50880. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) That there are more than 600,000 families in California who
face the enormous challenge of moving rapidly from welfare to work in
order to meet federal and state deadlines.
(2) That a significant number of these families face substantial
obstacles in meeting these deadlines inasmuch as a vast percentage of
these families pay 50 to 80 percent of their welfare checks for
housing, live in counties with unemployment rates that are as high as
30 percent, cannot locate infant or child care because of no
availability or long waiting lists, and lack personal or public
transportation.
(3) That approximately 1,500,000 children receiving Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) will require child care when
their mothers begin private or public employment and that only four
out of every 100 slots in licensed child care centers are open to
infants.
(4) That most of the 600,000 parents who will be required to work
lack training, and a high percentage lack a high school diploma, job
experience, and job retention skills in order to earn the income
necessary to sustain themselves and their children without welfare
assistance. Studies demonstrate that a welfare mother in Los Angeles
with one toddler will need to find a job earning thirteen dollars and
seven cents ($13.07) per hour in order to provide housing, and the
basic necessities and health care. A mother of two needs seventeen
dollars and ten cents ($17.10) per hour.
(5) That in response to this complex problem facing so many
endangered families, assistance to families moving to work shall be
provided under the "Families Moving to Work Program" which shall be
operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program
established by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), through
which the Department of Housing and Community Development shall test
innovative strategies of providing affordable housing combined with
child care and a job training program. The housing shall be located
on a main transportation system.
(b) The Legislature intends that the funds included in Item
2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 be used as an integral part
of a county's welfare plan as a means of assisting families
qualifying for CalWORKs benefits and experiencing the greatest
difficulty moving from welfare to work. The Legislature further
intends for this to be a transitional program that will provide
focused, enriched resources to CalWORKs households during the period
of moving from welfare to work, and that upon the completion of the
program, the household's assistance will be terminated and then a new
CalWORKs household will be provided assistance in the Families
Moving to Work Program. The Legislature intends that the department
may establish goals and timelines for moving from welfare to work,
and that broad criteria for this transition shall be applied to
households on an individual basis.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the legislative
findings and declarations set forth in Sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of
both Chapters 1042 and 1043 of the Statutes of 1979, remain valid
and are applicable to the program enacted by this chapter. The
Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need to
establish a program to design new living environments, part of which
will include social and economic programs, so that working parents,
jobseeking parents, and homeless parents can build productive lives
for themselves and their children.
50881. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Families
Moving to Work Program. The Families Moving to Work Program shall be
operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program of the
department (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)).
50881.5. The definitions in this section apply to all activities
conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, or unless the context requires otherwise, the
definitions in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1
and Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) also apply to this
chapter.
(a) "Community housing development" means a development of 20 or
more rental or cooperative units on one or more sites, that includes
the social and economic features described in this chapter.
(b) "Congregate housing" or "congregate housing development,"
means a new or rehabilitated large multibedroom structure in which
more than two families share common living areas and child care,
cleaning, cooking, and other household responsibilities.
(c) "Sponsor" means any nonprofit corporation, cooperative, or
local public agency, or any combination thereof, including limited
partnerships in which the managing general partner is an eligible
nonprofit corporation.
50882. (a) The Families Moving to Work Account is hereby
established in the Rental Housing Construction Fund. The account
shall be organized into subaccounts as provided in this chapter. All
of the following moneys shall be paid into the account:
(1) Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature
for the purposes of the account.
(2) Any moneys that the department receives in repayment or return
of loans made from the account, including any interest on those
loans.
(3) Any other moneys that may be made available to the department
for the purposes of this chapter from any other source or sources.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all
money in the account is hereby continuously appropriated to the
department and shall be utilized for the purposes of Article 1
(commencing with Section 50880) to Article 4 (commencing with Section
50893), inclusive, including administrative expenses of the
department for the implementation and operation of the programs
created by this chapter. All interest or other increment resulting
from investment or deposit of moneys in the account shall be
deposited in the account, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the
Government Code. Moneys in the account are not subject to transfer to
any other fund, except as set forth in this chapter, pursuant to any
provision of Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of
Title 2 of the Government Code, except the Surplus Money Investment
Fund.
