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                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Ávila Farías</ns0:AuthorText>
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                                <ns0:Name>Ávila Farías</ns0:Name>
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                <ns0:Title>An act to add Section 50199.26 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to
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                        <ns0:Subject>Low-income housing tax credits: lease nonrenewal: good cause.</ns0:Subject>
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                        <html:p>Existing law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, establishes a low-income housing tax credit program through which the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee allocates low-income housing tax credits aimed at providing affordable low-income housing within and throughout the state. Existing federal law sets limitations and guidelines regarding what projects are eligible for credits, including a requirement that an extended low-income housing commitment is in effect, and a prohibition against eviction except for good cause. </html:p>
                        <html:p>This bill would specify, for housing projects where the low-income housing commitment requires 100% of the units, not including any manager’s units, to be restricted to lower income households, as
                         defined, that good cause for nonrenewal of a lease includes cases where the nonrenewal relates to a household whose income exceeds 140% of the area median income for at least 2 consecutive years and 30% of the household’s monthly income exceeds the fair market rent for the county where they reside. </html:p>
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                <ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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                                Section 50199.26 is added to the
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                                                        <html:p>For purposes of implementing Section 42(h)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, for any qualified low-income building where 100 percent of the units, except for any manager’s unit, are restricted to lower income households, as defined in Section 50093, by an enforceable regulatory agreement with a government entity, good cause for nonrenewal of a lease shall include cases where both of the following apply:</html:p>
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                                                                The household’s income exceeds 140% of the area median income for at least two consecutive years.
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                                                                Thirty percent of the household’s monthly income exceeds the fair market rent for the county where the unit is located.
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