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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Additional funding round moneys” means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 2022–23.

(b) “Agency” means the California Housing and Homelessness Agency.

(c) “Applicant” means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction

(d) “Continuum of care” has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), ”council,” unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(2) Unless context requires otherwise, “council,” with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.

(f) “County” includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.

(g) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(h) “Funding round 1 moneys” means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 2021–22.

(i) “Homeless” has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(j) “Local jurisdiction” means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.

(k) “Program” means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.

(l) “Recipient” means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.

(m) “State right-of-way” means real property held in title by the State of California.

This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.

history: (History: Repealed (in Sec. 74) and added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 75. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)

chapter: 7. Encampment Resolution Funding Program


kind: section

code: HSC

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(a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:

(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.

(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.

(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.

(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.

(c) (1) The council’s decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.

(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:

(A) The applicant’s capacity to carry out the proposal.

(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.

(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.

(D) The applicant’s ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.

(E) The applicant’s ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.

(F) The applicant’s capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.

(G) The applicant’s ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.

(H) The applicant’s ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.

(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:

(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.

(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.

(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.

(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.

(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 4. (SB 197) Effective June 30, 2022.)

division: 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE

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(a) The council shall distribute funding round 1 moneys in accordance with this chapter.

(b) Except as specified in subdivision (e), the council shall award the moneys appropriated as competitive grants to applicants to be used to support encampment resolution and rehousing efforts for local jurisdictions. Council staff shall develop and disseminate encampment resolution strategies, case studies, and learnings to local jurisdictions.

(c) Applicants may submit an application for a program grant to the council in a form and manner specified by the council. The application shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) Information on the number and demographics of the individuals living in the encampment that the applicant is requesting funding to help resolve.

(2) A description of why this specific encampment is being prioritized for resolution support.

(3) A description of how the applicant intends to collaborate with state and local partners to mitigate risk and address safety concerns, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing.

(4) A description of how the applicant intends to use these funds to connect all individuals living in the encampment to services and housing.

(5) A description of other local resources and funding streams that will be used to ensure the ongoing availability of services and housing support for people who are moved out of encampments into permanent housing.

(d) When determining grant awards, funding shall be prioritized for:

(1) Jurisdictions that can demonstrate a commitment to cross-systems collaboration and innovative efforts to resolve encampment issues, while focusing on protecting the health and well-being of the individuals living in those encampments.

(2) Jurisdictions that have 50 or more individuals living in the encampment that they are seeking to support with these funds.

(3) The intent of the council is to award grants, to the extent feasible, to a range of applicants that represent the diversity of communities across the state, including rural, urban, and suburban communities.

(e) Of the moneys available pursuant to subdivision (a), the council may expend up to 5 percent for administration of the program.

(f) This section only applies to funding round 1 moneys and does not apply to additional funding round moneys.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 5. (SB 197) Effective June 30, 2022.)

part: 1. STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS


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(a) This section only applies to additional funding round moneys and does not apply to funding round 1 moneys.

(b) The council shall award additional funding round moneys first to fund projects from prior funding rounds that the council determined satisfied applicable program requirements but were not funded in the prior round.

(c) (1) Any funds remaining after the awards required by subdivision (b) shall be awarded on a rolling basis in accordance with this subdivision.

(2) The council shall begin accepting new applications for a program grant by five months after the appropriation in the given fiscal year is made.

(3) The council shall cease accepting new applications for a program grant by the earlier of the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made or the date the funds from the appropriation have been expended.

(4) Applicants shall submit an application for a program grant to the council in a form and manner specified by the council. The application shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:

(A) Information on the number and demographics of the individuals living in the encampment that the applicant is requesting funding to help resolve.

(B) A description of why the specific encampment is being prioritized for resolution support.

(C) A description of how the applicant intends to collaborate with state and local partners to mitigate risk and address safety concerns while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing.

(D) A description of how the applicant intends to use these funds to connect all individuals living in the encampment to services and housing. When an application includes operating safe parking sites while locating interim or permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness living in vehicles or recreational vehicles, a description of how the applicant intends to acquire sites for safe parking, operate the site, provide services at the safe parking site, and increase safe parking site hours.

(E) A description of other local resources and funding streams that will be used to ensure the ongoing availability of services and housing support for people who are moved out of encampments into permanent housing.

(F) A goal for the number of individuals the program will support transitioning from encampments into temporary shelters.

(G) A goal for the number of individuals the program will support transitioning from encampments into permanent housing.

(5) In awarding grants, funding shall be prioritized for both of the following:

(A) Jurisdictions that can demonstrate a commitment to cross-systems collaboration, including collaborations with state entities, and innovative efforts to resolve encampment issues, while focusing on protecting the health and well-being of the individuals living in those encampments.

(B) Applicants that represent the diversity of communities across the state, including, but not limited to, rural, urban, and suburban communities.

(d) The council may do any of the following:

(1) Monitor grantee performance.

(2) Require a grantee not meeting goals to accept technical assistance from the council.

(3) Limit the allowable uses of program funds for a grantee that is not meeting goals.

(e) The council may use up to 5 percent of money appropriated in a given fiscal year for administration of the program, including capacity building and technical assistance activities in support of program goals.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 524, Sec. 2. (SB 748) Effective January 1, 2026.)


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(a) The council shall administer the funding round 1 moneys of the program in accordance with the following timelines:

(1) The council shall make a program application available no later than October 31, 2021.

(2) Applications shall be due to the council no later than December 31, 2021.

(3) The council shall make initial award determinations no later than March 1, 2022.

(4) If not all funds have been awarded after the first round of grant awards, the council may accept additional applications and make additional awards until all funds have been allocated.

(b) (1) Recipients of funding round 1 moneys shall expend at least 50 percent of their allocation by June 30, 2023.

(2) Recipients who fail to expend their allocated funds in compliance with this subdivision shall return to the council no less than 25 percent of their total allocation amount for reallocation by the council during subsequent rounds of funding.

(c) Recipients of funding round 1 moneys shall expend all program funds no later than June 30, 2024. Any funds not expended by this date shall be returned to the council to be reallocated pursuant to Section 50252.1.