(c) At the time funding availability is announced by the
department, the department may apportion funds available for loans
between community housing developments and congregate housing
developments. The plan for apportioning funds may include a priority
for funding loans for new construction, acquisition and
rehabilitation, or rehabilitation.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after July
1, 1996, the unencumbered account balance and reserves shall be
transferred out of the Family Housing Demonstration Account, but
shall be retained within the Rental Housing Construction Fund.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds
transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund pursuant to Item
2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 shall be transferred into the
Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be used only for the purposes of
this chapter. Repayments shall be made to the Housing Rehabilitation
Loan Fund and may be used for any eligible purpose of that fund.
50883.5. (a) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 10
percent of the moneys appropriated to the account in a feasibility
subaccount in the account. The moneys in that account may be utilized
to provide funds, as determined necessary by the department, to
ensure the economic feasibility of, and to enable the development of,
community housing developments or congregate housing developments
assisted under this chapter.
(b) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 3 percent
of the funds appropriated to the account in an emergency reserve
subaccount established in the account. The department may expend
moneys in this account to defray unanticipated cost increases or
revenue shortfalls, as determined by the department, to the extent
necessary to maintain the fiscal integrity of the development and
maintain affordable rents for eligible households. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 53130 which limit the use of allocated bond
proceeds for project operating costs, and notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 53133, the department may use any amounts
available in the account for the purpose of curing or avoiding a
sponsor's default on the terms of any loan or other obligation which
will jeopardize the financial integrity of a housing development or
the department's security in the housing development. The payment or
advance of any funds by the department pursuant to this subdivision
shall be solely within the discretion of the department, and no
sponsor shall be entitled to, or have any right to, payment of these
funds. Funds advanced pursuant to this subdivision shall be added to
the loan amount secured by the deed of trust and shall be payable to
the department upon demand.
(c) The subaccounts established by this section shall be governed
by, and be subject to, all of the provisions governing the account.
50884.5. The department shall submit a report on or before January
1, 1990, and on or before each January 1, thereafter, to the
Legislature and the Governor on the administration and implementation
of the programs and account which shall include, but not be limited
to, all of the following information:
(a) The number of assisted and nonassisted units in community
housing developments and the number of congregate housing
developments occupied by, or available to, each income group and the
number of elderly and nonelderly households assisted.
(b) The average and median cost of a congregate housing
development and of a unit in each community housing development, and
the cost of the child care center in each community housing
development.
(c) The department's administrative costs and budget for
implementation and management.
(d) Details of the implementation and success of the various
components of the community housing development or congregate housing
development, if applicable.
(e) The department's recommendations, as needed, to improve the
operation of the program and the account.
50880. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) That there are more than 600,000 families in California who
face the enormous challenge of moving rapidly from welfare to work in
order to meet federal and state deadlines.
(2) That a significant number of these families face substantial
obstacles in meeting these deadlines inasmuch as a vast percentage of
these families pay 50 to 80 percent of their welfare checks for
housing, live in counties with unemployment rates that are as high as
30 percent, cannot locate infant or child care because of no
availability or long waiting lists, and lack personal or public
transportation.
(3) That approximately 1,500,000 children receiving Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) will require child care when
their mothers begin private or public employment and that only four
out of every 100 slots in licensed child care centers are open to
infants.
(4) That most of the 600,000 parents who will be required to work
lack training, and a high percentage lack a high school diploma, job
experience, and job retention skills in order to earn the income
necessary to sustain themselves and their children without welfare
assistance. Studies demonstrate that a welfare mother in Los Angeles
with one toddler will need to find a job earning thirteen dollars and
seven cents ($13.07) per hour in order to provide housing, and the
basic necessities and health care. A mother of two needs seventeen
dollars and ten cents ($17.10) per hour.
(5) That in response to this complex problem facing so many
endangered families, assistance to families moving to work shall be
provided under the "Families Moving to Work Program" which shall be
operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program
established by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), through
which the Department of Housing and Community Development shall test
innovative strategies of providing affordable housing combined with
child care and a job training program. The housing shall be located
on a main transportation system.
