AB 873 — Housing: emergency housing and assistance funding.

Summary

Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. Under the program, moneys from the continuously appropriated Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund are available for the purposes of providing shelter, as specified, to homeless persons at as low a cost and as quickly as possible, without compromising the health and safety of shelter occupants, to encourage the move of homeless persons from shelters to a self-supporting environment as soon as possible, to encourage provision of services for as many persons at risk of homelessness as possible, to encourage compatible and effective funding of homeless services, and to encourage coordination among public agencies that fund or provide services to homeless individuals, as well as agencies that discharge people from their institutions. Existing law requires the department to distribute funds appropriated for activities providing for capital development programs, including acquisition, leasing, construction, and rehabilitation of sites for emergency shelter and transitional housing for homeless persons, as grants in the form of forgivable deferred loans, as prescribed. Existing law requires the department to make funding available to each project as a loan with a term of 5 years for rehabilitation, 7 years for substantial rehabilitation, or 10 years for acquisition and rehabilitation or new construction. This bill would authorize the department to also make funding available as a loan with a term of 20 years for conversion to permanent supportive housing for homeless families and individuals. Existing law requires that grants awarded by the department pursuant to these provisions be used by a grant recipient to defray costs of eligible activities defined in department regulations. This bill would provide that these grants may also be awarded pursuant to department requirements and would authorize the department to develop requirements that are not subject to review by the Office of Administrative Law, as specified. The bill would also expand eligible activities to include capital development loans for the conversion of emergency shelter or transitional housing to permanent supportive housing for homeless families or individuals, and the provision of effective approaches to rapidly rehouse homeless clients, including homeless system assessments, street outreach and housing and services engagement efforts, coordinated care services, housing location and stabilization services, and rental assistance costs, including deposits and costs necessary for occupancy. The bill would require the department to give priority for capital development funds to applicants proposing capital development loans for the conversion of emergency shelter or transitional housing to permanent supportive housing for homeless families or individuals and to give priority for noncapital development funds to applicants that propose effective approaches to rapidly rehouse homeless clients and that leverage additional funding sources or focus on high-cost users of more than one system of care. The bill would require that the department, no later than June 30, 2015, transfer any unobligated Proposition 46 and Proposition 1C bond funds derived from bonds remaining in the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund, less any funds needed for state operations to support outstanding awards as determined by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program for supportive housing for a specified target population. By authorizing the use of continuously appropriated funds for new purposes, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill would also incorporate changes in Section 50802 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 1109, that would become operative on the date this bill becomes operative only if AB 1109 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2014, and this bill is chaptered last.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/02/13 - Chaptered Current pdf October 02, 2013
• Enrolled 09/18/13 - Enrolled pdf September 18, 2013
• Amended 09/06/13 - Amended Senate pdf September 06, 2013
• Amended 09/03/13 - Amended Senate pdf September 03, 2013
• Amended 08/13/13 - Amended Senate pdf August 13, 2013
• Amended 07/02/13 - Amended Senate pdf July 02, 2013
• Amended 03/21/13 - Amended Assembly pdf March 21, 2013
• Introduced 02/22/13 - Introduced pdf February 22, 2013
• AB873 View text html

Action History

1. October 02, 2013

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2013.

2. October 02, 2013

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 26, 2013

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

4. September 12, 2013

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3340.).

5. September 12, 2013

   Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3340.)

6. September 12, 2013

   From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 12).

7. September 12, 2013

   Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3337.)

8. September 12, 2013

   Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

9. September 12, 2013

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

10. September 12, 2013

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2402.).

11. September 10, 2013

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

12. September 09, 2013

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

13. September 06, 2013

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

14. September 03, 2013

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

15. September 03, 2013

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30).

16. August 19, 2013

    In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

17. August 13, 2013

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

18. August 08, 2013

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

19. July 09, 2013

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

20. July 02, 2013

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

21. May 29, 2013

    Referred to Com. on T. & H.

22. May 16, 2013

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

23. May 16, 2013

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1476.)

24. May 13, 2013

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

25. May 09, 2013

    From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 8).

26. April 17, 2013

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

27. April 01, 2013

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

28. March 21, 2013

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.

29. March 21, 2013

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

30. February 25, 2013

    Read first time.

31. February 24, 2013

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

32. February 22, 2013

    Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

• Chau · Primary
• Torres · Cosponsor

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