(d) (1) Recipients of additional funding round moneys pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50252.1 shall expend at least 50 percent of their allocation within two fiscal years of the date of the award. Any funds not expended by this date shall be returned to the council and reallocated pursuant to Section 50252.1.

(2) Recipients of additional funding round moneys pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50252.1 shall obligate 100 percent of their allocation within two fiscal years of the date of the award.

(3) Recipients that do not meet requirement in paragraph (2) shall submit to the council within 60 days of the end of the second fiscal year a plan for obligating 100 percent of their allocation within six months.

(4) The council may subject recipients that do not meet the requirement in paragraph (2) to additional corrective action determined by the council.

(5) Recipients of additional funding round moneys pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50252.1 shall expend all program funds within three fiscal years of the date of the award. Any funds not expended by this date shall revert to the fund of origin.

(e) (1) Recipients of additional funding round moneys pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 50252.1 shall expend at least 50 percent of their allocation within two fiscal years of the date of the award.

(2) Recipients of additional funding round moneys pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 50252.1 shall obligate 100 percent of their allocation within two fiscal years of the date of the award.

(3) Recipients that do not meet the requirement in paragraph (2) shall submit to the council within 60 days of the end of the second fiscal year a plan for obligating 100 percent of their allocation within six months.

(4) The council may subject recipients that do not meet the requirement in paragraph (2) to additional corrective action determined by the council.

(5) Recipients of additional funding round moneys pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 50252.1 shall expend all program funds within four fiscal years of the date of the award. Any funds not expended by this date shall revert to the fund of origin.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 22, Sec. 47. (AB 130) Effective June 30, 2025.)


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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.

(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.

(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.

(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through the local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.

(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through the statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.

(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(d) For purposes of this paragraph, “health information” includes “protected health information,” as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and “medical information,” as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.

(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.

(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by the council pursuant to subdivision (g) to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.

(g) (1) The department shall, in its annual report submitted pursuant to Section 50408, report a summary of the data elements described in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 50254.5, disaggregated by funding round.

(2) The requirement of submitting data imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative after the department publishes the final report covering the final round of program funds.

(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:

(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.

(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.

(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 524, Sec. 3. (SB 748) Effective January 1, 2026.)


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(a) (1) For funding appropriated in fiscal years 2021–22, 2022–23, and 2023–24 for purposes of this chapter, no later than April 1 of the year following the expiration of the encumbrance period of funds, each recipient that receives a program allocation shall submit to the department a final report pursuant to Section 50254.

(2) Beginning April 1, 2025, and ending the April prior to the appropriation’s encumbrance period expiration, each recipient that receives a program allocation shall submit to the department an annual report in a format determined by the department as well as detailed uses of the program funds.

(b) For funding appropriated in fiscal years 2024–25 and 2025–26 for purposes of this chapter, the following provisions apply:

(1) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.

(2) (A) The department shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.

(B) The department may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.

(C) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the department, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information Systems, as required by the department for purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.

(D) Department staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through the statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.

(3) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code). For purposes of this paragraph, “health information” includes “protected health information,” as defined in Section 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and “medical information,” as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.

(4) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the department.

(5) Beginning April 1, 2026, and ending the April prior to the appropriation’s encumbrance period expiration, each recipient that receives a program allocation shall submit to the department an annual report in a format determined by the department as well as detailed uses of the program funds.

(6) No later than April 1 of the year following the expiration of the encumbrance period of funds, each recipient that receives a program allocation shall also submit to the department a final report in a format determined by the department as well as detailed uses of the program funds. Each grantee shall provide either through their local Homeless Management Information System or alternative format determined by the department all of the following data elements as part of the final report:

(A) The number of homeless individuals served using the program funds in that year.

(B) The total number of individuals served in all years of the program, as well the homeless population served.

(C) Aggregate outcome data for individuals served using program funds, including all of the following:

(i) The type of housing that the individuals exited to from the encampment, including whether the housing is permanent or interim.

(ii) The percentage of successful housing exits.

(iii) Exit types for unsuccessful housing exits.

(D) The eligible uses and expenditures of awarded program funds.

(E) The number and size of the encampment addressed.

(F) The number of encampments that the grantee has resolved.

(G) The types of housing assistance provided, including, but not limited to, permanent or interim housing, broken out by the number of individuals served.

(c) The department shall post the annual reports and final reports submitted pursuant to this section on its internet website within 30 days of receipt and provide notice to the appropriate policy and budget committees.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 48, Sec. 15. (AB 166) Effective July 2, 2024.)


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For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Applicant” means a continuum of care, city, or county.

(b) “Continuum of care” has the meaning provided in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations as that section read on May 1, 2021.

(c) “Council” means the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(d) “County” includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.

(e) “Homeless” has the same meaning as defined in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on May 1, 2018.

(f) “Local jurisdiction” means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.

(g) “Program” means the Family Homelessness Challenge Grants and Technical Assistance Program established pursuant to this chapter.

(h) “Recipient” means a jurisdiction that receives funds from the council for the purposes of the program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 14. (AB 140) Effective July 19, 2021.)

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(a) The Family Homelessness Challenge Grants and Technical Assistance Program is hereby established for the purpose of providing one-time grants and technical assistance to local jurisdictions in order to address and end family homelessness.

(b) (1) Council staff shall administer the program, which shall provide grants and technical assistance. Technical assistance may be provided directly by council staff or through a contracted entity.

(2) The program shall give preference to proposals that promote rapid innovation, accelerate nascent programs, expand promising practices, and meet new demands and conditions for solutions targeted towards ending family homelessness. Program funding shall be prioritized for jurisdictions that can demonstrate cross-systems collaboration, multifunder initiatives, and innovative efforts that coordinate across funding streams and systems.

(c) The decision of the council to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final.

(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:

(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.

(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.

(3) The name of each recipient of program funds.

(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.

(e) In administering this chapter, the council shall not be subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

chapter: 8. Family Homelessness Challenge Grants and Technical Assistance


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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, forty million dollars ($40,000,000) or whatever greater or lesser sum is appropriated for purposes of the program, shall be distributed in accordance with this subdivision.

(1) Seventy-five percent of the amount appropriated shall be distributed through two rounds of competitive grants to applicants to be used to accelerate efforts by local jurisdictions to eliminate family homelessness in their communities.

