Section 50749 Of Article 2. Rental Construction Incentive Program From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 2.
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. Any rental housing development assisted pursuant to this
article shall be governed by a regulatory agreement between the
sponsor and the agency or local finance entity. Such regulatory
agreements shall be recorded or referenced in a recorded document in
the office of the county recorder for the county in which the rental
housing development is located. The regulatory agreements shall
contain at least all of the following:
(a) Restrictions on occupancy of dwelling units within the rental
housing development, as necessary to meet the requirements of
Sections 50736 and 50739.
(b) A requirement that prevailing wage rates be paid with respect
to construction of the rental housing development, and that all
contractors and subcontractors use affirmative action in hiring.
(c) The authorization for the agency or local finance entity to
fix and alter, from time to time, a schedule of rents such as may be
necessary to provide residents of the rental housing development with
affordable rents, to the extent consistent with the maintenance of
the financial integrity of the rental housing development.
With respect to rental housing developments financed by the
agency, no housing sponsor may increase rents except in accordance
with the provisions of Section 51200. With respect to units under the
supervision of a local finance entity, no housing sponsor shall
increase the rent without the prior permission of such entity which
shall be given only if the sponsor affirmatively demonstrates that
such increase is required to defray necessary operating costs or to
avoid jeopardizing the fiscal integrity of the rental housing
development. Prior to the time any rent increase is effective, the
housing sponsor shall notify every affected tenant, in writing, of
informal meetings with the housing sponsor to review the proposed
rent increase. Each tenant, upon request, shall be provided the
information submitted to the local housing finance entity pursuant to
this subdivision.
Notwithstanding Section 51200 with respect to rental housing
developments assisted under this article, if the agency or local
finance entity does not act upon a request for a rent increase within
60 days from documented receipt of the request, such increase shall
be deemed approved.
Thirty days' notice of any rent increase shall be given in
writing.
(d) Provisions implementing standards governing selection of
tenants by sponsors to ensure initial and continued occupancy by
eligible households consistent with the requirements of Sections
50736 and 50739.
(e) Provisions implementing the terms of occupancy agreements.
(f) Provisions necessary for the administration and protection of
annuity trust funds established pursuant to Section 50748 and for
recovery and reallocation of annuity fund payments and rent revenues
pursuant to subdivisions (n) and (o) of Section 50746.
(g) Any other provisions necessary to carry out the purposes and
to exercise the powers granted by this chapter.
The regulatory agreement shall remain in effect so long as any
financing for the rental housing development provided by the agency
or local finance entity remains outstanding, but in any event not
less than 30 years. The regulatory agreement shall be enforceable as
specified in subdivision (m) of Section 50746 by the department, the
agency or local finance entity or by any intended beneficiary of
housing assisted under this chapter as against the sponsor or any
successor in interest of the sponsor.