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DIVISION 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE 50000-54034›PART 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 50400-50899.7›CHAPTER 15. Family Housing Demonstration Program 50880-50895›ARTICLE 1. Findings, Definitions, and General Provisions 50880-50884.5

§ 50881.5

California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The definitions in this section apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 and Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) also apply to this chapter.

(a) “Community housing development” means a development of 20 or more rental or cooperative units on one or more sites, that includes the social and economic features described in this chapter.

(b) “Congregate housing” or “congregate housing development,” means a new or rehabilitated large multibedroom structure in which more than two families share common living areas and child care, cleaning, cooking, and other household responsibilities.

(c) “Sponsor” means any nonprofit corporation, cooperative, or local public agency, or any combination thereof, including limited partnerships in which the managing general partner is an eligible nonprofit corporation.

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 637, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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