SB 1178,
as amended, Correa. begin deleteIndividuals with developmental disabilities. end deletebegin insertDevelopmental disabilities: housing.end insert
Under existing law, the State Department of Developmental Services contracts with private nonprofit regional centers to provide services and supports to persons with developmental disabilities. Existing law authorizes the department to receive and approve proposals from regional centers to provide, secure, or ensure the full payment of a lease on housing, excluding adult residential facilities for persons with special health care needs.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would establish the California Developmental Disabilities Community Support Housing Fund, to be administered by the department, and would continuously appropriate all moneys in that fund to the department, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require the department to distribute moneys in the fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development and to regional centers, to be used for specified purposes, including to create community-based housing options for individuals with developmental disabilities and to establish housing opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities who are at risk of housing displacement. The bill would require the department to develop guidelines to assist the Department of Housing and Community Development and regional centers in use of moneys received from the fund.
end insertExisting law sets forth the intent of the Legislature to provide housing assistance for the developmentally or physically disabled, and mentally disordered where the assistance is for the purpose of providing a transition from an institutional to an independent setting, and where that assistance is administered in the context of ongoing local programs leading to rehabilitation and independence. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a program for these purposes.
end deleteThis bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to report to the Legislature on the status of the housing needs of individuals with developmental delays.
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Appropriation: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
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 insertSection 4688.7 is added to the end insertbegin insertWelfare and
2Institutions Codeend insertbegin insert, to read:end insert
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following
4terms have the following meanings:
5(1) “Bridge funding” means temporary rental assistance used
6to help individuals with developmental disabilities afford integrated
7housing in the community while waiting for permanent assistance,
8including, but not limited to, assistance from the Housing Choice
9Voucher program or wages earned by the individual through
10competitive employment that allows him or her to pay unsubsidized
11rent.
12(2) “Community residence” means a group home, supervised
13apartment, or other type of individual or shared living environment
14that provides housing and treatment or specialized services needed
15to assist
individuals with developmental disabilities live in a
16community setting.
17(3) “Department” means the Department of Developmental
18Services.
19(4) “Fund” means the California Developmental Disabilities
20Community Support Housing Fund.
P3 1(5) “Permanent supportive housing” means a range of
2permanent housing options, including, but not limited to,
3apartments, condominiums, townhouses, single- and multi-family
4homes, single-room occupancy housing, shared living, and
5supportive living arrangements that provide access to on- or
6off-site supportive services for individuals with developmental
7disabilities.
8(6) “Project sponsor” means an individual, partnership,
9corporation, limited liability company, association, or
10governmental entity to which the Department of
Housing and
11Community Development has made, or proposes to make, a loan
12or a grant to finance a special needs housing project.
13(7) “Special needs housing project” means a housing
14development, or portion of a housing development, that is used as
15permanent supportive housing or a community residence.
16(8) “Transition funding” means the payment of limited,
17nonrecurring costs that may be incurred as part of a rental
18agreement, including, but not limited to, rental deposits, storage
19or transportation costs, and utility fees.
20(b) The California Developmental Disabilities Community
21Support Housing Fund is hereby established within the State
22Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
23the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the department
24for the purposes set forth in this section.
25(c) The fund shall consist of all of the following:
26(1) Moneys saved from transitioning individuals with
27developmental disabilities from an institution to housing in the
28community and from preventing the institutionalization of
29individuals with developmental disabilities.
30(2) Moneys earned from the lease of developmental center
31facilities.
32(3) Notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code,
33interest and dividends on moneys deposited in the fund pursuant
34to this section.
35(4) Any other moneys transferred to the fund.
36(d) The fund shall be administered by the department.
37(e) The department shall distribute moneys in the fund, in its
38discretion, to the Department of Housing and Community
39Development and to regional centers to be expended for the
40following purposes:
P4 1(1) To fund capital costs for community residences, special
2needs housing projects, permanent supportive housing, and other
3types of licensed and unlicensed housing models, including, but
4not limited to, shared housing, in order to provide appropriate
5and affordable housing opportunities for individuals with
6developmental disabilities.
7(2) To create community-based housing options for individuals
8with developmental disabilities.
9(3) To expand and leverage existing resources for affordable
10housing and integrated community placement of individuals with
11developmental disabilities.
12(4) To establish housing opportunities for individuals with
13developmental disabilities who are at risk of housing displacement.
14(f) (1) The department shall develop guidelines to assist the
15Department of Housing and Community Development do the
16following:
17(A) Establish community residences, special needs housing
18projects, permanent supportive housing, and other types of housing
19models for individuals with developmental disabilities through
20new construction and rehabilitation and preservation of existing
21permanent and transitional housing.
22(B) Loan or grant moneys for expenses reasonably incurred by
23a project sponsor in connection with the acquisition, construction,
24improvement, or rehabilitation of property that is or will be used
25
for a special needs housing project, including, but not limited to,
26the costs and expenses of engineering, inspection, planning, legal,
27financial, or other professional services; the funding of appropriate
28reserves to address the anticipated future capital needs of a special
29needs housing project; and the administrative, organizational, or
30other expenses incidental to the finance, completion, and placement
31into service of any special needs housing project.
32(2) The department shall develop guidelines to assist regional
33centers in providing rental subsidies to individuals with
34developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, bridge
35funding and transition funding.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
37legislation to require the Department of Housing and Community
38Development to report to the Legislature on the status of the
39housing needs of individuals with developmental delays.
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