California Health and Safety Code 34312.5 – (a) An authority may provide leased housing to persons of low …
(a) An authority may provide leased housing to persons of low income throughout the county in which it operates, except:
(1) No commitment to provide leased housing outside the area of operation may be made in advance of construction without approval of the local governing body of the city or, if an unincorporated area, the county with jurisdiction of the site of construction; and
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 34312.5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(2) Leased housing may not be provided within the area of operation of another authority if the local governing body of the other authority disapproves in advance.
(b) An authority may contract with the redevelopment agency of any city within the county to exercise its powers in the city pursuant to a contract with the redevelopment agency funded from the redevelopment agency’s Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for the purpose of increasing or improving the city’s supply of low- and moderate-income housing.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1565, Sec. 5.)