Government Code - GOV
TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58]
( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66342]
( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763]
( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ARTICLE 10.6. Housing Elements [65580 - 65589.11]
( Article 10.6 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1143. ) 65589.8.
A local government which adopts a requirement in its housing element that a housing development contain a fixed percentage of affordable housing units, shall permit a developer to satisfy all or a portion of that requirement by constructing rental housing at affordable monthly rents, as determined by the local government.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand or contract the authority of a local government to adopt an ordinance, charter amendment, or policy requiring that any housing development contain a fixed percentage of affordable housing units.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 787, Sec. 1.)