AB 2784: California State University: Emergency Student Housing Loan Program.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education located throughout the state.

This bill would establish the Emergency Student Housing Loan Program, commencing with the 201920 academic year, at 3 campuses of the California State University, contingent upon the enactment of an appropriation of state funds for this purpose. This bill would define homeless and homelessness homeless, homelessness, and rapid rehousing for the purposes of this article. Under the program, the 3 participating campuses of the university, as designated by the trustees, would establish an Emergency Student Housing Loan Program pursuant to which the participating campus would design a program enabling students at their campus who are experiencing an individual housing emergency, as specified, to receive a loan to pay for their housing that would either be short term, up to 3 months, or medium term, from 3 months to a maximum of 24 months. for up to 12 months. The bill would establish eligibility requirements and priorities for the selection of participating students.

The bill would require the trustees to submit a report, including specified information about the program, to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature no later than June 30, 2022.

This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2022, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2023.