2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 50150-50156 CHAPTER 3. AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

50150.  This chapter sets forth the general responsibilities and
roles of the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency, the
Department of Housing and Community Development, and the California
Housing Finance Agency in carrying out state housing policies and
programs.  It is declaratory of existing law as to those roles and
responsibilities, and shall not be construed as creating additional
responsibilities.
50151.  The Secretary of the Business, Transportation, and Housing
Agency shall be responsible for allocating financial aid and
contributions made available directly to state government or to the
agency by any agency of the United States for the purpose of
subsidizing housing for persons and families of low or moderate
income.
   The agency shall have priority among all other units of state
government for receipt of federal housing subsidies for use in
connection with its lending and insurance programs.
50152.  The department shall be the principal state department
responsible for coordinating federal-state relationships in housing
and community development, except for housing finance, and for
evaluating the operations and accomplishments of other state
departments as they affect housing and community development.  The
department shall have primary responsibility for development and
implementation of housing policy.
   In addition, the department shall be the primary agency in the
implementation of that policy.  The types of programs for which the
department is responsible include, but are not limited to, technical
assistance, rental subsidies, predevelopment loans, loans and grants
for solar energy installation, grants and loans for the construction
and rehabilitation of housing for persons and families of low or
moderate income, and financial and other assistance to local public
entities and nonprofit organizations for housing-related services.
The department is also responsible for the development and
enforcement of building and housing standards and regulations as
provided by law to protect the public's health and safety.  Nothing
in this section is, however, intended to supersede Part 1.5
(commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13.
   All housing programs not expressly assigned to other agencies
shall be assigned to the department for implementation.
50152.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division or of
law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part
2.5 (commencing with Section 18901) of Division 13, on and after
January 1, 1980, the department or the agency shall not adopt nor
publish a building standard as defined in Section 18909 unless the
provisions of Sections 18930, 18933, 18938, 18940, 18943, 18944 and
18945 of this code are expressly excepted in the statute under which
the authority to adopt rules, regulations, or orders is delegated.
Any building standard adopted in violation of this section shall have
no force or effect.  Any building standard adopted before January 1,
1980, pursuant to this division and not expressly excepted by
statute from such provisions of the State Building Standards Law
shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1985, or until adopted,
amended, or superseded by provisions published in the State Building
Standards Code, whichever occurs sooner.
50152.7.  The department may promulgate regulations establishing
habitability standards for dwelling units assisted by the department
providing for the density, use, and physical standards of housing
units shared pursuant to Section 19904, for the purpose of assuring
decent, safe, and sanitary standards for those households while
taking into account the special circumstances of shared housing.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, these regulations shall
not be considered building standards and shall be treated as program
regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
50153.  To further the goals of this division and to enable the
success of a statewide housing program, it is essential, and the
Legislature intends, that the agency and the department shall closely
coordinate their activities to assure that the goals and purposes of
this division are realized.  To this end, the Secretary of the
Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency and the director of the
department have been given a role on the board which administers the
agency and approves major contractual agreements, and a veto power
over agency regulations in certain policy areas as specified in
Section 50462, and the agency is required to coordinate its
activities with the department.  Subject to these restrictions,
however, and when carrying out its own unique responsibilities, the
agency is relatively free of regulation by other agencies of state
government.
50154.  The California Housing Finance Agency, within the Business,
Transportation, and Housing Agency, is a primary agency in the
implementation of state housing policy.  The agency's role is to make
financing opportunities available for the construction,
rehabilitation, and purchase of housing for persons and families of
low or moderate income by (a) borrowing in the securities markets and
relending to housing sponsors, developers, and homeowners and (b)
insuring loans made by the agency or by others for the same purposes.
  In general, the agency pays for its operations out of the excess of
its interest revenue from loan repayments over the cost of the money
it borrows or, in the case of insurance, by the excess of fees
charged for the provision of insurance over the value of claims paid.
  The agency shall seek to implement the goals, policies, and
objectives of the California Statewide Housing Plan and shall
annually report on its progress toward compliance with priorities in
the California Statewide Housing Plan.
50156.  The California Housing Finance Agency shall provide to the
Legislature and the Legislative Analyst, in each annual report
required by Section 51005, information concerning all units produced,
assisted, or insured using agency funds.  This information shall
include, but shall not be limited to, the sales prices of these
units, the number of units within various price ranges or price
classifications, the rents being charged for the units, the number of
rental  units within each price range, the number of households by
income level purchasing the units, and the number by household income
occupying the rental units.