(A) Fifty percent of the amount referenced in this paragraph shall be distributed through the initial round of competitive grant funding.

(B) Fifty percent of the amount referenced in this paragraph shall be distributed through a second round of competitive grant funding. Recipients of the initial round of program funds that demonstrate adequate progress towards their program goals, remain in compliance with all requirements of this program, and demonstrate the most promising and innovative practices which could be scaled and replicated to support statewide efforts to eliminate family homelessness may apply for the second round of grant funding.

(2) Twenty percent of the amount appropriated shall be set aside for intensive technical assistance to local jurisdictions to support the state’s efforts to reach functional zero for family homelessness.

(3) Of the amount appropriated pursuant to this subdivision, up to 5 percent may be expended by the council for the administration of the program. The council may utilize any unused funds from moneys set aside for program administration for technical assistance or to augment existing allocations.

(b) Applications for funding shall include a full description of how the applicant intends to use program funds for rapid innovation, accelerating nascent programs, expanding promising practices, or meeting new demands and conditions where practical work occurs for solutions targeted towards ending family homelessness, and any additional fiscal and programmatic information related to this grant as determined by the council.


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(a) (1) The council shall make available an application for the first round of allocations no later than March 1, 2022.

(2) Applications shall be due to the council no later than 60 days from the date the council makes those applications available pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3) Initial award determinations shall be made no more than 60 days after the deadline to submit applications.

(b) Recipients of funds shall expend at least 50 percent of their first-round allocation by June 30, 2024.

(1) Recipients who fail to expend their allocated funds in compliance with this subdivision shall repay to the council no less than 25 percent of their total allocation amount. The repayment amount shall be determined by the council based on its evaluation of the circumstances behind the failure to expend the allocated funds in compliance with this section. The repaid funds shall be reallocated by the council during the second round of funding.

(2) Any funds not distributed in the first round of awards or repaid pursuant to paragraph (1), shall be allocated in the second round of funding.

(c) (1) The council shall make available an application for the second round of allocations no later than December 31, 2023.

(2) Applications shall be due to the council no later than 60 days from the date the council makes the application available pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3) Initial award determinations shall be made no more than 60 days after the deadline to submit applications.

(d) If, after the second round of awards pursuant to this section, not all funds have been awarded, the council may make additional awards or augment existing allocations until all funds have been allocated.

(e) All program funds shall be expended by June 30, 2026. Any funds that are not expended by this date shall revert to, and be paid and deposited in, the General Fund.


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(a) All recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System, for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.

(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of required data elements.

(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.

(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to, or maintained within, the Homeless Data Integration System shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(d) For purposes of this paragraph, “health information” includes “protected health information,” as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and “medical information,” as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.

(e) All recipients of funds shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to create scalable solutions to family homelessness in a format and timeframe as specified by the council.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 100. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.)


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(a) On or before July 1, 2024, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the California Housing Finance Agency, and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to streamline the compliance monitoring of affordable multifamily rental housing developments that are subject to a regulatory agreement with more than one of these entities. The memorandum of understanding shall meet all of the following criteria:

(1) Ensure that only one entity conducts physical inspections for a particular project.

(2) Eliminate the submission of duplicate information.

(3) Provide for an aligned process to obtain required approvals for, including, but not limited to, reserve draws, ownership changes, property management changes, operating budgets, and capital needs assessments.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter, any delegation of responsibility provided in the memorandum of understanding pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not constrain the regulating entity’s obligations with third parties, performance of inspection standards, or ability to approve or deny any related process pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 646, Sec. 1. (AB 2006) Effective January 1, 2023.)

chapter: 9. Compliance Monitoring

path: 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE > 1. STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS > 9. Compliance Monitoring


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(a) The reviewing entities, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f), shall jointly convene an Affordable Housing Finance Workgroup for the purposes of developing recommendations for state-administered programs to utilize both of the following:

(1) A consolidated application for multifamily affordable rental housing developers to use to obtain grants, soft loans, low-income housing tax credits allocated from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, tax-exempt bonds allocated from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, federal funds, as applicable, and other types of subsidies provided by the reviewing entities for building multifamily affordable housing.

(2) A coordinated review process for the application described in paragraph (1) that minimizes duplication of information and maximizes administrative efficiency.

(b) The workgroup shall include, but not be limited to, representatives of all of the following:

(1) The reviewing entities.

(2) Nonprofit affordable housing developers.

(3) For-profit affordable housing developers.

(4) Local governments.

(5) Tribal governments.

(c) On or before January 1, 2026, the workgroup shall identify at least all of the following:

(1) Technical changes required to allow applicant data sharing between reviewing entities.

(2) Common and unique data required by the reviewing entities for assessment of the application described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(3) Timeline constraints and optimized alignment of application review timelines for the reviewing entities.

(4) Optimal means of application completion by affordable housing developers.

(5) Ongoing efforts and best practices in application consolidation by the reviewing entities.

(6) Any state-administered program that may utilize the consolidated application and coordinated review process described in subdivision (a).

(7) A timeline for developing a single consolidated application and coordinated review process between the reviewing entities.

(d) On or before July 1, 2026, the workgroup shall report, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, recommendations on implementing a single consolidated application and coordinated review process between the reviewing entities within the timeline described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) to all of the following:

(1) The reviewing entities.

(2) The Legislature.

(3) The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee and Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.

(4) The Senate Housing Committee and Senate Governance and Finance Committee.

(e) On or before January 1, 2027, each reviewing entity shall develop and report to the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, a plan to update any state-administered program, as described in subdivision (a), based on the recommendations of the workgroup developed pursuant to this chapter, taking into account at least all of the following:

(1) Whether a single application review team is able to capture the unique requirements for grants, soft loans, low-income housing tax credits allocated from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, tax-exempt bonds allocated from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, federal funds, as applicable, or other types of subsidies provided by the reviewing entities for building multifamily affordable rental housing.

(2) Whether a unified scoring rubric is possible to maximize financial support for applicants eligible for multiple funding sources from the reviewing entities.

(3) Methods of notification that need to be implemented by the reviewing entities to provide updates on an application.

(4) Ideal means for applicants to receive updates on their applications and selection for grants, soft loans, low-income housing tax credits allocated from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, tax-exempt bonds allocated from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, federal funds, as applicable, or other types of subsidies from the reviewing entities for building multifamily affordable rental housing.

