Section 51451.5 Of Chapter 9. School Facility Fee Affordable Housing Assistance Programs From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 9.
51451.5
. The Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program of 2002 is
hereby established, to provide assistance in the amount of the
applicable school facility fee on affordable housing developments.
The Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program of 2002 shall, with
funds provided by the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of
2002 (Part 11 (commencing with Section 53500)), provide the
following assistance:
(a) Downpayment assistance to the purchaser of any newly
constructed residential structure in a development project in an
economically distressed area in the amount of school facility fees
paid pursuant to Section 65995.5 or 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:
(1) The development project is located in a county with an
unemployment rate that equals or exceeds 125 percent of the state
unemployment rate.
(2) Five hundred or more residential structures have been
constructed in the county during 2001.
(3) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the
development project is issued by the local agency on or after
January 1, 2002.
(4) 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.
(5) 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. However, if the five-year average exceeds the
Governmental-Sponsored Enterprises conforming loan limit, the sales
price in that county shall not exceed 100 percent of the median sales
price of residential structures in the county during the average of
the previous five years.
(b) Downpayment assistance 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, Section
65995.5, or Section 65995.7 of the Government Code for the eligible
residential structure if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The assistance is provided to a qualified first-time homebuyer
pursuant to Section 50068.5.
(2) The qualified first-time homebuyer does not exceed the lower
or moderate-income requirements in Section 50093.
(3) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the
development project is issued by the local agency on or after
January 1, 2002.
(4) 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.