SB 384, as amended, Leyva. Veteran housing: multifamily units: underserved 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,begin delete 2016,end deletebegin insert 2017,end insert for the purpose of housing veterans, that a percentage of the state funds to be used in thebegin delete projectend deletebegin insert
actend insert be reserved for housing for underserved veterans, as defined, the percentagebegin insert of the state fundsend insert to be determined by the Department of Veteransbegin delete Affairs in consultation with the appropriate local agencies.end deletebegin insert Affairs, as specified.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 980.7 is added to the Military and
2Veterans Code, to read:
(a) For all multifamily housing units acquired,
4constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after January 1,begin delete 2016,end delete
5begin insert 2017,end insert for the purpose of housing veterans, a percentage of the state
6funds to be used in thebegin delete projectend deletebegin insert actend insert shall be reserved for housing
7for underserved veterans. The percentage reserved shall be
8determined by the department, in consultation with the appropriate
9
local agencies.
10(b) For purposes of this section, “underserved veterans”begin delete shall begin insert means those veterans
11have the meaning determined by the department based on the needs
12of veterans at the time funding is awarded.end delete
13either experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness at a
14disproportionate rate to their veteran or nonveteran counterparts,
15as determined by the most recent United States Department of
16Housing and Urban Development Annual Homeless Assessment
17Report (AHAR) that includes an assessment of veteran
18homelessness, or other similar source the department deems
19appropriate.end insert
20(c) The department shall determine the percentage of funds to
21be reserved annually pursuant to subdivision (a), with the first
22determination to be made on July 1, 2017, and thereafter each
23year on July 1. The determination shall be made using the most
24recently released AHAR that includes an assessment of veteran
25homelessness, or other similar source that the department deems
26appropriate.
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