California School Employee Housing Assistance Pilot Program.

Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and requires it to administer, among other housing programs, the Multifamily Housing Program, pursuant to which HCD provides deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development for specified types of housing projects, as provided. Existing law, the Teacher Housing Act of 2016, authorizes a school district to establish and implement programs that address the housing needs of teachers and school district employees who face challenges in securing affordable housing, as provided. This bill, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, would require HCD, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, to administer a competitive grant program to provide planning grants of up to $100,000 each to up to 10 qualified school districts, as defined, that partner with a developer to provide affordable school employee rental housing, as defined, to be used for specified purposes in connection with an affordable school employee rental housing project. The bill would require a qualified school district that receives a grant to submit an annual report and, no later than 3 years after receiving a grant, a final report that includes specified information. Upon completion of the pilot program established under the bill, the bill would require HCD, in collaboration with the State Department of Education and the Office of Public School Construction, to create a toolkit for school districts to use to develop strategies for providing affordable school employee rental housing.