Cal. Health & Saf. Code § 33449
Notwithstanding Section 33440, or any other provision of law, an agency may, inside or outside any project area, acquire land, donate land, improve sites, or construct or rehabilitate structures in order to provide housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093, and very low income households, as defined in Section 50105, and may provide subsidies to, or for the benefit of, such persons and families or households to assist them in obtaining housing within the community.
Except as otherwise authorized by law, nothing in this section shall empower an agency to operate a rental housing development beyond such period as is reasonably necessary to sell or lease the housing development.
This section shall apply to all redevelopment project areas for which a redevelopment plan has been adopted, whether the redevelopment plan is adopted before or after January 1, 1976.
Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 33449