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Article 1. Findings, Definitions, And General Provisions of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 15. >> Article 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) That there are more than 600,000 families in California who face the enormous challenge of moving rapidly from welfare to work in order to meet federal and state deadlines.
(2) That a significant number of these families face substantial obstacles in meeting these deadlines inasmuch as a vast percentage of these families pay 50 to 80 percent of their welfare checks for housing, live in counties with unemployment rates that are as high as 30 percent, cannot locate infant or child care because of no availability or long waiting lists, and lack personal or public transportation.
(3) That approximately 1,500,000 children receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) will require child care when their mothers begin private or public employment and that only four out of every 100 slots in licensed child care centers are open to infants.
(4) That most of the 600,000 parents who will be required to work lack training, and a high percentage lack a high school diploma, job experience, and job retention skills in order to earn the income necessary to sustain themselves and their children without welfare assistance. Studies demonstrate that a welfare mother in Los Angeles with one toddler will need to find a job earning thirteen dollars and seven cents ($13.07) per hour in order to provide housing, and the basic necessities and health care. A mother of two needs seventeen dollars and ten cents ($17.10) per hour.
(5) That in response to this complex problem facing so many endangered families, assistance to families moving to work shall be provided under the "Families Moving to Work Program" which shall be operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program established by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), through which the Department of Housing and Community Development shall test innovative strategies of providing affordable housing combined with child care and a job training program. The housing shall be located on a main transportation system.
(b) The Legislature intends that the funds included in Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 be used as an integral part of a county's welfare plan as a means of assisting families qualifying for CalWORKs benefits and experiencing the greatest difficulty moving from welfare to work. The Legislature further intends for this to be a transitional program that will provide focused, enriched resources to CalWORKs households during the period of moving from welfare to work, and that upon the completion of the program, the household's assistance will be terminated and then a new CalWORKs household will be provided assistance in the Families Moving to Work Program. The Legislature intends that the department may establish goals and timelines for moving from welfare to work, and that broad criteria for this transition shall be applied to households on an individual basis.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the legislative findings and declarations set forth in Sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of both Chapters 1042 and 1043 of the Statutes of 1979, remain valid and are applicable to the program enacted by this chapter. The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need to establish a program to design new living environments, part of which will include social and economic programs, so that working parents, jobseeking parents, and homeless parents can build productive lives for themselves and their children.
(1) That there are more than 600,000 families in California who face the enormous challenge of moving rapidly from welfare to work in order to meet federal and state deadlines.
(2) That a significant number of these families face substantial obstacles in meeting these deadlines inasmuch as a vast percentage of these families pay 50 to 80 percent of their welfare checks for housing, live in counties with unemployment rates that are as high as 30 percent, cannot locate infant or child care because of no availability or long waiting lists, and lack personal or public transportation.
(3) That approximately 1,500,000 children receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) will require child care when their mothers begin private or public employment and that only four out of every 100 slots in licensed child care centers are open to infants.
(4) That most of the 600,000 parents who will be required to work lack training, and a high percentage lack a high school diploma, job experience, and job retention skills in order to earn the income necessary to sustain themselves and their children without welfare assistance. Studies demonstrate that a welfare mother in Los Angeles with one toddler will need to find a job earning thirteen dollars and seven cents ($13.07) per hour in order to provide housing, and the basic necessities and health care. A mother of two needs seventeen dollars and ten cents ($17.10) per hour.
(5) That in response to this complex problem facing so many endangered families, assistance to families moving to work shall be provided under the "Families Moving to Work Program" which shall be operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program established by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), through which the Department of Housing and Community Development shall test innovative strategies of providing affordable housing combined with child care and a job training program. The housing shall be located on a main transportation system.
