For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Adult protective services” has the same meaning as defined in Section 15610.10.

(b) “Eligible individual” means an individual that, at a minimum, meets all of the following conditions:

(1) Is an adult protective services client.

(2) Is homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness as a result of elder or dependent abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or financial exploitation, as determined by the adult protective services agency.

(3) Voluntarily agrees to participate in the program.

(c) “Homeless or at risk of homelessness” means any of the following:

(1) A person who lacks a fixed or regular nighttime residence and either of the following apply:

(A) The person has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter, hotel, or motel, designed to provide temporary living accommodations.

(B) The person resides in a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

(2) A person who is in receipt of a judgment for eviction, as ordered by the court.

(3) A person who has received a pay rent or quit notice or who will otherwise imminently lose his or her primary nighttime residence, if all of the following are true:

(A) The right to occupy his or her current housing or living situation will be terminated within 21 days after the date of application for assistance, or there is credible evidence that he or she is at imminent risk of receiving a termination notice, as documented in his or her adult protective services case plan.

(B) A subsequent residence has not been identified or secured, including, but not limited to, an individual exiting a medical facility, long-term care facility, prison, or jail.

(C) The individual lacks the resources or support network, including, but not limited to, family, friends, or faith-based or other social network, needed to obtain other permanent housing.

(4) A person who has a primary nighttime residence or living situation directly associated with a substantiated report of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation that poses an imminent health and safety risk, and the person lacks the resources or support network needed to obtain other permanent housing.

(d) “Multidisciplinary personnel team” has the same meaning as defined in Section 15610.55.

(e) “Permanent housing” means a place to live without a predetermined limit on the length of stay subject to landlord-tenant laws pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1940) of Title 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.

(f) “Program” means the Home Safe Program established pursuant to this chapter.

(g) “Supportive housing” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50675.14 of the Health and Safety Code, except that the program is not restricted to serving only projects with five or more units.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 35, Sec. 35. (AB 1811) Effective June 27, 2018.)