Section 50000.

50000. This division shall be known and may be cited as the Zenovich-Moscone-Chacon Housing and Home Finance Act. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

Section 50001.

50001. The Legislature finds and declares that the subject of housing is of vital statewide importance to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state, for the following reasons: (a)  Decent housing is an essential motivating force in helping people achieve self-fulfillment in a free and democratic society. (b)  Unsanitary, unsafe, overcrowded, […]

Section 50002.

50002. The Congress of the United States has established, as a national goal, the provision of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family and the Legislature finds and declares that the attainment of this goal is a priority of the highest order. The national housing goal, as it applies to […]

Section 50003.

50003. (a)  The Legislature finds and declares that, as a result of public actions involving highways, public facilities, and urban renewal projects, and as a result of poverty and the spread of slum conditions and blight to formerly sound neighborhoods, there exists within the urban and rural areas of the state a serious shortage of […]

Section 50003.3.

50003.3. The Legislature finds and declares that there exists within the urban and rural areas of the state a significant number of persons without decent, safe, and sanitary housing. This shortage is inimical to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state and the sound growth of its communities. Without the assistance […]

Section 50003.5.

50003.5. The Legislature finds and declares that the shortage of adequate student housing is detrimental to those communities in which college and university campuses are located, causing in particular substantial upward pressure on rents, housing shortages, conversion of family housing to student use, deterioration of housing stock, and generally unfavorable housing conditions under which students […]

Section 50004.

50004. The Legislature finds and declares that it is to the economic benefit of the state and a public purpose to encourage the availability of adequate housing and home finance for persons and families of low or moderate income, and to develop viable urban and rural communities by providing decent housing, enhanced living environment, and […]

Section 50005.

50005. The Legislature finds and declares that full cooperation and coordination with the cities and counties of the state in meeting the housing needs of the state on a level of government which is as close as possible to the people it serves is essential if workable housing programs are to be developed and implemented. […]

Section 50006.

50006. The Legislature finds and declares that a number of federal housing programs have failed to reach the fundamental goals and purposes for which they were established, especially in urban areas. In California, this failure has often been related to inadequate consideration of the relationship between housing and the community in which the housing is […]

Section 50007.

50007. The Legislature finds and declares that the large equities that the majority of California residents in most economic strata have now accumulated in single-family homes must be protected and conserved. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)

Section 50007.5.

50007.5. The Legislature finds and declares that manufactured housing, by virtue of its production costs and sales prices can provide a source of decent, safe, and affordable shelter for persons and families of low and moderate income. The Legislature finds and declares that the availability of manufactured housing has been limited by inadequate sites for […]

Section 50008.

50008. The Legislature finds and declares that a significantly growing percentage of newly formed households are unable to achieve homeownership under existing conditions, and that preservation and enhancement of opportunities for homeownership are beneficial to the well-being and prosperity of the people of the state and contribute materially to social and economic balance and to […]

Section 50009.

50009. The Legislature finds and declares that the utilization of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds can, and should, encourage the production of housing units affordable to low- and moderate-income persons and families. The Legislature further finds and declares that as a result of recent bond interest rates at historically high levels, tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond programs […]

Section 50010.

50010. (a)  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)  The high cost of housing in this state makes it impossible for most households to become homeowners and impedes the ability of California employers to compete in the national marketplace for employees. (2)  Approximately 1,100,000 lower income renters pay more than 35 percent of their […]