(b) The Legislature intends that the funds included in Item
2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 be used as an integral part
of a county's welfare plan as a means of assisting families
qualifying for CalWORKs benefits and experiencing the greatest
difficulty moving from welfare to work. The Legislature further
intends for this to be a transitional program that will provide
focused, enriched resources to CalWORKs households during the period
of moving from welfare to work, and that upon the completion of the
program, the household's assistance will be terminated and then a new
CalWORKs household will be provided assistance in the Families
Moving to Work Program. The Legislature intends that the department
may establish goals and timelines for moving from welfare to work,
and that broad criteria for this transition shall be applied to
households on an individual basis.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the legislative
findings and declarations set forth in Sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of
both Chapters 1042 and 1043 of the Statutes of 1979, remain valid
and are applicable to the program enacted by this chapter. The
Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need to
establish a program to design new living environments, part of which
will include social and economic programs, so that working parents,
jobseeking parents, and homeless parents can build productive lives
for themselves and their children.
50881. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Families
Moving to Work Program. The Families Moving to Work Program shall be
operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program of the
department (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)).
50881.5. The definitions in this section apply to all activities
conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, or unless the context requires otherwise, the
definitions in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1
and Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) also apply to this
chapter.
(a) "Community housing development" means a development of 20 or
more rental or cooperative units on one or more sites, that includes
the social and economic features described in this chapter.
(b) "Congregate housing" or "congregate housing development,"
means a new or rehabilitated large multibedroom structure in which
more than two families share common living areas and child care,
cleaning, cooking, and other household responsibilities.
(c) "Sponsor" means any nonprofit corporation, cooperative, or
local public agency, or any combination thereof, including limited
partnerships in which the managing general partner is an eligible
nonprofit corporation.
50882. (a) The Families Moving to Work Account is hereby
established in the Rental Housing Construction Fund. The account
shall be organized into subaccounts as provided in this chapter. All
of the following moneys shall be paid into the account:
(1) Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature
for the purposes of the account.
(2) Any moneys that the department receives in repayment or return
of loans made from the account, including any interest on those
loans.
(3) Any other moneys that may be made available to the department
for the purposes of this chapter from any other source or sources.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all
money in the account is hereby continuously appropriated to the
department and shall be utilized for the purposes of Article 1
(commencing with Section 50880) to Article 4 (commencing with Section
50893), inclusive, including administrative expenses of the
department for the implementation and operation of the programs
created by this chapter. All interest or other increment resulting
from investment or deposit of moneys in the account shall be
deposited in the account, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the
Government Code. Moneys in the account are not subject to transfer to
any other fund, except as set forth in this chapter, pursuant to any
provision of Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of
Title 2 of the Government Code, except the Surplus Money Investment
Fund.
(c) At the time funding availability is announced by the
department, the department may apportion funds available for loans
between community housing developments and congregate housing
developments. The plan for apportioning funds may include a priority
for funding loans for new construction, acquisition and
rehabilitation, or rehabilitation.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after July
1, 1996, the unencumbered account balance and reserves shall be
transferred out of the Family Housing Demonstration Account, but
shall be retained within the Rental Housing Construction Fund.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds
transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund pursuant to Item
2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 shall be transferred into the
Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be used only for the purposes of
this chapter. Repayments shall be made to the Housing Rehabilitation
Loan Fund and may be used for any eligible purpose of that fund.
50883.5. (a) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 10
percent of the moneys appropriated to the account in a feasibility
subaccount in the account. The moneys in that account may be utilized
to provide funds, as determined necessary by the department, to
ensure the economic feasibility of, and to enable the development of,
community housing developments or congregate housing developments
assisted under this chapter.
