CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3171Introduced by Assembly Member RamosFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 50675 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3171, as introduced, Ramos. Multifamily Housing Program.Existing law, the Multifamily Housing Program, is administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to address renter housing needs through an omnibus multifamily housing program. The program includes related legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50675 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50675. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Large numbers of Californias renters face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard units. Many of these renters also have special housing needs arising from their employment status, age, or disability, and live in communities suffering from a lack of investment.(b) In previous years, the state has attempted to address the needs of California renters through a series of small programs operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development, each offering financing targeted at a specific population or building type. These programs were typically highly successful in addressing local housing and community development needs. However, because each individual program came with a unique set of rules, the programs were often costly and time consuming to administer, for both the state and program users.(c) A more efficient method to address renter housing needs would be to operate one omnibus multifamily housing program modeled upon an existing successful program. This omnibus program would provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types. As particular needs are identified, it the omnibus program may be easily and quickly customized to meet those needs.(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter constitute this omnibus multifamily housing program, and that it the omnibus program be based on the departments existing California Housing Rehabilitation Program as established and described in Subchapter 8 (commencing with Section 7670) of Chapter 7 of Part Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.(e) The Multifamily Housing Program is intended to take the place of the following department programs:(1) The Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660).(2) The Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735).(3) The Family Housing Demonstration Program established by Section 5 of Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1988.Repeal of the statutes establishing these programs would be administratively problematic because the department still administers a portfolio of loans from these programs. Therefore, in lieu of repeal, it is the Legislatures intent that no further allocation of funds be made to these programs and that any and all future funds that would have been appropriated to these programs shall be appropriated instead to the Multifamily Housing Program.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3171Introduced by Assembly Member RamosFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 50675 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3171, as introduced, Ramos. Multifamily Housing Program.Existing law, the Multifamily Housing Program, is administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to address renter housing needs through an omnibus multifamily housing program. The program includes related legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3171
Introduced by Assembly Member RamosFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos
February 21, 2020
An act to amend Section 50675 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3171, as introduced, Ramos. Multifamily Housing Program.
Existing law, the Multifamily Housing Program, is administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to address renter housing needs through an omnibus multifamily housing program. The program includes related legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.
Existing law, the Multifamily Housing Program, is administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to address renter housing needs through an omnibus multifamily housing program. The program includes related legislative findings and declarations.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50675 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50675. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Large numbers of Californias renters face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard units. Many of these renters also have special housing needs arising from their employment status, age, or disability, and live in communities suffering from a lack of investment.(b) In previous years, the state has attempted to address the needs of California renters through a series of small programs operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development, each offering financing targeted at a specific population or building type. These programs were typically highly successful in addressing local housing and community development needs. However, because each individual program came with a unique set of rules, the programs were often costly and time consuming to administer, for both the state and program users.(c) A more efficient method to address renter housing needs would be to operate one omnibus multifamily housing program modeled upon an existing successful program. This omnibus program would provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types. As particular needs are identified, it the omnibus program may be easily and quickly customized to meet those needs.(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter constitute this omnibus multifamily housing program, and that it the omnibus program be based on the departments existing California Housing Rehabilitation Program as established and described in Subchapter 8 (commencing with Section 7670) of Chapter 7 of Part Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.(e) The Multifamily Housing Program is intended to take the place of the following department programs:(1) The Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660).(2) The Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735).(3) The Family Housing Demonstration Program established by Section 5 of Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1988.Repeal of the statutes establishing these programs would be administratively problematic because the department still administers a portfolio of loans from these programs. Therefore, in lieu of repeal, it is the Legislatures intent that no further allocation of funds be made to these programs and that any and all future funds that would have been appropriated to these programs shall be appropriated instead to the Multifamily Housing Program.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 50675 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50675. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Large numbers of Californias renters face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard units. Many of these renters also have special housing needs arising from their employment status, age, or disability, and live in communities suffering from a lack of investment.(b) In previous years, the state has attempted to address the needs of California renters through a series of small programs operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development, each offering financing targeted at a specific population or building type. These programs were typically highly successful in addressing local housing and community development needs. However, because each individual program came with a unique set of rules, the programs were often costly and time consuming to administer, for both the state and program users.(c) A more efficient method to address renter housing needs would be to operate one omnibus multifamily housing program modeled upon an existing successful program. This omnibus program would provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types. As particular needs are identified, it the omnibus program may be easily and quickly customized to meet those needs.(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter constitute this omnibus multifamily housing program, and that it the omnibus program be based on the departments existing California Housing Rehabilitation Program as established and described in Subchapter 8 (commencing with Section 7670) of Chapter 7 of Part Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.(e) The Multifamily Housing Program is intended to take the place of the following department programs:(1) The Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660).(2) The Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735).(3) The Family Housing Demonstration Program established by Section 5 of Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1988.Repeal of the statutes establishing these programs would be administratively problematic because the department still administers a portfolio of loans from these programs. Therefore, in lieu of repeal, it is the Legislatures intent that no further allocation of funds be made to these programs and that any and all future funds that would have been appropriated to these programs shall be appropriated instead to the Multifamily Housing Program.
