The development cost payments provided by the department pursuant to this article shall not exceed 100 percent of the development costs of a rental housing development, and shall not exceed the amount required, when considered with any subsidy or assistance provided by the agency, local finance entity or housing sponsor, including below-market interest financing, to ensure the economic feasibility of restricting occupancy of the rental housing development in accordance with Sections 50736 and 50739. The department may defray all or a portion of development costs as they are incurred, or in accordance with a schedule developed pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section
50746.