By its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract an authority may confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the following rights to be exercised upon the happening of an event of default defined in the resolution or instrument, by proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction:

(a)  To cause possession of all or part of any housing project to be surrendered to him.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 34368

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

(b)  To obtain the appointment of a receiver of all or part of any housing project and of the rents and profits from it. If the receiver is appointed, he may enter and take possession of the housing project or the part of it, operate and maintain it, collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising from it, and keep such money in a separate account and apply it pursuant to the obligations of the authority as the court directs.

(c)  To require the authority and its commissioners to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.

(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)