SECTION 1. Section 50675 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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50675. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Large numbers of Californias renters face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard units. Many of these renters also have special housing needs arising from their employment status, age, or disability, and live in communities suffering from a lack of investment.(b) In previous years, the state has attempted to address the needs of California renters through a series of small programs operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development, each offering financing targeted at a specific population or building type. These programs were typically highly successful in addressing local housing and community development needs. However, because each individual program came with a unique set of rules, the programs were often costly and time consuming to administer, for both the state and program users.(c) A more efficient method to address renter housing needs would be to operate one omnibus multifamily housing program modeled upon an existing successful program. This omnibus program would provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types. As particular needs are identified, it the omnibus program may be easily and quickly customized to meet those needs.(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter constitute this omnibus multifamily housing program, and that it the omnibus program be based on the departments existing California Housing Rehabilitation Program as established and described in Subchapter 8 (commencing with Section 7670) of Chapter 7 of Part Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.(e) The Multifamily Housing Program is intended to take the place of the following department programs:(1) The Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660).(2) The Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735).(3) The Family Housing Demonstration Program established by Section 5 of Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1988.Repeal of the statutes establishing these programs would be administratively problematic because the department still administers a portfolio of loans from these programs. Therefore, in lieu of repeal, it is the Legislatures intent that no further allocation of funds be made to these programs and that any and all future funds that would have been appropriated to these programs shall be appropriated instead to the Multifamily Housing Program.
50675. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Large numbers of Californias renters face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard units. Many of these renters also have special housing needs arising from their employment status, age, or disability, and live in communities suffering from a lack of investment.(b) In previous years, the state has attempted to address the needs of California renters through a series of small programs operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development, each offering financing targeted at a specific population or building type. These programs were typically highly successful in addressing local housing and community development needs. However, because each individual program came with a unique set of rules, the programs were often costly and time consuming to administer, for both the state and program users.(c) A more efficient method to address renter housing needs would be to operate one omnibus multifamily housing program modeled upon an existing successful program. This omnibus program would provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types. As particular needs are identified, it the omnibus program may be easily and quickly customized to meet those needs.(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter constitute this omnibus multifamily housing program, and that it the omnibus program be based on the departments existing California Housing Rehabilitation Program as established and described in Subchapter 8 (commencing with Section 7670) of Chapter 7 of Part Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.(e) The Multifamily Housing Program is intended to take the place of the following department programs:(1) The Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660).(2) The Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735).(3) The Family Housing Demonstration Program established by Section 5 of Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1988.Repeal of the statutes establishing these programs would be administratively problematic because the department still administers a portfolio of loans from these programs. Therefore, in lieu of repeal, it is the Legislatures intent that no further allocation of funds be made to these programs and that any and all future funds that would have been appropriated to these programs shall be appropriated instead to the Multifamily Housing Program.
50675. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Large numbers of Californias renters face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard units. Many of these renters also have special housing needs arising from their employment status, age, or disability, and live in communities suffering from a lack of investment.(b) In previous years, the state has attempted to address the needs of California renters through a series of small programs operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development, each offering financing targeted at a specific population or building type. These programs were typically highly successful in addressing local housing and community development needs. However, because each individual program came with a unique set of rules, the programs were often costly and time consuming to administer, for both the state and program users.(c) A more efficient method to address renter housing needs would be to operate one omnibus multifamily housing program modeled upon an existing successful program. This omnibus program would provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types. As particular needs are identified, it the omnibus program may be easily and quickly customized to meet those needs.(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter constitute this omnibus multifamily housing program, and that it the omnibus program be based on the departments existing California Housing Rehabilitation Program as established and described in Subchapter 8 (commencing with Section 7670) of Chapter 7 of Part Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.(e) The Multifamily Housing Program is intended to take the place of the following department programs:(1) The Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660).(2) The Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735).(3) The Family Housing Demonstration Program established by Section 5 of Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1988.Repeal of the statutes establishing these programs would be administratively problematic because the department still administers a portfolio of loans from these programs. Therefore, in lieu of repeal, it is the Legislatures intent that no further allocation of funds be made to these programs and that any and all future funds that would have been appropriated to these programs shall be appropriated instead to the Multifamily Housing Program.
50675. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Large numbers of Californias renters face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard units. Many of these renters also have special housing needs arising from their employment status, age, or disability, and live in communities suffering from a lack of investment.
(b) In previous years, the state has attempted to address the needs of California renters through a series of small programs operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development, each offering financing targeted at a specific population or building type. These programs were typically highly successful in addressing local housing and community development needs. However, because each individual program came with a unique set of rules, the programs were often costly and time consuming to administer, for both the state and program users.
(c) A more efficient method to address renter housing needs would be to operate one omnibus multifamily housing program modeled upon an existing successful program. This omnibus program would provide a standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all housing types. As particular needs are identified, it the omnibus program may be easily and quickly customized to meet those needs.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter constitute this omnibus multifamily housing program, and that it the omnibus program be based on the departments existing California Housing Rehabilitation Program as established and described in Subchapter 8 (commencing with Section 7670) of Chapter 7 of Part Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.
(e) The Multifamily Housing Program is intended to take the place of the following department programs:
(1) The Deferred-Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660).
(2) The Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735).
(3) The Family Housing Demonstration Program established by Section 5 of Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1988.
Repeal of the statutes establishing these programs would be administratively problematic because the department still administers a portfolio of loans from these programs. Therefore, in lieu of repeal, it is the Legislatures intent that no further allocation of funds be made to these programs and that any and all future funds that would have been appropriated to these programs shall be appropriated instead to the Multifamily Housing Program.