Section 50697 Of Article 3. General Provisions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.5. >> Article 3.
50697
. (a) The department shall encourage or support all self-help
housing program activities in the state and shall do so in accordance
with the policies, goals, and objectives of the California Statewide
Housing Plan.
(b) The department may seek commitments, on a matching or other
basis, from local agencies for the financial support of local
self-help housing programs.
(c) The department may seek, obtain, and utilize public and
private funds to carry out the purposes and general provisions of
this chapter.
(d) The department shall adopt procedures and regulations
necessary to implement this chapter. The regulations shall include,
but need not be limited to, both of the following requirements:
(1) A maximum mortgage subsidy limit.
(2) Guidelines which either encourage resale to lower income
households or provide assistance to new self-help households. These
guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to, permitting
assumption of department mortgage subsidies or permitting partial or
total forgiveness of mortgage subsidies after a specified period of
occupancy by eligible households. If a household receiving assistance
sells to a household which is not an eligible household, the
regulations shall provide for repayment of the mortgage subsidy and
may provide for payment of interest on the mortgage subsidy. The
guidelines shall also provide that, if the market value at the time
of resale to either an eligible or ineligible household is less than
the total of outstanding mortgages, liens, and the value of the
self-help equity, the amount due in repayment of the mortgage subsidy
shall be reduced by the difference between that total and the market
value.
(e) Any assistance provided pursuant to this chapter shall be
considered a purchase or rehabilitation loan for the purposes of
Section 711.5 of the Civil Code.