AB 2876,
as amended, Bloom. begin deleteLocal art galleries and museums. end deletebegin insertVeterans housing: assistance.end insert
Existing law requires the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to work together to administer the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 to provide for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable transitional housing, affordable rental housing, or related facilities for veterans and their families to allow veterans to access and maintain housing stability.
end insertbegin insertExisting law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to publicize information pertaining to benefit programs that are available to qualified homeless veterans, including, but not limited to, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing voucher program, and any programs that assist homeless veterans in securing rental housing.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, after consulting with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a program to provide on an annual basis a grant to eligible cities, counties, or nonprofit organizations that provide services to homeless veterans. The bill would require these grants to be used to provide veterans who receive a federal Supportive Housing voucher, but may or may not be eligible for funds from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, with supplemental funding for one or more move-in expenses, as defined.
end insertExisting law authorizes every city and county to accept title to real property for museum or art gallery purposes or permit the erection of buildings and improvements for these purposes on lands owned by the city or county.
end deleteThis bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
end deleteVote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertChapter 11.6 (commencing with Section 50810)
2is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the end insertbegin insertHealth and Safety Codeend insertbegin insert,
3to read:end insert
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(a) The Department of Housing and Community
8Development shall, after consulting with the Department of
9Veterans Affairs, establish a program to provide on an annual
10basis a grant to eligible cities, counties, or nonprofit organizations
11that provide services to homeless veterans. These grants shall
12provide veterans who receive a federal Housing and Urban
13Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH)
14voucher pursuant to the HUD-VASH program (Public Law
15110-161), but may or may not be eligible for funds from the federal
16Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran
17Families program (38 U.S.C. Sec. 2044), with supplemental
18funding for one or more move-in expenses.
19(b) The Department of Housing and Community
Development
20shall annually accept grant applications from a nonprofit
21organization that provides services to homeless veterans and has
P3 1received federal funds pursuant to the Supportive Services for
2Veteran Families program within the year prior to the application.
3The department shall also annually accept grant applications from
4a city or county that has approved for the year in which the
5application is submitted the expenditure of funds to provide
6move-in expenses to veterans who receive a HUD-VASH voucher.
7(c) The amount of the grant to a nonprofit organization that
8provides services to homeless veterans shall not exceed either one
9hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or the amount of the federal
10funds received by that nonprofit organization for the year in which
11the state application is submitted, whichever amount is less. The
12amount of the grant to a city or county shall not exceed one million
13dollars ($1,000,000) or the amount authorized by
the city or county
14to provide move-in expenses to veterans who receive HUD-VASH
15vouchers, whichever amount is less.
16(d) There is hereby established in the General Fund the
17Homeless Veterans Supportive Housing Account. Moneys deposited
18in the account shall be made available, upon appropriation, to the
19Department of Housing and Community Development to provide
20grants pursuant to this section.
21(e) For purposes of this section, “move-in expenses” means
22any of the following:
23(1) Security deposit.
24(2) First-month’s rent.
25(3) Refrigerator.
26(4) Microwave.
27(5) Mattress.
28(6) Bedding, such as pillows, sheets, and blankets.
29(7) Moving services.
30(8) Holding deposit, holding fee, or both, charged to manage
31a landlord’s risk of a delayed move-in date or delay in receiving
32a HUD-VASH voucher payment in an amount that does not exceed
33two months’ rent.
34(9) Maintenance repairs necessary for a dwelling unit to meet
35the housing standard required by the HUD-VASH program.
36(10) Credit check and application fees.
37(11) Utility deposit.
38(12) Past due rent and fees for use of a rental storage unit
39immediately prior to
occupancy of a dwelling unit obtained with
40a HUD-VASH voucher.
Section 5135 of the Public Resources Code is
2amended to read:
Each city and county may accept title to real property
4for museum or art gallery purposes, or permit the erection of
5buildings and improvements for these purposes on lands owned
6by the city or county.
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