(5) Whether joint agreements are required to implement the coordinated review process.

(6) Whether a federal program administered by the department may be integrated into the single consolidated application and coordinated review process.

(7) Whether the single consolidated application and coordinated review process conflicts with a statutory or regulatory requirement, financing timeline, or market expectation for grants, soft loans, low-income housing tax credits allocated from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, tax-exempt bonds allocated from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, federal funds, as applicable, or other types of subsidies from the reviewing entities for building multifamily affordable rental housing.

(f) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(2) “Nonamortized loan” means a loan without a fixed-payment schedule.

(3) “Reviewing entity” means any of the following entities:

(A) The department.

(B) The California Housing Finance Agency.

(C) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.

(D) The California Debt Limit Allocation Committee.

(4) “Soft loan” means a nonamortized loan that pays a percentage of net cashflow after the payment of operating expenses and amortizing debt.

(5) “Workgroup” means the Affordable Housing Finance Workgroup established pursuant to subdivision (a).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 742, Sec. 1. (AB 519) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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text:
(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 76. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.\n Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 77 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 28.)

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text:
(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the California Housing and Homelessness Agency.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.

history: (History: Repealed (in Sec. 76) and added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 77. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)

part: 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

chapter: 1. Organization of the Department and General Powers


text: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, any money contained in the Rural Predevelopment Loan Fund created pursuant to Section 50516, the Predevelopment Loan Fund created pursuant to Section 50531, the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund created pursuant to Section 50661, the Homeownership Assistance Fund created pursuant to Section 50778, and the Rental Housing Construction Fund created pursuant to Section 50740, is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, for any purposes authorized by statute. It is the intent of the Legislature that this section also supersede the amounts appropriated pursuant to Items 2240-101-635, 2240-101-929, 2240-101-936, 2240-101-938, and 2240-101-980, respectively, of the Budget Act of 1984 (Ch. 258, Stats. 1984).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 395, Sec. 2. Effective October 1, 2001.)


text: The department shall be administered by an executive officer known as the Director of Housing and Community Development. The director shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The director shall receive the annual salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)


text: The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the department, and the director is the head of the department within the meaning of such provisions. The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers, discharge all responsibility, and administer and enforce all laws, rules, and regulations under the jurisdiction of the department. The director shall keep all books and records necessary for proper and efficient administration of the department. In order to assist in the administration of the department’s loan and grant programs, the director may appoint committees of department employees and public representatives, the latter to serve without compensation except for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1165.)


text: The Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the director, a deputy director. The deputy director shall hold office at the pleasure of the director and shall receive a salary as shall be fixed by the director with the approval of the Department of Finance.


text:
The work of the department shall be divided into the following three divisions:

(a) The Division of Codes and Standards.

(b) The Division of Housing Policy Development.

(c) The Division of Financial Assistance.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 348, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)


text: Each division shall be in the charge of a chief, under the direction of the director. The chiefs shall be appointed, upon recommendation by the director, by the Governor. Such division chiefs shall hold office at the pleasure of the director, and shall receive a salary as shall be fixed by the director with the approval of the Department of Finance.


text: The Division of Codes and Standards shall be divided into two sections, the Housing Standards Section and the Manufactured Housing Section. Each section shall be in the charge of an assistant chief, under the direction of the chief. The assistant chiefs shall be appointed, upon recommendation by the director, by the Governor. Such assistant chief shall hold office at the pleasure of the director, and shall receive a salary as shall be fixed by the director with the approval of the Department of Finance.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1149.)


text:
(a) Effective January 1, 2024, the department shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice for any employee, prospective employee, contractor, and subcontractor, whose duties include, or would include, access to nonanonymized confidential information, personally identifiable information, personal health information, or financial information received by the department or contained in any information systems or records of the department, pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code. The Department of Justice shall provide a state- or federal-level response pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.

(b) (1) The department shall require any services contract, interagency agreement, or public entity agreement that includes, or would include, access to information described in subdivision (a) to include a provision requiring the contractor to agree to do both of the following:

(A) Perform criminal background checks on its employees, contractors, agents, or subcontractors who will have access to information described in subdivision (a).

(B) Certify the results of the criminal background check to the department as part of their services contract, interagency agreement, or public entity agreement with the department.

(2) This subdivision shall only apply to a services contract, interagency agreement, or public entity agreement that is entered into, renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 2024.

(c) This section does not apply to employees hired before January 1, 2024, unless the employee has subsequently separated from state service pursuant to Section 19996 of the Government Code or accepted an appointment to a different appointing authority, as those terms are defined in Sections 18524 and 18525 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 198, Sec. 16. (SB 152) Effective September 13, 2023.)


text:
For the purposes of this division, the department has all of the following powers:

(a) To sue and be sued in its own name.

(b) To have an official seal and to alter it at pleasure.

(c) To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions.

(d) To employ architects, planners, engineers, attorneys, accountants, experts in housing construction, management and finance, and any other advisers, consultants, and agents necessary for the performance of its functions and to fix their compensation in accordance with applicable law.

(e) To provide advice, technical information, and consultative and technical services as provided in this division.

(f) To establish, revise from time to time, and charge and collect fees and charges for services provided pursuant to this division.

(g) To accept gifts, grants, or loans of funds or property, or financial or other aid, from any federal or state agency or private source and to comply with conditions thereof not contrary to law.

(h) To enter into agreements or other transactions with any governmental agency, including an agreement for administration of a housing or community development program of the governmental agency by the department, or for administration by another governmental agency of a program of the department, either in whole or in part.

(i) To enter into any agreements and perform any acts necessary to obtain subsidies for use in connection with the exercise of powers and functions of the department, and to transfer those subsidies to others as required by the agreement.

(j) To appear on its own behalf before boards, commissions, departments, or other agencies of local, state, or federal government.

(k) To establish any regional offices necessary to effectuate the department’s purposes and functions.

(l) To acquire real or personal property, or any interest therein, on either a temporary or long-term basis, in its own name by gift, purchase, transfer, foreclosure, lease, option, or otherwise, including easements or other incorporeal rights in property.