(b) The Legislature intends that the funds included in Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 be used as an integral part of a county's welfare plan as a means of assisting families qualifying for CalWORKs benefits and experiencing the greatest difficulty moving from welfare to work. The Legislature further intends for this to be a transitional program that will provide focused, enriched resources to CalWORKs households during the period of moving from welfare to work, and that upon the completion of the program, the household's assistance will be terminated and then a new CalWORKs household will be provided assistance in the Families Moving to Work Program. The Legislature intends that the department may establish goals and timelines for moving from welfare to work, and that broad criteria for this transition shall be applied to households on an individual basis.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the legislative findings and declarations set forth in Sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of both Chapters 1042 and 1043 of the Statutes of 1979, remain valid and are applicable to the program enacted by this chapter. The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need to establish a program to design new living environments, part of which will include social and economic programs, so that working parents, jobseeking parents, and homeless parents can build productive lives for themselves and their children.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Families
Moving to Work Program. The Families Moving to Work Program shall be
operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program of the
department (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)).
The definitions in this section apply to all activities
conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, or unless the context requires otherwise, the
definitions in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1
and Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) also apply to this
chapter.
(a) "Community housing development" means a development of 20 or more rental or cooperative units on one or more sites, that includes the social and economic features described in this chapter.
(b) "Congregate housing" or "congregate housing development," means a new or rehabilitated large multibedroom structure in which more than two families share common living areas and child care, cleaning, cooking, and other household responsibilities.
(c) "Sponsor" means any nonprofit corporation, cooperative, or local public agency, or any combination thereof, including limited partnerships in which the managing general partner is an eligible nonprofit corporation.
(a) "Community housing development" means a development of 20 or more rental or cooperative units on one or more sites, that includes the social and economic features described in this chapter.
(b) "Congregate housing" or "congregate housing development," means a new or rehabilitated large multibedroom structure in which more than two families share common living areas and child care, cleaning, cooking, and other household responsibilities.
(c) "Sponsor" means any nonprofit corporation, cooperative, or local public agency, or any combination thereof, including limited partnerships in which the managing general partner is an eligible nonprofit corporation.
(a) The Families Moving to Work Account is hereby
established in the Rental Housing Construction Fund. The account
shall be organized into subaccounts as provided in this chapter. All
of the following moneys shall be paid into the account:
(1) Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for the purposes of the account.
(2) Any moneys that the department receives in repayment or return of loans made from the account, including any interest on those loans.
(3) Any other moneys that may be made available to the department for the purposes of this chapter from any other source or sources.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the account is hereby continuously appropriated to the department and shall be utilized for the purposes of Article 1 (commencing with Section 50880) to Article 4 (commencing with Section 50893), inclusive, including administrative expenses of the department for the implementation and operation of the programs created by this chapter. All interest or other increment resulting from investment or deposit of moneys in the account shall be deposited in the account, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. Moneys in the account are not subject to transfer to any other fund, except as set forth in this chapter, pursuant to any provision of Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, except the Surplus Money Investment Fund.
(c) At the time funding availability is announced by the department, the department may apportion funds available for loans between community housing developments and congregate housing developments. The plan for apportioning funds may include a priority for funding loans for new construction, acquisition and rehabilitation, or rehabilitation.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after July 1, 1996, the unencumbered account balance and reserves shall be transferred out of the Family Housing Demonstration Account, but shall be retained within the Rental Housing Construction Fund.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund pursuant to Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 shall be transferred into the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be used only for the purposes of this chapter. Repayments shall be made to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund and may be used for any eligible purpose of that fund.
(1) Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for the purposes of the account.
(2) Any moneys that the department receives in repayment or return of loans made from the account, including any interest on those loans.
(3) Any other moneys that may be made available to the department for the purposes of this chapter from any other source or sources.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the account is hereby continuously appropriated to the department and shall be utilized for the purposes of Article 1 (commencing with Section 50880) to Article 4 (commencing with Section 50893), inclusive, including administrative expenses of the department for the implementation and operation of the programs created by this chapter. All interest or other increment resulting from investment or deposit of moneys in the account shall be deposited in the account, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. Moneys in the account are not subject to transfer to any other fund, except as set forth in this chapter, pursuant to any provision of Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, except the Surplus Money Investment Fund.
