(a) For any loans issued pursuant to this part, both of the following shall apply:

(1) Loan terms for rental housing shall be consistent with Section 50675.6 and any other requirements concerning loan terms in the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2).

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 53566

  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19

(2) Loan terms for owner-occupied housing shall be consistent with requirements concerning loan terms in the CalHome Program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650) of Part 2).

(b) All moneys received by the department in repayment of loans made pursuant to this part, including interest and payments in advance in lieu of future interest, shall be deposited in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund established by Section 50661, and, notwithstanding § 13340 of the Government Code, are continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes of the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2), except as otherwise provided in this section.

(c) The department may designate an amount not to exceed 1.5 percent of funds appropriated for use pursuant to this section for the purposes of curing or averting a default on the terms of any loan or other obligation by the recipient of financial assistance, or bidding at any foreclosure sale where the default or foreclosure sale would jeopardize the department’s security in the rental housing development assisted pursuant to this part. ?The funds so designated shall be known as the “default reserve.”

(d) The department may use default reserve funds made available pursuant to this section to repair or maintain any rental housing development assisted pursuant to this part that was acquired to protect the department’s security interest.

(e) The payment or advance of funds by the department pursuant to this section shall be exclusively within the department’s discretion, and no person shall be deemed to have any entitlement to the payment or advance of those funds. ?The amount of any funds expended by the department for the purposes of curing or averting a default shall be added to the loan amount secured by the rental housing development and shall be payable to the department upon demand.

(f) All moneys set aside for the default reserve by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Fund established by Section 53561, and, notwithstanding § 13340 of the Government Code, are continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes of the default reserve set forth above in this section.

(g) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2022.

(Repealed (in Sec. 15) and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 192, Sec. 16. (AB 434) Effective January 1, 2021. Section operative January 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)