Amended in Senate April 6, 2015

Senate Bill No. 384

Introduced by Senator Leyva

February 24, 2015

An act to add Section 980.7 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veteran housing.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 384, as amended, Leyva. Veteran housing: multifamily units: begin delete female end delete begin insert underserved end insert veterans.

Existing law provides various programs and bond issuances to provide housing for veterans, as defined, including the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014, which provides 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.

This bill would require, for all multifamily housing units acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after January 1, 2016, for the purpose of housing veterans, that a percentage of the begin delete units be reserved for female veterans with children end delete begin insert state funds to be used in the project be reserved for housing for underserved veterans, as defined end insert , the percentage to be determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs begin delete based on the population of veterans in the area and the need of female veterans with children in that area for housing. end delete begin insert in consultation with the appropriate local agencie end insert begin insert s. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 980.7 is added to the Military and
Veterans Code, to read:

980.7.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert For all multifamily housing units acquired,
constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after January 1, 2016,
for the purpose of housing veterans, a percentage of the begin delete units shall
be reserved for female veterans with children end delete begin insert state funds to be
used in the project shall be reserved for housing for underserved
veterans end insert . The percentage reserved shall be determined by the
department, begin delete at the time the project is started, based on the
population of veterans in the area and the need of female veterans
with children in that area for housing. end delete begin insert in consultation with the
appropriate local agencie end insert begin insert s. end insert

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(b) For purposes of this section, “underserved veterans” shall
have the meaning determined by the department based on the needs
of veterans at the time funding is awarded.

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