Chapter 2. Replacement And Location of California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 6. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
The authority shall prepare a feasible method or plan for
relocation of all of the following:
(a) Families and persons to be temporarily or permanently
displaced from housing facilities in the plan area.
(b) Nonprofit local community institutions to be temporarily or
permanently displaced from facilities actually used for institutional
purposes in the project area.
(c) The relocation plan required by this section shall comply with
the relocation plan and assistance requirements of Chapter 16
(commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1.
The city, county, or city and county that created the
authority shall insure that the method or plan of the authority for
the relocation of families or single persons to be displaced by a
revitalization project shall provide that no persons or families of
low and moderate income shall be displaced unless and until there is
a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by the
displaced person or family at rents comparable to those at the time
of their displacement and that all other requirements of Chapter 16
(commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the
Government Code are met. The housing units shall be suitable to the
needs of those displaced persons or families and must be decent,
safe, sanitary, and otherwise standard dwellings. The authority shall
not displace the person or family until the housing units are
available and ready for occupancy.
Whenever all or any portion of a revitalization plan area is
developed with low- or moderate-income housing units and whenever
any low- or moderate-income housing units are developed with any
authority assistance or pursuant to Section 62120, the authority
shall require in the recorded covenants for those units that the
housing be made available for rent or purchase to the persons and
families of low or moderate income displaced by the revitalization
project. Those persons and families shall be given priority in
renting or buying that in advance of marketing the units to the
general public. Failure to give that priority shall not affect the
validity of title to real property; however, a unit may not be
counted as a replacement or production unit in the event of
noncompliance with this provision. The authority shall keep a list of
persons and families of low and moderate income displaced by the
revitalization project who are to be given priority, and may
establish reasonable rules for determining the order or priority on
the list. The list shall be provided to the owner of those properties
at or before any certificate of occupancy is issued.
If insufficient suitable housing units are available in the
plan area for low- and moderate-income persons and families to be
displaced from a community revitalization area, the city council or
board of supervisors that created the authority shall assure that
sufficient land be made available within its territorial jurisdiction
for suitable housing for rental or purchase by low- and
moderate-income persons and families. If insufficient suitable
housing units are available in the community for use by persons and
families of low and moderate income displaced by the revitalization
project, the authority may, to the extent of that deficiency, direct
or cause the development, rehabilitation, or construction of housing
units within the community, both inside and outside of revitalization
plan areas.
Permanent housing facilities shall be made available within
two years from the time occupants are displaced and that pending the
development of such facilities there will be available to such
displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents
comparable to the units from which the displaced occupants were
displaced.
(a) Whenever dwelling units housing persons and families of
low or moderate income are destroyed or removed from the low- and
moderate-income housing market as part of a revitalization project
that is subject to a written agreement with the authority or where
financial assistance has been provided by the authority, the
authority shall, within two years of the destruction or removal,
rehabilitate, develop, or construct, or cause to be rehabilitated,
developed, or constructed, for rental or sale to persons and families
of low or moderate income, an equal number of replacement dwelling
units that have an equal or greater number of bedrooms as those
destroyed or removed units at affordable housing costs within the
territorial jurisdiction of the authority. One hundred percent of the
replacement dwelling units shall be available at an affordable
housing cost to persons in the same or a lower income category
(extremely low, low, very low, or moderate), as the persons displaced
from those destroyed or removed units.
(b) (1) Prior to the time limit on the effectiveness of the
community revitalization plan established pursuant to subdivision (g)
of Section 62003 at least 30 percent of all new and substantially
rehabilitated dwelling units developed by an authority shall be
available at affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and
families of low or moderate income. Not less than 50 percent of the
dwelling units required to be available at affordable housing cost
to, and occupied by, persons and families of low or moderate income
shall be available at affordable housing cost to, and occupied by,
very low income households.
(2) (A) (i) Prior to the time limit on the effectiveness of the
revitalization plan established pursuant to subdivision (g) of
Section 62003 at least 15 percent of all new and substantially
rehabilitated dwelling units developed within a plan area under the
jurisdiction of an authority by public or private entities or persons
other than the authority shall be available at affordable housing
cost to, and occupied by, persons and families of low or moderate
income. Not less than 40 percent of the dwelling units required to be
available at affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons
and families of low or moderate income shall be available at
affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, very low income
households.
