California Health and Safety Code

§ 50712.5

HSC § 50712.5 Effective Jan 1, 2005Div. 31 · Part 2 · Ch. 8.5

Statute text

(a)The Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services, pursuant to the authority granted in subdivision (n) of Section 50406 and this chapter shall assist in the development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or operation of migrant farm labor centers. The department shall encourage and assist in the development of family units, or dormitory-style units, as may be appropriate, in migrant farm labor centers in any county or counties where there is a substantial unmet need for migrant farmworker housing. It is the intent of the Legislature in permitting the development of dormitory-style housing that family households not be mixed with single person households unless the contractor or sponsor can make reasonable accommodations to provide separate living and sleeping areas in the dormitory to those family households.

(b)The department may use funds appropriated for the purposes of the Office of Migrant Services to maximize the utility of any other local, federal, state, or private funds or other assistance made available for the purposes of this section. These appropriated funds may be used for costs including, but not limited to, the following items:

(1)Predevelopment costs incurred in the process of securing construction or long-term financing site acquisition development, architectural, engineering, or legal expenses, or construction costs, including construction interest, or both. These costs shall not be subject to reimbursement from construction or permanent financing, as the case may be, if the reimbursement would contribute to, or result in, rents substantially in excess of those in other migrant farm labor centers assisted by the Office of Migrant Services, as determined by the department.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 671, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.