The department may provide technical assistance to housing sponsors who are involved in any of the following activities:
(a) The development of cooperatively owned mobilehome parks for persons and families of low and moderate income.
(b) The development of mobilehome parks in which the rents charged for spaces are affordable to and occupied by persons and families of low and moderate income.
(c) The development of manufactured housing subdivisions in which lots and mobilehomes will be purchased by persons and families of low and moderate income.
The department may also provide technical assistance to cooperatives and nonprofit housing sponsors who are involved in the purchase of an existing mobilehome park which is placed on the market and which will be occupied primarily by persons and families of low and moderate income.