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CA AB2200

Bill

Status

Failed

11/30/2016

Primary Sponsor

Tony Thurmond

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Origin

State Assembly

2015-2016 Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the School Employee Housing Assistance Program administered by the California Housing Finance Agency to provide financing assistance for affordable rental housing for school employees, including teachers.

  • Transfers $100,000,000 from the General Fund to a newly created School Employee Housing Assistance Fund, with funds continuously appropriated to the agency for grants, loans, and administrative costs.

  • Defines qualified school districts as those with surplus land, high teacher recruitment costs, low retention rates, and at least 60 percent of students participating in the National School Lunch Program; requires State Department of Education certification.

  • Provides predevelopment grants to qualified school districts and loans to qualified developers partnered with school districts, with developer loans having a term of not less than 55 years at 3 percent simple interest, capped at $10,000,000 per project.

  • Allocates up to 5 percent of appropriated funds for predevelopment grants, up to 5 percent for agency administrative costs, and remaining funds for developer loans.

Legislative Description

School Employee Housing Assistance Grant Program.

Last Action

From committee without further action.

11/30/2016

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/21/2016
Education4/13/2016
Housing and Community Development3/17/2016

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