A housing unit is offered broadband Internet service” if the unit does not have access ”not to a commercially available broadband Internet service, such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a cable modem, or another protocol, available at the unit. Applicants California Public Utilities Code § 281(f)(2) limits CASF Broadband Public Housing Account funding to a publicly subsidized multifamily housing developments owned by either of the following two entities: 1) A public housing agency that has been chartered by the state, or by any city or county in the state, and has been determined an eligible public housing agency by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2) An incorporated nonprofit organization as described in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)) that is exempt from taxation under Section 501 (a) of that code (16 U.S.C. Sec. 501(a)), and that has received public funding to subsidize the construction or maintenance of housing occupied by residents whose annual income qualifies as low” income according “low”-or “very to federal poverty guidelines. Non-profit housing developers involved in limited partnerships with for-profit entities participating may also be eligible, since the IRS considers an exempt organization's participation as a general partner in a limited partnership with for-profit limited partners as consistent with the organization's exempt status under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Information Required From Applicants Applicants must submit the following information to the Commission for each proposed project. Applications and supporting material must be submitted online with a hard copy mailed to the CASF Housing Account Coordinator and one sent to the Office of Ratepayer Advocates. 1. Infrastructure Project Application Applicants must complete and submit a project application form, will be available on the Commission’s website. CD will post all applications submitted by the quarterly deadline on the CASF webpage, allowing ISPs two weeks to challenge the applications. Additional supporting documentation will not be posted online.
A housing unit is ”not offered broadband Internet service” if the unit does not have access to a commercially available broadband Internet service, such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a cable modem, or another protocol, available at the unit. Applicants California Public Utilities Code § 281(f)(2) limits CASF Broadband Public Housing Account funding to a publicly subsidized multifamily housing developments owned by either of the following two entities: 1) A public housing agency that has been chartered by the state, or by any city or county in the state, and has been determined an eligible public housing agency by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2) An incorporated nonprofit organization as described in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)) that is exempt from taxation under Section 501 (a) of that code (16 U.S.C. Sec. 501(a)), and that has received public funding to subsidize the construction or maintenance of housing occupied by residents whose annual income qualifies as “low”-or “very low” income according to federal poverty guidelines. Non-profit housing developers involved in limited partnerships with for-profit entities participating may also be eligible, since the IRS considers an exempt organization's participation as a general partner in a limited partnership with for-profit limited partners as consistent with the organization's exempt status under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Information Required From Applicants Applicants must submit the following information to the Commission for each proposed project. Applications and supporting material must be submitted online with a hard copy mailed to the CASF Housing Account Coordinator and one sent to the Office of Ratepayer Advocates. 1. Infrastructure Project Application Applicants must complete and submit a project application form, will be available on the Commission’s website. CD will post all applications submitted by the quarterly deadline on the CASF webpage, allowing ISPs two weeks to challenge the applications. Additional supporting documentation will not be posted online.
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