portion of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph for purposes of this subparagraph and deposit those moneys in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income, that makes at least 20 percent of the units available to persons who are chronically homeless.(2) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be used to provide grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program established pursuant to Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590).(3) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) for housing for homeless youth in accordance with the departments Homeless Youth Multifamily Housing Program, previously funded pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545.(4) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Complementary Services Fund, upon establishment of that fund within the Office of Emergency Services, and used to provide housing and services for survivors of domestic violence.
SEC. 2. Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 50480) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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CHAPTER 2.7. Funding for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing50480. Upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section, the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) shall be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:(a) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income.(b) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, to be allocated as follows:(1) Seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) shall be used to provide grants to cities and counties that agree to provide matching funds to alleviate chronic homelessness within their jurisdictions. Cities and counties shall apply to the department for grants pursuant to this paragraph in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Authorized uses of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the following:(A) Rental assistance and flexible housing subsidy pool investments.(B) Operating subsidies, including gap financing to make supportive housing projects that offer lower rents financially viable.(C) Capital grants.(D) Interim housing.(E) Emergency shelters, navigation centers, and rapid rehousing projects.(F) (i) Construction of affordable housing that includes housing for homeless persons.(ii) The department shall set aside a portion of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph for purposes of this subparagraph and deposit those moneys in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income, that makes at least 20 percent of the units available to persons who are chronically homeless.(2) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be used to provide grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program established pursuant to Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590).(3) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) for housing for homeless youth in accordance with the departments Homeless Youth Multifamily Housing Program, previously funded pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545.(4) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Complementary Services Fund, upon establishment of that fund within the Office of Emergency Services, and used to provide housing and services for survivors of domestic violence.
CHAPTER 2.7. Funding for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing50480. Upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section, the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) shall be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:(a) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income.(b) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, to be allocated as follows:(1) Seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) shall be used to provide grants to cities and counties that agree to provide matching funds to alleviate chronic homelessness within their jurisdictions. Cities and counties shall apply to the department for grants pursuant to this paragraph in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Authorized uses of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the following:(A) Rental assistance and flexible housing subsidy pool investments.(B) Operating subsidies, including gap financing to make supportive housing projects that offer lower rents financially viable.(C) Capital grants.(D) Interim housing.(E) Emergency shelters, navigation centers, and rapid rehousing projects.(F) (i) Construction of affordable housing that includes housing for homeless persons.(ii) The department shall set aside a portion of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph for purposes of this subparagraph and deposit those moneys in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income, that makes at least 20 percent of the units available to persons who are chronically homeless.(2) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be used to provide grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program established pursuant to Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590).(3) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) for housing for homeless youth in accordance with the departments Homeless Youth Multifamily Housing Program, previously funded pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545.(4) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Complementary Services Fund, upon establishment of that fund within the Office of Emergency Services, and used to provide housing and services for survivors of domestic violence.
CHAPTER 2.7. Funding for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing
CHAPTER 2.7. Funding for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing
50480. Upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section, the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) shall be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:(a) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income.(b) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, to be allocated as follows:(1) Seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) shall be used to provide grants to cities and counties that agree to provide matching funds to alleviate chronic homelessness within their jurisdictions. Cities and counties shall apply to the department for grants pursuant to this paragraph in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Authorized uses of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the following:(A) Rental assistance and flexible housing subsidy pool investments.(B) Operating subsidies, including gap financing to make supportive housing projects that offer lower rents financially viable.(C) Capital grants.(D) Interim housing.(E) Emergency shelters, navigation centers, and rapid rehousing projects.(F) (i) Construction of affordable housing that includes housing for homeless persons.(ii) The department shall set aside a portion of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph for purposes of this subparagraph and deposit those moneys in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income, that makes at least 20 percent of the units available to persons who are chronically homeless.(2) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be used to provide grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program established pursuant to Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590).(3) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) for housing for homeless youth in accordance with the departments Homeless Youth Multifamily Housing Program, previously funded pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545.(4) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Complementary Services Fund, upon establishment of that fund within the Office of Emergency Services, and used to provide housing and services for survivors of domestic violence.
50480. Upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section, the sum of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) shall be allocated from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:
(a) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income.
(b) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be used to address homelessness, particularly homelessness among members of vulnerable populations, to be allocated as follows:
(1) Seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) shall be used to provide grants to cities and counties that agree to provide matching funds to alleviate chronic homelessness within their jurisdictions. Cities and counties shall apply to the department for grants pursuant to this paragraph in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Authorized uses of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) Rental assistance and flexible housing subsidy pool investments.
(B) Operating subsidies, including gap financing to make supportive housing projects that offer lower rents financially viable.
(C) Capital grants.
(D) Interim housing.
(E) Emergency shelters, navigation centers, and rapid rehousing projects.
(F) (i) Construction of affordable housing that includes housing for homeless persons.
(ii) The department shall set aside a portion of the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph for purposes of this subparagraph and deposit those moneys in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 50661. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), to be expended to assist in the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for persons with incomes of up to 60 percent of the area median income, that makes at least 20 percent of the units available to persons who are chronically homeless.
(2) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be used to provide grants under the Housing for a Healthy California Program established pursuant to Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590).
(3) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) for housing for homeless youth in accordance with the departments Homeless Youth Multifamily Housing Program, previously funded pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545.
(4) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Complementary Services Fund, upon establishment of that fund within the Office of Emergency Services, and used to provide housing and services for survivors of domestic violence.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make a one-time allocation of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) in general funds for the purpose of funding programs that serve the homeless as well as existing housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development dedicated to housing low- and moderate-income families. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would include eligible recipients such as cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide a local funding match.