Section 50462 Of Chapter 2. Policy Activities Of The Department From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
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. The department may initiate, develop, and propose
regulations for adoption by the agency and review regulations
proposed by the board prior to their taking effect, with respect to
the following:
(a) Standards for affirmative marketing programs of housing
sponsors seeking financial assistance from the agency.
(b) Criteria for certifying that the sale or conveyance of real
property pursuant to Section 51061 or Section 51251 will primarily
benefit persons and families of low or moderate income living in a
housing development or a residential structure.
(c) Regulations permitting grants to be made by the agency to
housing sponsors for the purpose of attaining affordable rents in
housing developments financed by the agency. Such grants shall not be
made with moneys derived from the sale of bonds.
(d) Regulations governing payments, procedures, and eligibility
for relocation assistance for individuals and families displaced by
actions of the agency or of housing sponsors of housing developments
or neighborhood improvement loans.
(e) Criteria for qualification of persons, families, and
households as persons and families of low or moderate income, lower
income households, or very low income households.
(f) Regulations establishing the maximum percentage of income
which may be paid by persons and families of low or moderate income
for housing cost within the meaning of the term affordable housing
cost, as defined in Section 50052.5.
(g) Regulations designating geographical areas of need throughout
the state for housing construction or rehabilitation, as identified
in the California Statewide Housing Plan, identifying housing markets
in which insufficient financing is available for purchase or
rehabilitation of existing housing, identifying types of households
with particularly severe housing needs, or establishing priority
criteria for the selection of homes and projects to be financed as
housing developments or neighborhood improvement loans.
(h) Criteria for inclusion of nonhousing facilities in housing
developments financed by the agency.
Regulations proposed by the agency in such areas of responsibility
shall not take effect without concurrence of the director, the
Secretary of Business, Consumer Services and Housing, or a
representative of the secretary specifically designated for such
review and approval.