California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 14.5 - Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods Program

• Section 50860.
  (a) The Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Program and the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Fund are hereby created.(b) Except as otherwise provided...
• Section 50861.
  The department shall issue a notice of funding availability to all cities, counties, or cities and counties specifying when funds are available for the BEGIN...
• Section 50862.
  A city, county, or city and county that receives a grant from the BEGIN Fund shall use the proceeds from the grant for downpayment assistance...
• Section 50862.5.
  Downpayment assistance provided pursuant to this chapter shall be in the form of a second mortgage loan. The maximum amount of the loan shall be...
• Section 50863.
  Grants shall only be made to a qualifying city, county, or city and county that has demonstrated that it has provided incentives or reduced or...
• Section 50864.
  The department shall prioritize and quantify the criteria it establishes pursuant to Section 50863 by assigning points to each of the criteria. Applications of a...
• Section 50865.
  The department may administer the BEGIN Program through guidelines that shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of...
• Section 50866.
  No more than 5 percent of the funds deposited in the BEGIN Fund may be used to pay the costs of administration of this chapter.(Added...

Last modified: October 22, 2018