Section 19904 Of Part 4.5. Shared Housing For The Elderly And The Handicapped From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 13. >> Part 4.5.
19904
. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any rule,
regulation, condition, covenant, or restriction to the contrary, if
a public agency owns and operates, or owns and causes to be operated,
or provides assistance to, a housing development, and if a private
owner or operator of a housing development receives assistance from a
public agency, an elderly or handicapped household may qualify and
live together in an efficiency, studio, or one bedroom unit of that
housing development.
(b) (1) The public agency, or private owner or operator of a
housing development receiving assistance from a public agency, may
prohibit residency as provided in subdivision (a) on any of the
following grounds:
(A) If compliance with subdivision (a) would violate or be
inconsistent with a federal or state law or regulation or local
ordinance or regulation relating to health and safety.
(B) If the combined income of all persons in the elderly or
handicapped household, considering all permitted deductions and
adjustments, is not in the income category of a family of the same
size that would be eligible for assisted rental housing, if and to
the extent that income limitations or requirements exist.
(C) If the density of use of the dwelling unit would violate the
requirements for efficiency, studio, or one bedroom units as
prescribed by the Uniform Housing Code, or regulations promulgated by
the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to
Section 50152.7.
(D) Those persons otherwise violate the requirements imposed
pursuant to state or federal law for the particular rental housing
program for which they seek to qualify.
(2) This subdivision does not apply to any residency, occupancy,
or use of a dwelling that is permitted under Section 51.3 of the
Civil Code.