California Health and Safety Code

§ 53601

HSC § 53601 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 31 · Part 14.2

Statute text

(a)(1) In the City and County of Los Angeles, where the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted an authority, as defined in Section 34203, a waiver effective August 17, 2024, to allow household income verifications to occur after a lease contract is signed for unhoused populations seeking entry into projects pursuant to or in connection with Section 5.110 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, if an owner or a management agent leases a subsidized unit to an unhoused person and subsequently learns and verifies that the unhoused person does not meet applicable income requirements, then the department shall not take any negative actions against the owner or management agent if both of the following conditions are met:

(A)The owner or management agent has cured the noncompliance within 24 months of discovery of the violation.

(B)The local housing authority and continuum of care have developed and posted on their respective internet websites a plan describing how the local housing authority and continuum of care will coordinate with the owner or management agent to move tenants that do not meet applicable income requirements into affordable housing where the tenant is eligible for occupancy within 24 months of discovery of the violation. Income ineligible tenants shall retain their unhoused targeting eligibility.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 491, Sec. 7. (SB 1500) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally inoperative on or after July 31, 2025, as prescribed by its own provisions. Conditionally repealed by its own provisions.