SB 384, as amended, Leyva. Veteran housing: multifamily units: underserved veterans.
Existingbegin delete law provides various programs and bond issuances to provide housing for veterans, as defined, includingend deletebegin insert law,end insert the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014,begin delete whichend deletebegin insert (the act)end insert 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.begin insert
Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 (bond act), an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 41 at the June 3, 2014, primary election, authorized $600 million in bonds to provide multifamily housing to low-income veterans and supportive housing for homeless veterans, through the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.end insert
This bill would require, for all multifamily housing units acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after January 1, 2017, for the purpose of housing veterans, that a percentage of thebegin delete stateend deletebegin insert bond actend insert funds to be usedbegin delete inend deletebegin insert
for purposes ofend insert the act be reserved for housing for underserved veterans, as defined, the percentage of thebegin delete stateend deletebegin insert bond actend insert funds to be determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs, as specified.
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, 2017,
5for the purpose of housing veterans, a percentage of the state funds
6to be usedbegin delete in the actend deletebegin insert for purposes of the Veterans Housing and
7Homeless Prevention Act of 2014end insert shall be reserved for housing
8for underserved veterans. The percentage reserved shall be
9determined by thebegin delete department,end deletebegin insert departmentend insert
in consultation with
10the appropriate
local agencies.
11(b) For purposes of this section, “underserved veterans” means
12those veterans either experiencing or at risk of experiencing
13homelessness at a disproportionate rate to their veteran or
14nonveteran counterparts, as determined by the most recent United
15States Department of Housing and Urban Development Annual
16Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) that includes an assessment
17of veteran homelessness, or other similar source the department
18deems appropriate.
19(c) The department shall determine the percentage of fundsbegin insert from
20the Housing for Veterans Fund established pursuant to Section
21998.44end insert to be reserved annually pursuant to subdivision (a), with
22the first determination
to be made on July 1, 2017, and thereafter
23each year on July 1. The determination shall be made using the
24most recently released AHAR that includes an assessment of
25veteran homelessness, or other similar source that the department
26deems appropriate.
27(d) If there are insufficient applications for proposed housing
28projects meeting the requirements of subdivision (a), the reserved
29funding shall revert back to the Housing for Veterans Fund and
30be available for other purposes authorized by the act.
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