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Property Eligibility Requirements
SOMAH eligibility requires that a property must:
- Have at least five units.
- Be deed-restricted low-income residential housing
- Satisfy one of the following:
- 80% of the property residents have incomes at or below 60% of the area median income (AMI)
OR - Property is in a defined disadvantaged community (DAC) that scores in the top 25% of census tracts statewide in the CalEnviroScreen including property that is located on tribal land and is federally recognized
- 80% of the property residents have incomes at or below 60% of the area median income (AMI)
- Be an existing building or retrofit (with certificate of occupancy)
- Have separately metered units
- Be a utility or community choice aggregator (CCA) customer (with VNEM) in the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), PacifiCorp or Liberty Utilities territories