Please include your Facility ID number on all payments, documents, and correspondence submitted to the Department. Your Facility ID number can be found on your permit to operate, annual renewal invoice, and other PTO related documents. You may also look up your Facility ID number using HCD’s C&S Online Services facility search.
HCD’s C&S Online Services facility search provides the following information for employee housing facilities throughout California:
Issuance of new permits to operate employee housing and annual renewals include invoicing the employee housing operators, receiving and banking fees, ordering field inspections, completing and mailing permits, and maintaining all records of such permitting and renewals.
The State Law governing employee housing is entitled the "Employee Housing Act" and may be found in Health and Safety Code, division 13, part 1, beginning with section 17000. This Act establishes requirements for permits, fees, and responsibilities of employee housing operators and enforcement agencies, including the Department.
The Employee Housing Program oversees the construction, maintenance, use, and occupancy of privately-owned or -operated employee housing facilities providing housing for five or more employees to assure their health, safety, and general welfare.
HCD enforces state laws and regulations related to the Employee Housing Act through local enforcement agencies (PDF). Where local enforcement agencies do not enforce the provisions of the Act, HCD acts as the enforcement agency.
HCD serves as a State Administrative Agency (SAA) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
SAAs are required to submit monthly reports to HUD containing consumer complaint handling activities under 24 CFR 3282, Subpart L, which include:
Third-party agencies (PDF) are certified by HCD to perform as a Design Approval Agency (DAA) and/or a Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), enforcing design and construction approval of factory-built housing designated for sale in California.
Third-party agencies, once approved, provide these services as businesses acting on behalf of HCD.
Factory-built housing is a factory-constructed version of a site-built residential building that is manufactured and then transported to its permanent installation location.
HCD’s Factory-Built Housing (FBH) Program helps ensure the health and safety of persons using or purchasing factory-built homes or FBH building components and helps provide California residents with reduced housing costs through mass production techniques resulting from a factory production environment.
Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and multifamily manufactured housing are constructed and installed under preemptive state and federal standards. These standards, however, do not address the installation of fire sprinkler systems
Employee Housing Act and the adopted regulations govern the standards for the construction, maintenance, use, and occupancy of living quarters, called "employee housing," provided for five or more employees under specified circumstances. Employee housing subject to the Act is privately-operated and does not include government-owned and -operated migrant worker facilities. In general, employee housing is privately-owned housing that houses five or more employees and meets the following:
The Disability Advisory Committee (DAC) is comprised of HCD employees who serve as an advisory body to the HCD Director and the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Office to help enhance employment and promotional opportunities, as well as equal treatment and access to services and benefits for HCD employees with disabilities. The Disability Advisory Committee is mandated by Government Code Section 19795(b).
The DAC focuses its efforts on the following:
