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Housing
- Online Services
- Homeownership
- California's Consumer Home Mortgage Information website
Here you will find helpful information and links if you are considering buying a home, or if you already own a home, or have a mortgage and may be experiencing difficulty in keeping your payments current. En Espanol.
- Financing Housing Services - California Housing Finance Agency
Become familiar with the services of the CalHFA to assist first-time homebuyers and to finance below-market rate loans for safe, decent, and affordable rental housing.
- Single Family First-Time Homebuyers - California Housing Finance Agency
Explore the CalHFA's Single Family Ownership programs to provide affordable housing opportunities by offering below-market interest mortgage loans to very low-to-moderate income first-time homebuyers.
- Landlord or Tenant Rights and Responsibilities - California Department of Consumer Affairs
Gain an understanding of what your rights and responsibilities are in California if you are a renter or a landlord.
- California Courts Self-Help Center - Judicial Council of California
Find legal assistance, learn about California law, and how to represent yourself in some legal matters. This site does not provide legal advice.
- County Property Assessors - California State Board of Equalization
This link provides a complete listing of California County Property Assessors.
- Real Estate and Financial Services Licenses - California Department of Real Estate
Use this web site to find information about real estate and financial services licenses, laws, regulations and enforcement actions. The Department of Real Estate, the Office of Real Estate Appraisers, the Department of Corporations and the Department of Financial Institutions regulate most of the real estate and financial services in California.
- California Property Taxes Law Guide - California State Board of Equalization
Find out more about the laws, rules, and court cases involved in property taxes. Read annotations that contain analysis of the laws, rules, and significant court cases.
- Real Estate Appraisers - California Office of Real Estate Appraisers
Be informed about your real estate appraiser, check the status of an appraiser's license, and know where to go to file a complaint.
- Economic Data and Consumer Price Indexes in California - California Department of Finance
Obtain data on the Gross State Product, business and personal income, minimum wage, poverty guidelines, consumer expenditures, and the Consumer Price Index in selected areas.
- Building Codes and Standards
- California Building Standards Code (Title 24) - California Building Standards Commission
Find information on the Building Standards Code, how to purchase or where to read. Learn about the agency which regulates areas such as health, fire and panic safety, employee safety, energy conservation, and handicapped accessibility in the California building industry.
- Hotel, Motel, Apartment and Manufactured Housing Construction - California Department of Housing and Community Development: Division of Codes and Standards
The Division of Codes and Standards 1) administers programs related to the regulation and inspection of manufactured housing construction in the State of California, and 2) develops statewide building standards for new construction and adopts regulations for maintenance, use, occupancy, repair, alteration, moving and demolition of hotels, motels, lodginghouses, apartments, dwellings and more.