(c) At the time funding availability is announced by the department, the department may apportion funds available for loans between community housing developments and congregate housing developments. The plan for apportioning funds may include a priority for funding loans for new construction, acquisition and rehabilitation, or rehabilitation.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after July 1, 1996, the unencumbered account balance and reserves shall be transferred out of the Family Housing Demonstration Account, but shall be retained within the Rental Housing Construction Fund.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund pursuant to Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 shall be transferred into the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be used only for the purposes of this chapter. Repayments shall be made to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund and may be used for any eligible purpose of that fund.
(a) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 10
percent of the moneys appropriated to the account in a feasibility
subaccount in the account. The moneys in that account may be utilized
to provide funds, as determined necessary by the department, to
ensure the economic feasibility of, and to enable the development of,
community housing developments or congregate housing developments
assisted under this chapter.
(b) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the funds appropriated to the account in an emergency reserve subaccount established in the account. The department may expend moneys in this account to defray unanticipated cost increases or revenue shortfalls, as determined by the department, to the extent necessary to maintain the fiscal integrity of the development and maintain affordable rents for eligible households. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 53130 which limit the use of allocated bond proceeds for project operating costs, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 53133, the department may use any amounts available in the account for the purpose of curing or avoiding a sponsor's default on the terms of any loan or other obligation which will jeopardize the financial integrity of a housing development or the department's security in the housing development. The payment or advance of any funds by the department pursuant to this subdivision shall be solely within the discretion of the department, and no sponsor shall be entitled to, or have any right to, payment of these funds. Funds advanced pursuant to this subdivision shall be added to the loan amount secured by the deed of trust and shall be payable to the department upon demand.
(c) The subaccounts established by this section shall be governed by, and be subject to, all of the provisions governing the account.
(b) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the funds appropriated to the account in an emergency reserve subaccount established in the account. The department may expend moneys in this account to defray unanticipated cost increases or revenue shortfalls, as determined by the department, to the extent necessary to maintain the fiscal integrity of the development and maintain affordable rents for eligible households. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 53130 which limit the use of allocated bond proceeds for project operating costs, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 53133, the department may use any amounts available in the account for the purpose of curing or avoiding a sponsor's default on the terms of any loan or other obligation which will jeopardize the financial integrity of a housing development or the department's security in the housing development. The payment or advance of any funds by the department pursuant to this subdivision shall be solely within the discretion of the department, and no sponsor shall be entitled to, or have any right to, payment of these funds. Funds advanced pursuant to this subdivision shall be added to the loan amount secured by the deed of trust and shall be payable to the department upon demand.
(c) The subaccounts established by this section shall be governed by, and be subject to, all of the provisions governing the account.
The department shall submit a report on or before January
1, 1990, and on or before each January 1, thereafter, to the
Legislature and the Governor on the administration and implementation
of the programs and account which shall include, but not be limited
to, all of the following information:
(a) The number of assisted and nonassisted units in community housing developments and the number of congregate housing developments occupied by, or available to, each income group and the number of elderly and nonelderly households assisted.
(b) The average and median cost of a congregate housing development and of a unit in each community housing development, and the cost of the child care center in each community housing development.
(c) The department's administrative costs and budget for implementation and management.
(d) Details of the implementation and success of the various components of the community housing development or congregate housing development, if applicable.
(e) The department's recommendations, as needed, to improve the operation of the program and the account.
(a) The number of assisted and nonassisted units in community housing developments and the number of congregate housing developments occupied by, or available to, each income group and the number of elderly and nonelderly households assisted.
(b) The average and median cost of a congregate housing development and of a unit in each community housing development, and the cost of the child care center in each community housing development.
(c) The department's administrative costs and budget for implementation and management.
(d) Details of the implementation and success of the various components of the community housing development or congregate housing development, if applicable.
(e) The department's recommendations, as needed, to improve the operation of the program and the account.
