{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-50691.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 50691.1","heading":"","body":"The Legislature finds and declares that self-help housing generates self-reliance and a sense of community for participants, and that it is an important and proven source of housing for many low- and moderate-income California residents.\nThe Legislature further finds and declares that the California Self-Help Housing Program has been very successful in its goal of stimulating the production and rehabilitation of housing with the use of several self-help housing techniques, and that the program should be expanded to assist more low- and moderate-income residents throughout this state.\nIn addition to the purposes specified in Section 50691, the purposes of this chapter include all of the following:\n(1) Expansion of the production of decent and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people through the use of self-help methods of rehabilitation and construction.\n(2) Expansion of homeownership opportunities for those to whom it would otherwise not be available without the cost savings achieved by the self-help method.\n(3) Encouragement of self-reliance, pride of ownership, and sense of community for those who participate.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE [50000. - 54949.]","PART 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [50400. - 50899.7.]","CHAPTER 7.5. Housing Advisory Service [50690. - 50698.]","ARTICLE 1. Findings and Declarations [50690. - 50691.1.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c93caab5728d2696797001585385d2fc9f872e56d005bcd084401ae1ff211123","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-50691","next":"us-ca/hsc-50692"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}