§ 34315
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An authority may:
(a)Lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project, or a project assisted pursuant to Section 34312.3, and establish and revise the rents or charges for them.
(b)Own, hold, and improve real or personal property.
(c)Purchase, lease, obtain option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property or any interest in property.
(d)Acquire any real property by eminent domain.
(e)Sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge, or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest in it.
(f)Insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the authority against any risks or hazards.
(g)Lend upon the security of a mortgage or deed of trust, directly or by purchase from one or more qualified mortgage lenders, in connection with the sale of real property to persons of low income and to other persons pursuant to Section 34312.3, moneys for the financing of construction or rehabilitation pursuant to this part, or the implementation of government housing and rehabilitation financing programs for persons of low income and for other persons when acting pursuant to authorization contained in Section 34312.3, Part 13 (commencing with Section 37910) of this division, or Part 3 (commencing with Section 50900) of Division 31, subject only to the limitations on income of borrowers or residents prescribed by the statutory provisions under which the authority is acting. With respect to financing activities conducted pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 50900) or Part 4 (commencing with Section 51600) of Division 31, the authority shall obtain certification as a qualified mortgage lender pursuant to Section 50094.
(h)Procure insurance or guarantees from the federal government or the California Housing Finance Agency or from any person licensed to insure mortgages in this state of the payment of all or part of any debts, whether or not incurred by the authority, secured by mortgages or deeds of trust on any property included in any of its housing projects or otherwise financed pursuant to this chapter or secured by mortgages or deeds of trust pursuant to Part 13 (commencing with Section 37910) of this division or Part 3 (commencing with Section 50900) of Division 31.