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HomeHealth and Safety CodeDiv. 31Pt. 3Ch. 2§ 50951 Low-Income Housing Requirements

§ 50951 Low-Income Housing Requirements

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§ 50951 Low-Income Housing Requirements

Key Takeaways

  • •At least 30% of homes built or fixed with government loans must be for very low-income families at cheap rents.
  • •If the government can't get enough money (subsidies) to do this, they don’t have to follow the 30% rule.
  • •No loans will be given for building or fixing homes if it would mess up the government’s ability to use their current money to meet this rule.

Example

A company wants to build 100 new apartments using a government loan.

The company must make sure at least 30 of those apartments (30%) are cheap enough for very low-income families to rent. If the government doesn’t have enough money to help make those 30 apartments cheap, the company might not get the loan at all.

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§ 50951 Low-Income Housing Requirements

In meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income, not less than 30 percent of the units financed by mortgage loans or property improvement loans pursuant to this part shall be available to, or occupied by, very low income households at affordable rents, unless it is not possible to obtain subsidies necessary to meet such requirement. No development loan, rehabilitation loan, or construction loan shall be made pursuant to this part if the agency determines that its ability to utilize currently available subsidies to meet the requirements of this section would be jeopardized thereby. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1207.)

Last verified: January 24, 2026

Key Terms

propertymortgageimprovementrequirementdevelopmentrehabilitationconstructionability

Related Statutes

  • § 35802 Fair Housing Loan Protection
  • § 51053 Mortgage Lender Contracts
  • § 51054 Housing Development Loan Authority
  • § 51100 Housing Development Loan Limits
  • § 51125 Housing Loan Investments

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 50951.
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