(m) To provide bilingual staff in connection with services of the department and make available departmental publications in a language other than English when necessary to effectively serve groups for which the services or publications are made available.

(n) To do any and all things necessary to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers expressly granted by this division.

(o) (1) To sell real property acquired by the department in a foreclosure, by deed in lieu of foreclosure, or sale under a power of sale on a deed of trust, lien, or by exercise of any other security interest on real property securing repayment of a loan or performance under a grant or loan made by the department. Real property so acquired shall be sold for market value and sale proceeds shall be placed in the fund from which the secured loan or grant was made.

(2) The department may establish terms, conditions, and restrictions for the sale of real property, including a requirement that the real property be used for housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, and those terms, conditions, and restrictions shall be set forth in the deed or other instrument of conveyance.

(3) The department may conduct the sale, utilize the assistance of any local public agency authorized to conduct sales of real property, contract with a licensed real estate broker to conduct the sale, or utilize other reasonable marketing methods if the department determines that one of these options will result in a more prompt or cost-efficient sale.

(4) If the director offers to sell residential real property directly pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall close escrow within 120 days after both of the following have occurred: a qualified buyer has received approval of the department; and the buyer has obtained adequate financing for the purchase. If the deadline set forth in this paragraph is not met, the director shall employ a licensed real estate broker in connection with the proposed sale. The department may exceed the time requirements of this paragraph if the director finds that this is necessary due to factors outside the control of the department, including death of the buyer, inability of the borrower to qualify for financing from a lender, substantial damage to the property resulting from a natural disaster or other act of God, or extraordinary procedural requirements or conditions imposed by the lender or title and escrow company.

(5) The director shall perform all of the actions specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) within 30 days after both of the following have occurred: a qualified buyer has received approval of the department; and the buyer has obtained adequate financing for the purchase.

(A) Identify repair work needed to be performed on the property.

(B) Cause an appraisal of the property to be completed.

(C) Determine whether it is appropriate to rent the property until it is sold.

(6) Sales of real property made pursuant to this section are not subject to the requirements of Sections 11011 and 11011.1 of the Government Code.

(7) Failure to comply with this subdivision does not invalidate any right, title, or interest acquired by a bona fide purchaser or encumbrancer for value.

(p) (1) Where the provisions of tribal law, tribal governance, tribal charter, or difference in tribal entity or agency legal structure would cause a violation or not satisfy the requirements of any state financing being provided to a housing development by the department, the requirements of financing provided by the department, including state statutory requirements, may be modified as necessary to ensure program compatibility. Where provisions of tribal law, tribal governance, tribal charter, or difference in tribal entity legal structure or agency create minor inconsistencies, as determined by the director of the department, the department may waive the requirements of the financing provided by the department, including state statutory requirements, as deemed necessary, to avoid an unnecessary administrative burden.

(2) Matters that may be waived or modified pursuant to paragraph (1) include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Instrument recordation requirements.

(B) Security requirements for state financing provided pursuant to department programs.

(C) Title insurance requirements.

(D) Target population percentage requirements. A change of target population based on income shall not be of more than one category of income between extremely low, very low, lower, and moderate income households, as those terms are defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Health and Safety Code.

(E) Affordability levels and unit mix requirements. A waiver for affordability levels shall not be of more than one category of income between extremely low, very low, lower, and moderate income households, as those terms are defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Health and Safety Code.

(F) Any matter not expressly or objectively set forth in statute, but is set forth with specificity in guidelines or regulations promulgated by the department.

(G) Timeline requirements.

(H) Service area requirements.

(I) Fund matching requirements.

(J) Shovel-ready project requirements.

(K) Requirements related to housing elements and housing plans.

(L) Income limits.

(M) Form of funding provided, including, but not limited to, a grant or a loan.

(N) Phase of funding, including, but not limited to, predevelopment, construction, or permanent financing.

(O) Requirements regarding infill location and density.

(3) Any standard requirements or general rules of application that the department develops or implements to carry out modifications or waivers set forth in this subdivision shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Divisions 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(4) Repayment of principal and interest on loans made by the department to tribal sponsors shall be deferred for the full term of the loan.

(5) The department shall forgive loans made by the department to tribal sponsors if all conditions for the loans have been satisfied.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 266, Sec. 2. (AB 1878) Effective January 1, 2025.)


text: Pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 50406, the department shall review all guidelines it has adopted or amended to determine whether those guidelines explain rights or services available to the public. The department shall translate guidelines meeting that criteria into any non-English languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people, as defined in Section 7296.2 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 489, Sec. 1. (AB 413) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the department may enter into long-term contracts or agreements for not more than 30 years for the purpose of servicing loans or grants or enforcing regulatory agreements or other security documents entered into pursuant to this part.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1985.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any funds approved, reserved, or allocated by the department after the effective date of the guidelines required pursuant to subdivision (b) and for purposes of providing a loan under the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)), the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program (Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 50515.2)), the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (Part 1 (commencing with Section 75200) of Division 44 of the Public Resources Code), or any additional multifamily housing lending program that the department elects, may, at the option of the borrower, be used for any of the following purposes:

(1) Construction financing.

(2) Permanent financing.

(3) A portion for construction financing, with the balance used for permanent financing.

(b) (1) By July 1, 2026, the department shall adopt guidelines to implement this section as emergency regulations. The adoption of emergency regulations authorized by this subparagraph is deemed to address an emergency, for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and 11349.6 of the Government Code, and the department is hereby exempted for this purpose from the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code. For purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the 180-day period, as applicable to the effective period of an emergency regulatory action and submission of specified materials to the Office of Administrative Law, is hereby extended to one year.

(2) By July 1, 2027, the department shall adopt guidelines, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to implement this section.

(3) The guidelines adopted under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall do all of the following:

(A) Govern the disbursement and use of funds prior to permanent financing.

(B) Be designed to establish an efficient and timely disbursement process that mitigates the additional risks of construction financing.

(C) Address topics, including, but not limited to, project and sponsor construction financing eligibility, construction disbursement methods, and construction reporting requirements.

(c) The department may require that at least 10 percent of the department’s loan amount may be retained until permanent conversion based on the project and sponsor risk profile.

(d) The department may charge fees, including, but not limited to, application and monitoring fees, to cover the enhanced administrative costs provided under this section.