(ii) To satisfy this paragraph, in whole or in part, the authority
may cause, by regulation or agreement, to be available, at an
affordable housing cost, to, and occupied by, persons and families of
low or moderate income or to very low income households, as
applicable, two units outside a project area for each unit that
otherwise would have been required to be available inside a project
area.
(iii) "Substantially rehabilitated dwelling units" means all units
substantially rehabilitated, with authority assistance.
(iv) As used in this paragraph and in paragraph (1), "substantial
rehabilitation" means rehabilitation, the value of which constitutes
25 percent of the after rehabilitation value of the dwelling,
inclusive of the land value.
(B) To satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1) and subparagraph
(A), the authority may purchase, or otherwise acquire or cause by
regulation or agreement the purchase or other acquisition of,
long-term affordability covenants on multifamily units that restrict
the cost of renting or purchasing those units that either: (i) are
not presently available at affordable housing cost to persons and
families of low- or very low income households, as applicable; or
(ii) are units that are presently available at affordable housing
cost to this same group of persons or families, but are units that
the authority finds, based upon substantial evidence, after a public
hearing, cannot reasonably be expected to remain affordable to this
same group of persons or families.
(C) To satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1) and subparagraph
(A), the long-term affordability covenants purchased or otherwise
acquired pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be required to be
maintained on dwelling units at affordable housing cost to, and
occupied by, persons and families of low or very low income, for the
longest feasible time but not less than 55 years for rental units and
45 years for owner-occupied units. Not more than 50 percent of the
units made available pursuant to paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A)
may be assisted through the purchase or acquisition of long-term
affordability covenants pursuant to subparagraph (B). Not less than
50 percent of the units made available through the purchase or
acquisition of long-term affordability covenants pursuant to
subparagraph (B) shall be available at affordable housing cost to,
and occupied by, very low income households.
(D) To satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1) and subparagraph
(A), each mutual self-help housing unit, as defined in subparagraph
(C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 62101, that is
subject to a 15-year deed restriction shall count as one-third of a
unit.
(3) The requirements of this subdivision shall apply independently
of the requirements of subdivision (a). The requirements of this
subdivision shall apply, in the aggregate, to housing made available
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and not to each
individual case of rehabilitation, development, or construction of
dwelling units, unless an agency determines otherwise.
(4) Each authority, as part of the community revitalization and
investment plan required by Section 62003, shall adopt a plan to
comply with the requirements of this subdivision. The plan shall be
consistent with the community's housing element. The plan shall be
reviewed and, if necessary, amended at least in conjunction with the
plan implementation cycle. The plan shall ensure that the
requirements of this subdivision are met every 10 years. If the
requirements of this subdivision are not met by the end of each
10-year period, the agency shall meet these goals on an annual basis
until the requirements for the 10-year period are met. If the agency
has exceeded the requirements within the 10-year period, the agency
may count the units that exceed the requirement in order to meet the
requirements during the next 10-year period.
(c) (1) The authority shall require all replacement dwelling units
and other dwelling units rehabilitated, developed, constructed, or
price restricted pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) remain available
at affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and families
of extremely low income, low-income, moderate-income, and very low
income households, respectively, for the longest feasible time, but
for not less than 55 years for rental units, 45 years for home
ownership units, and 15 years for mutual self-help housing units, as
defined in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of
Section 62101, except as set forth in paragraph (2). Nothing in this
paragraph precludes the agency and the developer of the mutual
self-help housing units from agreeing to 45-year deed restrictions.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the authority may permit sales
of owner-occupied units prior to the expiration of the 45-year
period, and mutual self-help housing units prior to the expiration of
the 15-year period, established by the authority for a price in
excess of that otherwise permitted under this subdivision pursuant to
an adopted program that protects the authority's investment of
moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, including, but
not limited to, an equity sharing program that establishes a schedule
of equity sharing that permits retention by the seller of a portion
of those excess proceeds, based on the length of occupancy. The
remainder of the excess proceeds of the sale shall be allocated to
the authority, and deposited into the Low and Moderate Income Housing
Fund. The authority shall, within three years from the date of sale
pursuant to this paragraph of each home ownership or mutual self-help
housing unit subject to a 45-year deed restriction, and every third
mutual self-help housing unit subject to a 15-year deed restriction,
expend funds to make affordable an equal number of units at the same
or lowest income level as the unit or units sold pursuant to this
paragraph, for a period not less than the duration of the original
deed restrictions. Only the units originally assisted by the
authority shall be counted towards the authority's obligations under
Section 62120.