(b) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 3 percent
of the funds appropriated to the account in an emergency reserve
subaccount established in the account. The department may expend
moneys in this account to defray unanticipated cost increases or
revenue shortfalls, as determined by the department, to the extent
necessary to maintain the fiscal integrity of the development and
maintain affordable rents for eligible households. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 53130 which limit the use of allocated bond
proceeds for project operating costs, and notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 53133, the department may use any amounts
available in the account for the purpose of curing or avoiding a
sponsor's default on the terms of any loan or other obligation which
will jeopardize the financial integrity of a housing development or
the department's security in the housing development. The payment or
advance of any funds by the department pursuant to this subdivision
shall be solely within the discretion of the department, and no
sponsor shall be entitled to, or have any right to, payment of these
funds. Funds advanced pursuant to this subdivision shall be added to
the loan amount secured by the deed of trust and shall be payable to
the department upon demand.
(c) The subaccounts established by this section shall be governed
by, and be subject to, all of the provisions governing the account.
50884.5. The department shall submit a report on or before January
1, 1990, and on or before each January 1, thereafter, to the
Legislature and the Governor on the administration and implementation
of the programs and account which shall include, but not be limited
to, all of the following information:
(a) The number of assisted and nonassisted units in community
housing developments and the number of congregate housing
developments occupied by, or available to, each income group and the
number of elderly and nonelderly households assisted.
(b) The average and median cost of a congregate housing
development and of a unit in each community housing development, and
the cost of the child care center in each community housing
development.
(c) The department's administrative costs and budget for
implementation and management.
(d) Details of the implementation and success of the various
components of the community housing development or congregate housing
development, if applicable.
(e) The department's recommendations, as needed, to improve the
operation of the program and the account.
50880. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) That there are more than 600,000 families in California who
face the enormous challenge of moving rapidly from welfare to work in
order to meet federal and state deadlines.
(2) That a significant number of these families face substantial
obstacles in meeting these deadlines inasmuch as a vast percentage of
these families pay 50 to 80 percent of their welfare checks for
housing, live in counties with unemployment rates that are as high as
30 percent, cannot locate infant or child care because of no
availability or long waiting lists, and lack personal or public
transportation.
(3) That approximately 1,500,000 children receiving Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) will require child care when
their mothers begin private or public employment and that only four
out of every 100 slots in licensed child care centers are open to
infants.
(4) That most of the 600,000 parents who will be required to work
lack training, and a high percentage lack a high school diploma, job
experience, and job retention skills in order to earn the income
necessary to sustain themselves and their children without welfare
assistance. Studies demonstrate that a welfare mother in Los Angeles
with one toddler will need to find a job earning thirteen dollars and
seven cents ($13.07) per hour in order to provide housing, and the
basic necessities and health care. A mother of two needs seventeen
dollars and ten cents ($17.10) per hour.
(5) That in response to this complex problem facing so many
endangered families, assistance to families moving to work shall be
provided under the "Families Moving to Work Program" which shall be
operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program
established by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675), through
which the Department of Housing and Community Development shall test
innovative strategies of providing affordable housing combined with
child care and a job training program. The housing shall be located
on a main transportation system.
(b) The Legislature intends that the funds included in Item
2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 be used as an integral part
of a county's welfare plan as a means of assisting families
qualifying for CalWORKs benefits and experiencing the greatest
difficulty moving from welfare to work. The Legislature further
intends for this to be a transitional program that will provide
focused, enriched resources to CalWORKs households during the period
of moving from welfare to work, and that upon the completion of the
program, the household's assistance will be terminated and then a new
CalWORKs household will be provided assistance in the Families
Moving to Work Program. The Legislature intends that the department
may establish goals and timelines for moving from welfare to work,
and that broad criteria for this transition shall be applied to
households on an individual basis.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the legislative
findings and declarations set forth in Sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of
both Chapters 1042 and 1043 of the Statutes of 1979, remain valid
and are applicable to the program enacted by this chapter. The
Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need to
establish a program to design new living environments, part of which
will include social and economic programs, so that working parents,
jobseeking parents, and homeless parents can build productive lives
for themselves and their children.
50881. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Families
Moving to Work Program. The Families Moving to Work Program shall be
operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program of the
department (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)).
50881.5. The definitions in this section apply to all activities
conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, or unless the context requires otherwise, the
definitions in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1
and Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) also apply to this
chapter.
(a) "Community housing development" means a development of 20 or
more rental or cooperative units on one or more sites, that includes
the social and economic features described in this chapter.