(e) This section shall not be construed to limit the eligible uses of funds otherwise authorized under any program provided under this part.

(f) The implementation of this section is contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature of sufficient funds to the department to create and adopt guidelines pursuant to subdivision (b) and to administer multifamily housing programs for this purpose.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 264, Sec. 1. (AB 1053) Effective January 1, 2025.)


text:
Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent permitted under federal law and the California Constitution, the department shall allow an owner of a property subject to a regulatory agreement with the department to take out additional debt on the development to finance, with the department’s approval, rehabilitation of the property or investment in new affordable housing, if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) (1) All hard debt, including the additional debt, is underwritten with a debt-service coverage ratio of at a minimum 1.15 and is demonstrated to project positive cash flow for 15 consecutive years.

(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, “hard debt” means debt that must be repaid via an amortizing payment or at a specified maturity date.

(b) Any new debt is subordinate to the department’s lien and regulatory agreement, as applicable, unless the department reasonably determines that subordination of the department’s lien is necessary for the feasibility of a project and to fund reasonable rehabilitation or improvements, including soft costs.

(c) (1) Any extracted equity is any of the following:

(A) With the department’s approval, contributed to other projects that will increase or improve the supply of deed-restricted affordable housing serving low-income households in the state.

(B) Utilized in the purchase of a limited partner interest of a tax credit investor in the project, provided that the amount used to purchase that interest shall be subject to the guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision (h) of 50560.

(C) Utilized in the payment of any unpaid deferred developer fee for the project pursuant to any applicable department regulations.

(D) Applied toward payment for necessary repairs and rehabilitation of the project.

(E) Utilized for the establishment or replenishment of department-approved project reserves.

(F) Utilized for reimbursement of borrower advances for predevelopment costs, unreimbursed capital improvements, and unreimbursed operating deficits.

(G) Utilized for any other purposes approved by the department.

(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, “extracted equity” means distributed funds that are financed with debt that is secured by a department-regulated property and is not used for any of the following purposes:

(A) Approved project rehabilitation work.

(B) To pay off existing debt.

(C) Replenishment of reserves.

(D) Other department-approved project specific uses.

(d) The department’s regulatory agreement remains in place for the project for its remaining term. If equity is extracted for purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), the department’s regulatory agreement will be recorded in a senior position.

(e) The department continues to be entitled to receive monitoring fees to ensure compliance with the existing regulatory agreement.

history: (History: Amended (as added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 22, Sec. 48) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 523, Sec. 1. (SB 686) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may make advance payments to eligible borrowers and grantees under any loan or grant programs for housing established pursuant to this part, if the department makes all of the following determinations:

(1) The advance payments are necessary to meet the purposes of the housing program.

(2) The advance payments are necessary for the feasibility of the assisted housing.

(3) The use of the advanced funds is adequately regulated by contract or budgetary controls so that the opportunity to accrue interest on the funds is not unnecessarily reduced.

(b) The department may enter into regulatory agreements to ensure that there is adequate financial security for the funds from which those advance payments are made.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 1.3. Effective September 26, 1985.)


text:
(a) For the purposes of this section, “coordinated entry system” means a centralized or coordinated assessment system developed pursuant to Section 578.7 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, designed to coordinate homelessness program participant intake, assessment, and provision of referrals.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any regulatory agreement that the department entered into pursuant to this part, both of the following shall apply for determining eligibility for any individual displaced from or returning to a single-room occupancy unit undergoing rehabilitation or a replacement unit that received funds from the department, including for a unit that received funds prior to the enactment of this section, and is for a homeless individual or family:

(1) An individual or family shall be deemed homeless if they meet any of the following criteria:

(A) They moved to the unit described in this subdivision and were homeless upon initial occupancy of a prior unit.

(B) They are receiving or received supportive services or rental subsidies administered by a continuum of care or other program for people experiencing homelessness, including a public housing authority’s shelter plus care program or Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program.

(C) They are transferring from an existing single-room occupancy building where units are deed restricted at affordable rents to low-income households, and which is undergoing rehabilitation or replacement to accommodate the conversion of single-room occupancy units to studio or larger units, to accommodate the addition of private bathrooms, kitchens, community rooms, or like facilities, to increase accessibility for persons with disabilities, or to address code compliance for such matters as life and safety, shall be deemed homeless.

(D) They are subject to a continuum of care emergency transfer plan.

(2) An individual or family described in paragraph (1) shall not be subject to a requirement that the unit be filled through a referral from a coordinated entry system or a similar referral system.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 511, Sec. 4. (SB 21) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall reduce the interest rate on any loan issued by the department to a rental housing development to as low as forty-two hundredths of 1 percent per annum, or a rate determined by the department that is sufficient to cover the costs of project monitoring described in subdivision (c) of Section 50675.6, whichever is greater, if the following conditions are met:

(1) The development will utilize low-income housing tax credits.

(2) The department determines either one of the following:

(A) The loan issued by the department is not eligible to be treated as debt for federal or state low-income housing tax credit purposes without a reduction in the interest rate of the loan.

(B) The department determines that the rental housing development is not able to syndicate due to projected negative capital account balances.

(3) The change in the interest rate will materially increase the feasibility of the proposed project and will ensure long-term affordability for the residents.

(b) The department is authorized to change the current interest rate for any loan issued by the department for which it receives a loan extension request associated with an award of federal or state low-income housing tax credits made on or after January 1, 2014, to the applicable federal rate published by the United States Internal Revenue Service and in effect at the time of the project closing. The additional tax credit equity generated by the change in interest rate shall be used for rehabilitation of the development. If the total amount of debt and accrued interest at the end of the loan term would be greater after making this change than it would have been under the original interest rate, the department may forgive an amount of accrued interest equal to the lesser of either the amount necessary to make the expected principal and accrued interest the same as it would have been using the original interest rate, or the total amount of interest accrued at the time of the sponsor’s request.

(c) The department may charge a fee in an amount sufficient to cover administrative costs associated with a loan modification requested by a borrower pursuant to this section.

(d) For purposes of a determination made under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), the department may require a third-party tax professional to verify the determination, the cost of which shall be borne by the sponsor.