(3) The requirements of this section shall be made enforceable in
the same manner as provided in paragraph (7) of subdivision (f) of
Section 62101.
(4) If land on which the dwelling units required by this section
are located is deleted from the plan area, the authority shall
continue to require that those units remain affordable as specified
in this subdivision.
(5) For each unit counted towards the requirements of subdivisions
(a) and (b), the authority shall require the recording in the office
of the county recorder of covenants or restrictions that ensure
compliance with this subdivision and shall comply with the
requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (f) of Section
62101.
(d) Except as otherwise authorized by law, this section does not
authorize an authority to operate a rental housing development beyond
the period reasonably necessary to sell or lease the housing
development.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the authority may replace
destroy or remove dwelling units with a fewer number of replacement
dwelling units if the replacement dwelling units meet both of the
following criteria:
(1) The total number of bedrooms in the replacement dwelling units
equals or exceeds the number of bedrooms in the destroyed or removed
units. Destroyed or removed units having one or no bedroom are
deemed for this purpose to have one bedroom.
(2) The replacement units are affordable to, and occupied by, the
same income level of households as the destroyed or removed units.
(f) "Longest feasible time," as used in this section, includes,
but is not limited to, unlimited duration.
(a) Not less than 30 days prior to the execution of an
agreement for acquisition of real property, or the execution of an
agreement for the disposition and development of property, or the
execution of an owner participation agreement, which agreement would
lead to the destruction or removal of dwelling units from the low-
and moderate-income housing market, the authority shall adopt by
resolution a replacement housing plan. Not less than 30 days prior to
adopting a replacement housing plan by resolution, the authority
shall make available a draft of the proposed replacement housing plan
for review and comment by property owners and residents within the
plan area, any persons who have requested notice of that replacement
housing plan, other public agencies, and the general public.
The replacement housing plan shall include all of the following:
(1) A description of the housing to be destroyed or removed,
including the address, parcel number, number and size of units,
whether the units are occupied, and if so, the income categories of
the occupants, if that information is available, whether the units
are rental or ownership, the rent levels or sale price of the units,
and if the units have existing affordable covenants, the nature and
source of the subsidy and duration of the covenants.
(2) A description of the housing to be rehabilitated, developed,
or constructed pursuant to Section 62120 to replace the units
described in paragraph (1), including the general location of the
replacement units, the number and size of the replacement units, the
affordability levels of the replacement units, whether the
replacement units will be rental or ownership, and duration of the
affordability covenants applicable to the units.
(3) An analysis of the cost of producing the replacement units and
a description of the source and adequacy of funds or financing, or
both, available for the rehabilitation, development, or construction.
(4) A finding that the replacement housing does not require the
approval of the voters pursuant to Article XXXIV of the California
Constitution, or that such approval has been obtained.
(5) The timetable for meeting the plan's relocation,
rehabilitation, and replacement housing objectives. A dwelling unit
whose replacement is required by Section 62120 but for which no
replacement housing plan has been prepared, shall not be destroyed or
removed from the low- and moderate-income housing market until the
agency has by resolution adopted a replacement housing plan.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent an authority from
destroying or removing from the low- and moderate-income housing
market a dwelling unit which the authority owns and which is an
immediate danger to health and safety. The authority shall, as soon
as practicable, adopt by resolution a replacement housing plan with
respect to that dwelling unit pursuant to this part.
