Section 7542 - Evaluation Criteria(a) Applications for funds that serve the largest proportion of low-income households shall receive priority.(b) In evaluating technical assistance applications, the Department shall include, but not be limited to, the following factors in its evaluation: (1) The extent to which the applicant uses available federal, state and local programs and resources in the project;(2) The applicant's organizational capacity to carry out the project;(3) The project's feasibility;(4) The project's cost effectiveness in terms of per unit self-help housing fund costs; and(5) The extent to which project participants use self-help labor.(c) In evaluating mortgage assistance applications, the Department will consider the following factors in addition to the factors listed under (b). (1) The extent to which the estimated cost of the units to be constructed or rehabilitated is consistent with the lowest possible cost of residential units in the same area meeting minimum health and safety code standards and local building and land use requirements;(2) The extent to which adequate financing for the project is assured;(3) The extent to which the grantee provides information on the estimated income levels of the households that are to receive mortgage assistance; and(4) The likelihood that the applicant will complete the project within two years of executing an agreement with the Department, pursuant to Section 7562(d) of this Subchapter.(d) The Department may establish more specific rating and ranking criteria in each Notice of Funding Availability, based on the criteria in (b) and (c) of this section.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 25, § 7542
Note: Authority cited: Section 50697(d), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 50696, Health and Safety Code.