Bill Text: CA AB1474 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1474

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Bill Title: California Statewide Housing Plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2023. [AB1474 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1474

Introduced by Assembly Member Reyes

February 17, 2023

An act to amend Section 50650 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1474, as introduced, Reyes. CalHome Program.

Existing law establishes the CalHome Program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to support existing homeownership programs aimed at lower and very low income households, among other purposes. Existing law includes legislative findings and declarations with regard to the benefits of having an adequate supply of safe and affordable housing.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these findings and declarations.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 50650 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

50650.

The Legislature finds and declares ~~as follows:~~ the following:

(a) An adequate supply of safe and affordable housing is the foundation for strong and sustainable communities. Owner occupied housing is a key housing resource, contributing to neighborhood stability as well as economic vitality.

(b) In California, homeownership is beyond the reach of a large segment of the population. There are also many homeowners who lack the resources to make necessary repairs to their homes, or who would welcome the opportunity to share them with suitable tenants.

(c) Reflecting California’s diversity, there is a variety of proven approaches to the promotion of homeownership within the state. The purpose of the CalHome Program established by this chapter is to support existing homeownership programs aimed at lower and very low income households, and in the case of a disaster, as defined in Section 8680.3 of the Government Code, households at or below moderate income, and operated by private nonprofit and local government agencies, and thereby to increase homeownership, encourage neighborhood revitalization and sustainable development, and maximize use of existing homes.

(d) The CalHome Program is intended to take the place of the Senior Citizens’ Shared Housing Program established by Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 50533), which is repealed by the act enacting this chapter.