(e) The amendments made to this section by Assembly Bill 2562 of the 2017–18 Regular Session shall not be construed to affect any interest rate reduction authorized by the department pursuant to this section as it read prior to the effective date of these amendments.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 765, Sec. 1. (AB 2562) Effective January 1, 2019.)


text: Notwithstanding any other law, the department may expend any funds it is authorized to set aside for curing or averting potential defaults for the purposes of curing or averting defaults on any deferred interest loan issued by the department for rental housing development.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 37, Sec. 40. (AB 1817) Effective June 27, 2018.)


text:
The department may do any of the following in administering federally funded grant programs administered by the department, including, but not limited to, the Federal Housing Trust Fund (Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 50676)), Community Development Block Grant Program Funds (Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 50825)), the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 50896)), or the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program (Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 50899.1)) established under this part unless specifically prohibited by other applicable law:

(a) Publish a notice of funding availability and application deadlines ahead of, and contingent upon, the availability of funding.

(b) Issue funding to an award recipient up-front rather than as a reimbursement, provided that the department determines the awardee meets federal standards for program financial administration and provides ongoing support and monitoring of the funding.

(c) Provide technical assistance to applicants that meet program submission deadlines to correct technical errors or provide missing information, so that applications are not ultimately rejected because of a minor error or oversight, provided that the published method of distribution for that program or funding source allows for postsubmittal modifications. This subdivision does not require a program that uses a competitive method of distribution to allow postsubmittal modifications.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 644, Sec. 1. (AB 1978) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text: The department is the principal state department responsible for coordinating federal-state relationships in housing and community development, except for housing finance. The department is the principal state department responsible for implementation of the California Statewide Housing Plan. The department shall continually evaluate the impact upon the state of federal policies and programs affecting housing and community development and encourage full utilization of federal programs available for assisting the residents of this state, the private housing industry, and local public entities in satisfying housing and community development needs in this state. The department shall encourage and assist housing and community development in rural areas and among Indian residents of the state. The department shall encourage mutual self-help projects, home management training, and relocation assistance. The department shall promote maximum utilization of federal subsidies available to meet housing needs of very low income households and other persons and families of low or moderate income, or both. The department shall assist communities and persons to avail themselves of state housing programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 675, Sec. 2.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding the transfer of the department from the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency to the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the department, the Department of Transportation, and the California Transportation Commission shall coordinate state housing and transportation policies and programs to help achieve state and regional planning priorities and to maximize cobenefits of infrastructure investments.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 78. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.\n Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)


text:
(a) On or before December 31 of each year, the department shall submit an annual report to the Governor and both houses of the Legislature on the operations and accomplishments during the previous fiscal year of the housing programs administered by the department, including, but not limited to, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program and Community Development Block Grant activity.

(b) The report shall include all of the following information:

(1) The number of units assisted by those programs.

(2) The number of individuals and households served and their income levels.

(3) The distribution of units among various areas of the state.

(4) The amount of other public and private funds leveraged by the assistance provided by those programs.

(5) Information detailing the assistance provided to various groups of persons by programs that are targeted to assist those groups.

(6) The information required to be reported pursuant to Section 17031.8.

(7) (A) An evaluation, in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, of any program established by the department pursuant to Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 987.001) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code, including information relating to the effectiveness of assisted projects in helping veterans occupying any supportive housing or transitional housing development that was issued funds pursuant to that article.

(B) The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, the following information:

(i) Performance outcome data including, but not limited to, housing stability, housing exit information, and tenant satisfaction, which may be measured by a survey, and changes in income, benefits, and education.

(I) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “housing stability” includes, but is not limited to, how many tenants exit transitional housing to permanent housing or maintain permanent housing, and the length of time those tenants spent in assisted units.

(II) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “housing exit information” includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(ia) How many tenants left assisted units.

(ib) The length of tenancy in assisted units.

(ic) The reason those tenants left assisted units, when that information is readily obtainable.

(id) The housing status of a tenant exiting an assisted unit upon exit when that information is readily available.

(ii) Client data, which may include, but is not limited to, demographic characteristics of the veteran and his or her family, educational and employment status of the veteran, and veteran-specific information including, but not limited to, disability ratings, type of discharge, branch, era of service, and veterans affairs health care eligibility.

(8) An evaluation of any program established by the department to meet the legal requirements of the Federal Housing Trust Fund program guidelines.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 692, Sec. 3. (AB 388) Effective January 1, 2016.)


text:
(a) The department shall develop and publish in the annual report required by Section 50408 all of the following information regarding grant programs administered by the department during the previous fiscal year:

(1) The time between the issuance of award letters and the delivery of the standard agreement to the awardee.

(2) The time between the delivery of the standard agreement to the awardee and its execution.

(3) A comparison of how the time between award letter, standard agreement, and standard agreement execution varies across department-administered programs.

(4) Changes to the information reported in this section for each program since the previous annual report.

(5) For purposes of this subdivision, “time” means the median number of days and a description of the range of days, which includes the 25th percentile and the 75th percentile, for each program.

(b) The department shall develop and publish in the annual report required by Section 50408 information regarding land use oversight actions related to housing that were active during the previous fiscal year pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) The number of land use oversight actions related to housing taken against cities and counties.

(2) The outcomes of those oversight actions.

(3) The median time between the initiation of each oversight action and its resolution.

(c) The reports required under this section and under Section 50408 shall be published and made available to the public on the department’s internet website.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 770, Sec. 15. (AB 1764) Effective January 1, 2024.)


text:
(a) (1) On or before December 1, 2023, the department shall commission a statewide study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions to inform a comprehensive strategy for meeting the housing needs of the state’s farmworkers.

(2) The author of the study commissioned under paragraph (1) may subcontract with other qualified entities as necessary to obtain data described in this section.

(b) The study required by subdivision (a) shall include an analysis and recommendations on the following factors related to the supply of housing affordable and accessible to farmworkers and their families:

(1) A demographic survey and analysis of farmworker households in California, including a survey of a representative sample of farmworkers to assess the needs, barriers, and proposed solutions to the farmworker housing crisis from the perspective of impacted farmworkers.

(2) An analysis of the unmet need for housing for farmworkers, including migrant households.

(3) An analysis of existing housing conditions for farmworkers, including, but not limited to, permanent and temporary rental housing in the private market, owner-occupied housing, deed-restricted affordable rental housing, employer-provided housing, generational wealth opportunities, and state-owned migrant housing.

