(a) (1) The department shall establish the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program under which, subject to the availability of funds, there shall be made to local public entities, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships, any of the following: (A) Loans for the construction or rehabilitation of rental housing for lower-income agricultural employees and their families, including the cost of acquiring the land and any building related thereto and constructing or rehabilitating-related support facilities necessary to the housing. For the funds loaned under this subparagraph, the department shall do all of the following: (i) Make funds available at the same time it makes funds, if any, available under the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)). (ii) Rate and rank applications in a manner consistent with the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)), except that the department may establish additional point categories for the purposes of rating and ranking applications that seek funding pursuant to this paragraph in addition to those used in the Multifamily Housing Program. (iii) Administer funds subject to this chapter in a manner consistent with the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)), except that assisted units may serve agricultural employees and their families with incomes of up to 80 percent of the area median income. Loan terms shall be consistent with Section 50675.6 and any other requirements concerning loan terms in Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675). (iv) Only applications meeting the threshold requirements of this subparagraph, and any additional threshold requirements established by the department, shall be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this subparagraph. (B) Loans that assist development projects involving multiple home ownership units, including single-family subdivisions, for lower-income agricultural employees and their families, including the cost of acquiring the land and constructing or rehabilitating-related support facilities necessary to the housing. Upon completion of construction, the department may convert project loans into grants for programs of assistance to lower-income agricultural employees and their families consistent with the process described in subdivision (c) of Section 50650.3. For the funds loaned under this subparagraph, the department shall do all of the following: (i) Make funds available at the same time it makes funds, if any, available under the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650). (ii) Rate and rank applications in a manner consistent with the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650), except that the department may establish additional point categories for the purposes of rating and ranking applications that seek funding pursuant to this paragraph in addition to those used in the CalHome Program. (iii) Administer funds subject to this chapter in a manner consistent with the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650). Loan terms shall be consistent with loan terms in the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650). (iv) Only applications meeting the threshold requirements of this subparagraph, and any additional threshold requirements established by the department, shall be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this subparagraph. (C) Grants for programs that assist lower-income agricultural employees and their families to become or remain homeowners consistent with the eligible funding purposes described in Section 50650.3. For the funds granted under this subparagraph, the department shall do all of the following: (i) Make funds available at the same time it makes funds, if any, available under the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650). (ii) Rate and rank application
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