(b) "Congregate housing" or "congregate housing development,"
means a new or rehabilitated large multibedroom structure in which
more than two families share common living areas and child care,
cleaning, cooking, and other household responsibilities.
(c) "Sponsor" means any nonprofit corporation, cooperative, or
local public agency, or any combination thereof, including limited
partnerships in which the managing general partner is an eligible
nonprofit corporation.
50882. (a) The Families Moving to Work Account is hereby
established in the Rental Housing Construction Fund. The account
shall be organized into subaccounts as provided in this chapter. All
of the following moneys shall be paid into the account:
(1) Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature
for the purposes of the account.
(2) Any moneys that the department receives in repayment or return
of loans made from the account, including any interest on those
loans.
(3) Any other moneys that may be made available to the department
for the purposes of this chapter from any other source or sources.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all
money in the account is hereby continuously appropriated to the
department and shall be utilized for the purposes of Article 1
(commencing with Section 50880) to Article 4 (commencing with Section
50893), inclusive, including administrative expenses of the
department for the implementation and operation of the programs
created by this chapter. All interest or other increment resulting
from investment or deposit of moneys in the account shall be
deposited in the account, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the
Government Code. Moneys in the account are not subject to transfer to
any other fund, except as set forth in this chapter, pursuant to any
provision of Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of
Title 2 of the Government Code, except the Surplus Money Investment
Fund.
(c) At the time funding availability is announced by the
department, the department may apportion funds available for loans
between community housing developments and congregate housing
developments. The plan for apportioning funds may include a priority
for funding loans for new construction, acquisition and
rehabilitation, or rehabilitation.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after July
1, 1996, the unencumbered account balance and reserves shall be
transferred out of the Family Housing Demonstration Account, but
shall be retained within the Rental Housing Construction Fund.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds
transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund pursuant to Item
2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 shall be transferred into the
Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be used only for the purposes of
this chapter. Repayments shall be made to the Housing Rehabilitation
Loan Fund and may be used for any eligible purpose of that fund.
50883.5. (a) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 10
percent of the moneys appropriated to the account in a feasibility
subaccount in the account. The moneys in that account may be utilized
to provide funds, as determined necessary by the department, to
ensure the economic feasibility of, and to enable the development of,
community housing developments or congregate housing developments
assisted under this chapter.
(b) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 3 percent
of the funds appropriated to the account in an emergency reserve
subaccount established in the account. The department may expend
moneys in this account to defray unanticipated cost increases or
revenue shortfalls, as determined by the department, to the extent
necessary to maintain the fiscal integrity of the development and
maintain affordable rents for eligible households. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 53130 which limit the use of allocated bond
proceeds for project operating costs, and notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 53133, the department may use any amounts
available in the account for the purpose of curing or avoiding a
sponsor's default on the terms of any loan or other obligation which
will jeopardize the financial integrity of a housing development or
the department's security in the housing development. The payment or
advance of any funds by the department pursuant to this subdivision
shall be solely within the discretion of the department, and no
sponsor shall be entitled to, or have any right to, payment of these
funds. Funds advanced pursuant to this subdivision shall be added to
the loan amount secured by the deed of trust and shall be payable to
the department upon demand.
(c) The subaccounts established by this section shall be governed
by, and be subject to, all of the provisions governing the account.
50884.5. The department shall submit a report on or before January
1, 1990, and on or before each January 1, thereafter, to the
Legislature and the Governor on the administration and implementation
of the programs and account which shall include, but not be limited
to, all of the following information:
(a) The number of assisted and nonassisted units in community
housing developments and the number of congregate housing
developments occupied by, or available to, each income group and the
number of elderly and nonelderly households assisted.
(b) The average and median cost of a congregate housing
development and of a unit in each community housing development, and
the cost of the child care center in each community housing
development.
(c) The department's administrative costs and budget for
implementation and management.
(d) Details of the implementation and success of the various
components of the community housing development or congregate housing
development, if applicable.
(e) The department's recommendations, as needed, to improve the
operation of the program and the account.
