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. (a) Occupancy and rent restrictions with respect to housing
acquired pursuant to this chapter shall either meet the requirements
of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) or the requirements of
paragraph (2), as follows:
(1) (A) Not less than 20 percent of the total number of units in a
multifamily rental housing development financed, or for which
financing has been extended or committed, pursuant to this chapter
from the proceeds of the sale of bonds of each bond issuance of the
city or county shall be for occupancy on a priority basis by lower
income households, as defined by Section 50079.5. If a multifamily
rental housing development is located within a targeted area project,
as defined by Section 103(b)(12)(A) of Title 26 of the United States
Code, not less than 15 percent of the total number of units
financed, or for which financing has been extended or committed
pursuant to this chapter, shall be for occupancy on a priority basis
by lower income households. Not less than one-half of the units
required for occupancy on a priority basis by lower income households
shall be for occupancy on a priority basis for very low income
households, as defined by Section 50105.
(B) (i) With respect to multifamily rental developments that are
not mobilehome parks, the rental payments on the units required for
occupancy by very low income households paid by the persons occupying
the units (excluding any supplemental rental assistance from the
state, the federal government, or any other public agency to those
persons or on behalf of those units) shall not exceed 30 percent of
an amount equal to 50 percent of area median income. If the nonprofit
organization elects to establish a base rent for all or part of the
units for lower income households and very low income households, the
base rents shall be adjusted for household size. In adjusting rents
for household size for this purpose, it shall be assumed that one
person will occupy a studio unit, two persons will occupy a
one-bedroom unit, three persons will occupy a two-bedroom unit, four
persons will occupy a three-bedroom unit, and five persons will
occupy a four-bedroom unit.
(ii) With respect to mobilehome parks:
(I) Where a resident rents both the mobilehome and the space
occupied by the mobilehome, for spaces and mobilehomes required for
occupancy by very low income households, the total rental payments
paid by the household on the mobilehome and the space occupied by the
mobilehome (excluding any supplemental rental assistance from the
state, the federal government, or any other public agency to that
household or on behalf of that space and mobilehome) shall not exceed
30 percent of an amount equal to 50 percent of the area median
income, adjusted for household size as appropriate for the unit that
occupies the space.
(II) Where a resident is the registered and legal owner of the
mobilehome, is not making mortgage payments for the purchase of that
mobilehome, and rents the space that the mobilehome occupies, for
spaces and mobilehomes required for occupancy by very low income
households, the total rental charge for occupancy of that space,
excluding a reasonable allowance for other related housing costs
determined at the time of acquisition of the mobilehome park by the
nonprofit corporation, excluding any supplemental rental assistance
from the state, the federal government, or any other public agency to
that household on behalf of that space and mobilehome, shall not
exceed 30 percent of 50 percent of the area median income, adjusted
for household size as appropriate for the unit that occupies the
space.
(III) Where a resident is the registered owner of the mobilehome,
is making mortgage payments for the purchase of that mobilehome, and
rents the space occupied by the mobilehome, for spaces and
mobilehomes required for occupancy by very low income households, the
rental charge for occupancy of a space by a mobilehome, exclusive of
any charges for utilities and storage (excluding any supplemental
rental assistance from the state, the federal government, or any
other public agency to that household or on behalf of that space and
mobilehome), shall not exceed 15 percent of 50 percent of the area
median income, adjusted for household size as appropriate for the
unit that occupies the space.
(IV) In adjusting rents for household size, either the occupancy
standards established in clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(1) of subdivision (a) or the alternative standards that assume that
one person will occupy a recreational vehicle, two persons will
occupy a single-wide mobilehome, and three persons will occupy a
multisectional mobilehome may be utilized.
(2) The multifamily rental housing development is a "qualified
low-income housing project," within the meaning of Section 42(g) of
the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 42), because it meets the
criteria set forth in Section 42(g)(1)(B) and (2) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(b) If at the time of acquisition any of the units or mobilehome
spaces are occupied by ineligible households, that fact alone shall
neither constitute a cause for the tenant's eviction nor render the
project ineligible. Upon vacation of any unit initially occupied by
an ineligible household, that unit shall be rented to an eligible
household until the required residency by eligible households is
attained.
(c) As a condition of financing pursuant to this chapter, the
nonprofit organization shall enter into a regulatory agreement with
the city or county, which shall require that units reserved for
occupancy by lower income households shall remain available on a
priority basis for occupancy for the term of the bonds issued to
provide the financing or 30 years, whichever is greater. The
regulatory agreement shall contain a provision making the covenants
and conditions of the agreement binding upon successors in interest
of the nonprofit organization. The regulatory agreement shall be
recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which
the multifamily rental housing development is located. The regulatory
agreement shall be recorded in the grantor-grantee index to the name
of the property owner as grantor and to the name of the city or
county as grantee.