Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families.
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Overview
This bill updates regulations surrounding the demolition and replacement of single-room occupancy (SRO) units in California. It primarily focuses on housing assistance programs for homeless individuals and families displaced from or returning to these units. Specifically, it clarifies eligibility for housing assistance, allowing displaced SRO residents to bypass coordinated entry systems and ensuring replacement units are affordable, particularly for acutely low-income households. The bill also provides flexibility for cities and counties to reduce replacement unit requirements when rehabilitating SRO buildings, provided certain criteria are met.
Key provisions
- Clarifies that individuals displaced from or returning to SRO units undergoing rehabilitation or replacement are considered homeless for housing assistance purposes.
- Prohibits the use of coordinated entry systems for these displaced individuals and families.
- Allows cities and counties to reduce the number of replacement units required when rehabilitating SRO buildings, subject to specific criteria.
- Requires replacement units to be affordable to acutely low-income households.
- Permits a market study to support replacement housing plans.
- Establishes a process for relocation benefits for displaced SRO residents.
- Specifies criteria for determining ‘comparable units’ for returning residents.
- Addresses the potential loss of SRO units during rehabilitation or replacement, requiring replacement units to be available and meet affordability standards.
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