Section 51451 Of Chapter 9. School Facility Fee Affordable Housing Assistance Programs From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 9.
51451
. The Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program and the Rental
Assistance Program are hereby established to provide assistance in
the amount of the applicable school facility fee on affordable
housing developments.
(a) A Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program shall provide the
following assistance:
(1) Downpayment assistance to the purchaser of newly constructed
residential structures in a development project in economically
distressed areas in the aggregate amount of school facility fees paid
pursuant to one or both of Sections 65995.5 and 65995.7 of the
Government Code, less the amount that would be required pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 65995 of the Government Code
notwithstanding Sections 65995.5 and 65995.7 of the Government Code,
if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The development project is located in a county with an
unemployment rate that equals or exceeds 125 percent of the state
unemployment rate.
(B) Five hundred or more residential structures have been
constructed in the county during 1997.
(C) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the
development project is issued by the local agency on or after
January 1, 1999.
(D) The eligible residential structure is to be owner occupied for
at least five years. If a structure is owner occupied for fewer than
five years, the recipient of the assistance shall repay the School
Facilities Fee Assistance Fund the amount of the assistance, on a
prorated basis.
(E) The sales price of the eligible residential structure does not
exceed 175 percent of the median sales price of residential
structures in the county during the average of the previous five
years.
(2) Downpayment assistance to the purchaser of any newly
constructed residential structure in the development project in the
aggregate amount of school facility fees paid pursuant to one, all,
or any combination of Sections 65995, 65995.5, and 65995.7 of the
Government Code, less the amount that would be required pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 65995 of the Government Code
notwithstanding Sections 65995.5 and 65995.7 of the Government Code,
if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The development project is located in the state.
(B) The sales price of the eligible residential structure in the
development project does not exceed one hundred thirty thousand
dollars ($130,000) unless the median sales price for California as
reported by the Construction Industry Research Board for new homes
sold indicates that the median sales price has increased. That sales
price limit shall be increased or decreased each successive year by
the agency according to the percentage change in the median sales
price for new homes sold from the previous year as reported by the
Construction Industry Research Board.
(C) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the
development project is issued by the local agency on or after
January 1, 1999.
(D) The eligible residential structure is to be owner occupied for
at least five years. If a structure is owner occupied for fewer than
five years, the recipient of the assistance shall repay the School
Facilities Fee Assistance Fund the amount of the assistance, on a
prorated basis.
(3) Downpayment to the purchaser of any newly constructed
residential structure in a development project in the aggregate
amount of school facility fees paid pursuant to one, all, or any
combination of subdivision (b) of Section 65995 and Sections 65995.5
and 65995.7 of the Government Code for the eligible residential
structure if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The assistance is provided to a qualified first-time homebuyer
pursuant to Section 50068.5.
(B) The qualified first-time homebuyer meets the moderate income
requirements set forth in Section 50093.
(C) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the
development project is issued by the local agency on or after
January 1, 1999.
(D) The eligible residential structure is to be owner occupied for
at least five years. If a structure is owner occupied for fewer than
five years, the recipient of the assistance shall repay the School
Facilities Fee Assistance Fund the amount of the assistance, on a
prorated basis.
(b) A Rental Assistance Program shall provide assistance to the
housing sponsor of a housing development in the aggregate amount of
the school facility fees paid pursuant to one, all, or any
combination of subdivision (b) of Section 65995 and Sections 65995.5
and Section 65995.7 of the Government Code that meets all of the
following conditions:
(1) The units are deed restricted to very low income households
and are continuously available to or occupied by very low income
households at rents that do not exceed those prescribed by Section
50053, except that for the purposes of this subdivision, very low
income shall be defined as 30 percent times 30 percent of the median
income adjusted for family size appropriate for the unit.
(2) The number of dedicated residential units must equal or exceed
the number of units supported by the reimbursed school impact fees
determined by the average per unit development cost.
(3) The dedicated residential units are regulated by an
appropriate local or state agency for a minimum of 30 years.
(4) A building permit for an eligible residential unit in the
development project is issued by the local agency on or after January
1, 1999.