California Health and Safety Code 50691.1 – The Legislature finds and declares that self-help housing generates …
The Legislature finds and declares that self-help housing generates self-reliance and a sense of community for participants, and that it is an important and proven source of housing for many low- and moderate-income California residents.
The Legislature further finds and declares that the California Self-Help Housing Program has been very successful in its goal of stimulating the production and rehabilitation of housing with the use of several self-help housing techniques, and that the program should be expanded to assist more low- and moderate-income residents throughout this state.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 50691.1
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
In addition to the purposes specified in Section 50691, the purposes of this chapter include all of the following:
(1) Expansion of the production of decent and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people through the use of self-help methods of rehabilitation and construction.
(2) Expansion of homeownership opportunities for those to whom it would otherwise not be available without the cost savings achieved by the self-help method.
(3) Encouragement of self-reliance, pride of ownership, and sense of community for those who participate.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 2. Effective September 26, 1985.)