Section 50451 Of Chapter 2. Policy Activities Of The Department From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
50451
. The California Statewide Housing Plan shall incorporate a
statement of housing goals, policies, and objectives, as well as all
of the following segments:
(a) An evaluation and summary of housing conditions throughout the
state, with particular emphasis upon the availability of housing for
all economic segments of the state. The evaluation shall include
summary statistics for all counties, all multicounty metropolitan
areas, and rural areas, as defined and designated by the Bureau of
the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, rather than
as defined in Section 50101. The evaluation shall include the
existing distribution of housing by type, size, gross rent, value,
and, to the extent data is available, condition, and the existing
distribution of households by gross income, size, and ethnic
character for each of those areas.
(b) A determination of the statewide need for housing development
for the year the plan is revised and projected four additional years
ahead. The determination of statewide need shall be established as
the minimum number of units necessary to be built or rehabilitated in
order to provide sufficient housing to house all residents of the
state in standard, uncrowded units in suitable locations.
(c) Goals for the provision of housing assistance for the year the
plan is revised and projected four additional years ahead. The goals
shall be established as the minimum number of households to be
assisted that will result in achieving, by the fourth subsequent
year, a substantial reduction in the number of very low income
households and other persons and families of low or moderate income
constrained to pay more than 30 percent of their gross income for
housing. Income groups to be considered in establishing the goals
shall be designated by the department and shall include households a
significant number of which are required to pay more than 30 percent
of their gross income for housing in the fiscal year the plan is
revised, as determined by the department.
(d) An identification of governmental and nongovernmental
constraints and obstacles and specific recommendations for their
removal.
(e) An analysis of state and local housing and building codes and
their enforcement. The analysis shall include consideration of
whether those codes contain sufficient flexibility to respond to new
methods of construction and new materials.
(f) Recommendations for actions by federal, state, and local
governments and the private sector that will contribute to the
attainment of the housing goals established for California.
(g) A housing strategy that coordinates the housing assistance and
activities of state and local agencies, including the provision of
housing assistance for various population groups including, but not
limited to, elderly persons, persons with disabilities, large
families, families where a female is the head of the household,
farmworker households, and other specific population groups as deemed
appropriate by the department. To inform the strategy, the
department shall, to the extent possible, do the following:
(1) Consider information compiled by the University of California
pursuant to Section 9101.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and
from provider and consumer organizations as available.
(2) Consult with various state departments, including the
California Department of Aging, the State Department of Social
Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, the
Employment Development Department, the State Department of
Developmental Services, and other state departments or agencies to
obtain information deemed relevant to the housing needs of
populations addressed in the housing strategy. This paragraph shall
not be construed to require activity beyond the customary scope of
the department's planning process.
(h) A review of housing assistance policies, goals, and objectives
affecting the homeless.