BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
388 (Chang)
As Amended August 20, 2015
Majority vote
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Original Committee Reference: H. & C.D.
SUMMARY: Requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD), in collaboration with the Department of
Veterans Affairs (CalVet) to include specified information
relating to the effectiveness of the Veterans Housing and
Homeless Prevention (VHHP) Bond Act of 2014 in an annual report,
including information relating to the effectiveness of assisted
projects in helping veterans occupying any supportive housing or
transitional housing development that was issued funds pursuant
to the VHHP. Specifically, this bill:
1)Provides that the annual report shall include, but is not
limited to the following:
a) Performance outcome data including, but not limited to,
housing stability, housing exit information, and tenant
satisfaction, which may be measured by a survey; and
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changes in income, benefits, and education.
i) "Housing stability" includes, but is not limited to,
how many tenants exit transitional housing to permanent
housing or maintain permanent housing, and the length of
time those tenants spent in assisted units.
ii) "Housing exit information" includes, but is not
limited to, the following:
(1) How many tenants left assisted units;
(2) The length of tenancy in assisted units;
(3) The reason those tenant left assisted units,
when such information is readily obtainable;
(4) The housing status of a tenant exiting an
assisted unit upon exit when such information is
readily obtainable.
1)Client data, which may include, but is not limited to,
demographic characteristics of the veteran and his or her
family, educational and employment status of the veteran, and
veteran-specific information including, but not limited to,
disability ratings, type of discharge, branch, era of service,
and Veterans Affairs (VA) health care eligibility.
The Senate amendments:
1)Require the annual evaluation to include information relating
to the effectiveness of assisted programs in helping veterans
occupying any supportive housing or transitional housing
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development that was issued funds pursuant to the VHHP.
2)Add chaptering out amendments.
3)Make technical, clarifying changes.
4)Add coauthors.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS: Background: AB 639 (John A. Pérez), Chapter 727,
Statutes of 2013, established the VHHP, an initiative measure
enacted by the voters as Proposition 41 at the June 3, 2014,
primary election. The VHHP restructures $600 million of the
$900 million in bonds approved by the voters for the CalVet Home
Loan Program in 2008 and uses them instead to fund the
acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of
affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable
multifamily transitional housing, or related facilities for
veterans and their families.
The VHHP tasks HCD with administering the new funding program in
collaboration with CalVet and explicitly restricts the use of
bond proceeds to those housing units designated for veterans and
their families. The focus of the program is on housing for
veterans who are homeless or at risk for homelessness and in
need of services such as mental health counseling, substance
abuse treatment, job training, and physical therapy to address
injuries.
Existing law requires HCD to submit an annual report to the
Governor and both houses of the Legislature on the operations
and accomplishments during the previous fiscal year of the
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housing programs administered by HCD. The annual report must
include an evaluation, in collaboration with CalVet, of any
program established by HCD pursuant to the VHHP.
On February 18, 2015, HCD adopted its initial program
guidelines. The VHHP program guidelines require local
governments and non-profits receiving VHHP funds for supportive
and/or transitional housing to report to HCD and/or CalVet on
client data and performance outcome data. Among other things,
the guidelines provide that performance outcome data may include
an array of information, such as "information on housing
stability, housing exit information, tenant satisfaction as
measured in a survey, and changes in income, benefits and
education." While performance outcome and client data are
mandatory, there are no required criteria for what this data
must include. This bill would require the inclusion of a
specific set of data, partially based on suggested criteria
within the program guidelines, in HCD's annual report.
Purpose of this bill: According to the author, "[r]ecent
program guidelines established reporting requirements on the
sponsors of Proposition 41 housing programs. The content of
those reports is currently permissive and therefore leaves room
for these reports to leave out information measuring the success
level of these programs."
Analysis Prepared by:
Rebecca Rabovsky / H. & C.D. / (916) 319-2085
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