(a) Every housing authority shall file on the first day of October of each year with the Department of Housing and Community Development a complete report of its activities during the previous fiscal year, with recommendations for needed legislation to carry on properly a program of housing and community development in this state.
(b) The authority shall provide the Department of Housing and Community Development funds as requested by the department to reimburse the department for the cost of processing the report required by this section.
(c) (1) The report shall include data on terminations of tenancies of victims of domestic violence in housing authority units, and terminations of Section 8 vouchers of victims of domestic violence. The data shall be included in all cases where a notice of termination was given, regardless of whether the termination was based in whole or in part on activity related to the domestic violence, and whether the notice resulted in the victim vacating the premises or actual termination of the voucher.
(2) For each termination, the report shall briefly specify steps taken, if any, by the authority to address the situation or assist the victim prior to the termination, and, if known, the subsequent housing obtained by the victim. If no steps were taken, the authority may include an explanation of why none were deemed necessary.
(3) The report shall include data on terminations of all victims of domestic violence, as reported or known to the authority, its employees, or agents, whether or not an arrest was made or any report was filed.
(4) The report may include any other information regarding domestic violence victim terminations deemed relevant by the authority.
(5) The report required on October 1, 2004, shall include data on all cases where a notice of termination was given to the victim from January 1, 2004, to the end of the fiscal year reportable on October 1, 2004.
(6) For purposes of this section, “domestic violence” has the meaning set forth in Section 6211 of the Family Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 787, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2004.)