An authority causing the rehabilitation, development, or
construction of replacement dwelling units, other than single-family
residences, pursuant to Section 62120, or pursuant to a replacement
housing plan as required by Section 62120.5, or pursuant to
provisions of a revitalization plan required by Section 62103,
primarily for persons of low income, as defined in Section 50093 of
the Health and Safety Code, shall give preference to those
developments that are proposed to be organized as limited-equity
housing cooperatives, when so requested as part of the public review,
provided the project is achievable in an efficient and timely
manner.
The limited-equity housing cooperatives shall, in addition to the
provisions of Section 817 of the Civil Code, be organized so that the
consideration paid for memberships or shares by the first occupants
following construction or acquisition by the corporation, including
the principal amount of obligations incurred to finance the share or
membership purchase, does not exceed 3 percent of the development
cost or acquisition cost, or of the fair market value appraisal by
the permanent lender, whichever is greater.
An authority shall provide relocation assistance and shall
make all of the payments required by Chapter 16 (commencing with
Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1, including the making of those
payments financed by the federal government.
This section shall not be construed to limit any other authority
which an authority may have to make other relocation assistance
payments, or to make any relocation assistance payment in an amount
which exceeds the maximum amount for that payment authorized by
Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1.
In order to facilitate the rehousing of families and single
persons displaced by any governmental action, an authority, at the
request of the city council or board of supervisors that created the
authority, may dispose of the real property acquired under the
provisions of subdivision (b) of section 62201, by sale or long-term
lease, for use as, or development of, housing for those displaced
persons.
(a) An authority shall monitor, on an ongoing basis, any
housing affordable to persons and families of low or moderate income
developed or otherwise made available pursuant to any provisions of
this part. As part of this monitoring, an authority shall require
owners or managers of the housing to submit an annual report to the
authority. The annual reports shall include for each rental unit the
rental rate and the income and family size of the occupants, and for
each owner-occupied unit whether there was a change in ownership from
the prior year and, if so, the income and family size of the new
owners. The income information required by this section shall be
supplied by the tenant in a certified statement on a form provided by
the authority.
(b) The data specified in subdivision (a) shall be obtained by the
authority from owners and managers of the housing specified therein
and current data shall be included in any reports required by law to
be submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development
or the Controller. The information on income and family size that is
required to be reported by the owner or manager shall be supplied by
the tenant and shall be the only information on income or family size
that the owner or manager shall be required to submit on his or her
annual report to the agency.
(c) (1) The authority shall compile and maintain a database of
existing, new, and substantially rehabilitated, housing units
developed or otherwise assisted with moneys from the Low and Moderate
Income Housing Fund, or otherwise counted towards the requirements
of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 62120. The database shall be
posted in an easily identifiable and accessible location on the
authority's Internet Web site and updated on an annual basis and
shall include the date the database was last updated. The database
shall require all of the following information for each
owner-occupied unit or rental unit, or for each group of units, if
more than one unit is subject to the same covenant:
(A) The street address and the assessor's parcel number of the
property.
(B) The size of each unit, measured by the number of bedrooms.
(C) The year in which the construction or substantial
rehabilitation of the unit was completed.
(D) The date of recordation and document number of the
affordability covenants or restrictions required under subdivision
(f) of Section 33334.3 of the Health and Safety Code.
(E) The date on which the covenants or restrictions expire.
(F) For owner-occupied units that have changed ownership during
the reporting year, as described in subdivision (a), the date and
document number of the new affordability covenants or other documents
recorded to assure that the affordability restriction is enforceable
and continues to run with the land.
(G) Whether occupancy in the unit or units is restricted to any
special population, including, but not limited to, senior citizens
and persons with disabilities.
(H) Whether occupancy in the unit or units is restricted to an
extremely low, very low, low-, or moderate-income household.
(2) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (D) of paragraph (1),
the database shall omit any property used to confidentially house
victims of domestic violence.
(3) Upon establishment of a database under this section, the
authority shall provide reasonable notice to the community regarding
the existence of the database.
(d) The authority shall adequately fund its monitoring activities
as needed to insure compliance of applicable laws and agreements in
relation to affordable units. For purposes of defraying the cost of
complying with the requirements of this section and the changes in
reporting requirements enacted by the act enacting this section, an
authority may establish and impose fees upon owners of properties
monitored pursuant to this section.