California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 34200.
  This chapter may be cited as the Housing Authorities Law.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
• Section 34201.
  It is hereby declared:(a)  That there exist in the State insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside...
• Section 34202.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
• Section 34203.
  “Authority” means a public corporation created pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
• Section 34204.
  “City” means any city or city and county. “County” means any county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
• Section 34205.
  “Governing body” means the city council in the case of a city or the board of supervisors in the case of a county.(Added by Stats....
• Section 34206.
  “Mayor” means the mayor of the city or the officer charged with the duties customarily imposed on the executive head of the city.(Added by Stats....
• Section 34207.
  “Clerk” means the clerk of the city or of the county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
• Section 34208.
  “Area of operation,” in the case of a city authority, includes the city and the area within five miles of its territorial boundaries. It does...
• Section 34209.
  “Area of operation,” in the case of a county authority includes all of the county except the area within the territorial boundaries of any city...
• Section 34210.
  “Federal Government” means the United States, the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United...
• Section 34211.
  “Slum” means any area where dwellings predominate which, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement, or design, lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities, or...
• Section 34212.
  “Housing project” means any work or undertaking to be financed in whole or in part by the federal government or a state public body or...
• Section 34213.
  “Persons of low income” means persons or families whose income does not exceed that permitted by Section 50079.5, or persons or families eligible as lower-income...
• Section 34213.1.
  “Construction loan” means a short-term loan secured by real property, made for costs incurred in construction or rehabilitation of a housing project.(Added by Stats. 1983,...
• Section 34213.5.
  “Tenant” means a person lawfully residing in rental housing provided by or through an authority, including persons residing in leased housing.A person residing in leased...
• Section 34213.6.
  “Mortgage loan” means a long-term loan which is secured by a mortgage and is made for permanent financing, including refinancing of existing mortgage obligations as...
• Section 34214.
  “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
• Section 34215.
  “Real property” includes all land, including improvements and fixtures on it, and property of any nature appurtenant to it, or used in connection with it,...
• Section 34216.
  “Obligee” includes any bondholder, trustee for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the authority property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee...
• Section 34217.
  A housing authority created pursuant to this part may, without the need to provide written documentation that consent has been obtained from a client, provide...
• Section 34218.
  Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9550) of Title 3 of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code applies to any housing project constructed...
• Section 34219.
  “Leased housing” includes, but is not limited to, low-rent housing in private accommodations for which the federal government or a state public body extends assistance...

Last modified: October 22, 2018