Section 50010 Of Chapter 1. Legislative Findings And Declarations From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) The high cost of housing in this state makes it impossible for
most households to become homeowners and impedes the ability of
California employers to compete in the national marketplace for
employees.
(2) Approximately 1,100,000 lower income renters pay more than 35
percent of their income for housing and over 1,600,000 lower income
renters pay more than 25 percent of their income for housing.
(3) Approximately 875,000 housing units need to be rehabilitated
and over 385,000 units need to be replaced in the state.
(4) Sufficient safe, sanitary, and affordable housing is not
available for households with special needs, particularly elderly and
disabled households.
(5) The Department of Housing and Community Development estimates
that there are between 50,000 and 75,000 homeless individuals in
California and other data discloses that the fastest growing segment
of the homeless population are families with children.
(6) There are nearly 2,000 rental projects built in this state
prior to 1980 under the Section 236, Section 221(d)(3)B.M.I.R., and
Section 8 programs of the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development and the Section 515 Program of the federal Farmers
Home Administration, containing approximately 123,000 units subject
to potential conversion to higher rent housing or condominium units.
(7) The federal budget for assisted housing has declined sharply
leaving state and local government the burden of developing
affordable housing.
(8) The annual budget of the Department of Housing and Community
Development, which includes forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000)
in General Fund and special fund revenues, comprises less than
two-tenths of 1 percent of the proposed 1988-89 state budget of
forty-two billion three hundred million dollars ($42,300,000,000).
(9) The basic housing goal for state government pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 50003 of the Health and Safety Code is to
provide a decent home and suitable living environment for every
California family.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares the following:
(1) There is an urgent and continuing need to provide affordable
housing to meet the increasingly unfulfilled housing needs of this
state.
(2) There is an immediate need to reaffirm commitment to the
official housing policy of the state and provide sufficient financial
resources to meet this commitment over a reasonable period of time.
(3) There is a need to maximize the amount of federal, state,
local, and private resources available for affordable housing and to
minimize the administrative costs and simplify the financing systems
for producing affordable housing.
(4) There is a critical need to provide financial assistance to
(A) purchase, construct, and rehabilitate emergency shelters and
transitional housing for homeless families and individuals, (B)
construct rental housing for families and individuals, including the
special housing needs of the elderly, disabled, and farmworkers, (C)
preserve and rehabilitate homes and rental housing, and (D) provide
home purchase assistance for first-time homebuyers.