(4) An analysis of statewide and regional trends in housing demand among farmworkers, including the demand for each of the housing types described in paragraph (3).

(5) An analysis of best practices to increase input from farmworkers and employers on the housing needs in their specific communities.

(6) Governmental and nongovernmental barriers to the production of housing to meet the needs of farmworkers, including, but not limited to, the availability of financing, local land use controls, and the availability of suitable land.

(7) Any additional analysis, research, or surveys relevant to analyzing the need for housing for farmworkers.

(8) Recommendations to address gaps in the supply of housing for farmworkers.

(c) (1) No later than January 1, 2026, the department shall develop a comprehensive strategy to substantially improve policy, funding, and implementation of farmworker housing production in California to adequately address the size and scope of the problems identified in the study, including to inform the next update to the California Statewide Housing Plan.

(2) The department shall evaluate whether an update and revision of the comprehensive strategy developed pursuant to this section is necessary, and may, in its discretion, update and revise the comprehensive strategy in regular intervals as determined by the department.

(3) No later than January 1, 2027, the department shall submit the comprehensive strategy to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. (AB 1654) Effective January 1, 2023.)


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(a) On or before January 1, 2027, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local educational agency to notify the department of the agency’s interest in using real property owned by the local educational agency for a housing project.

(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 508, Sec. 1. (AB 1296) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text: Except where the department is specifically vested by this part or by any other provision of law with the authority to adopt rules and regulations, and except as provided in Section 18930, the commission may adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations reasonably necessary to carry out this part or by any other provision of law. Any rules and regulations of the commission in effect on September 26, 1975, shall remain in effect until amended or repealed except that building standards, as defined in Section 18909, shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1985, or until adopted, amended, repealed, or superseded by building standards adopted and published in the California Building Standards Code pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13, whichever occurs sooner.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 596, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2008.)


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(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Affordable Housing Default Reserve Account. All interest or other increments resulting from the investment of moneys in the Affordable Housing Default Reserve Account shall be deposited in the account, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of curing or averting a default on the terms of any loan or other obligation by the recipient of financial assistance, or bidding at any foreclosure sale where the default or foreclosure sale would jeopardize the department’s security in the rental housing development assisted by the department.

(c) The department may use funds in the account to repair or maintain any rental housing development assisted by the department that was acquired to protect the department’s security interest.

(d) The payment or advance of funds by the department from the account shall be exclusively within the department’s discretion, and no person shall be deemed to have any entitlement to the payment or advance of those funds.

(e) The amount of any funds expended by the department for the purposes of curing or averting a default shall be added to the loan amount secured by the rental housing development and shall be payable to the department upon demand.

(f) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Finance may transfer to the Affordable Housing Default Reserve Account, for expenditure by the department, the amounts in the all of the following funds or programs:

(1) The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund, pursuant to Section 50517.6.

(2) The Multifamily Housing Program, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50675.10.

(3) The Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund, pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 50668.5, subdivision (c) of Section 53566, subdivision (c) of Section 987.010 of the Military and Veterans Code, and subdivisions (c) and (f) of Section 75218 of the Public Resources Code.

(4) The Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Fund, pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 53566.

(5) The Housing for Veterans Fund, pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 987.010 of the Military and Veterans Code.

(6) The No Place Like Home Fund, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 5849.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(7) The Family Housing Demonstration Account and the Rental Housing Construction Fund, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50883.5.

(g) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, during any fiscal year, if the department spends a total of more than 25 percent of the balance that was in the Affordable Housing Default Reserve Account at the start of that fiscal year, then the department shall, within 30 days of surpassing that amount, provide written notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The notice shall include all of the following:

(A) The starting balance in the Affordable Housing Default Reserve Account for that fiscal year.

(B) A list of each expenditure made during that fiscal year and the total amount spent.

(C) The purpose of each expenditure made during that fiscal year.

(D) The balance in the Affordable Housing Default Reserve Account as of the date of the notice.

(E) The department’s assessment of the risk of additional defaults for the remainder of that fiscal year and the following fiscal year.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 22, Sec. 49. (AB 130) Effective June 30, 2025.)


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For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(b) “Plan” means the California Statewide Housing Plan described in Section 50421.

(c) “Plan period” means the year the plan is revised and at least the four additional years ahead.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 341, Sec. 2. (AB 68) Effective January 1, 2022.)

chapter: 1.5. Statewide Housing Plan

path: 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE > 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT > 1.5. Statewide Housing Plan


text: There is a California Statewide Housing Plan that was developed in cooperation with the private housing industry as well as regional and local housing and planning agencies and other agencies of the state. The plan serves as a state housing plan for all relevant purposes.


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The plan shall incorporate a statement of housing goals, policies, and objectives, as well as all of the following segments:

(a) An evaluation and summary of housing conditions throughout the state, with particular emphasis upon the availability of housing for all economic segments of the state. The evaluation shall include summary statistics for all counties, all multicounty metropolitan areas, and rural areas, as defined and designated by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, rather than as defined in Section 50101. The evaluation shall include the existing distribution of housing by type, size, gross rent, value, and, to the extent data is available, condition, and the existing distribution of households by gross income, size, and ethnic character for each of those areas.

(b) A determination of the statewide need for housing development for the plan period. The determination of statewide need shall be established as the minimum number of units necessary to be built or rehabilitated in order to provide sufficient housing to house all residents of the state in standard, uncrowded units in suitable locations.

(c) Goals for the provision of housing assistance for the plan period. The goals shall be established as the minimum number of households to be assisted that will result in achieving, by the fourth subsequent year, a substantial reduction in the number of very low income households and other persons and families of low or moderate income constrained to pay more than 30 percent of their gross income for housing. Income groups to be considered in establishing the goals shall be designated by the department and shall include households a significant number of which are required to pay more than 30 percent of their gross income for housing in the fiscal year the plan is revised, as determined by the department.

(d) An identification of governmental and nongovernmental constraints and obstacles and specific recommendations for their removal.

(e) An analysis of state and local housing and building codes and their enforcement. The analysis shall include consideration of whether those codes contain sufficient flexibility to respond to new methods of construction and new materials.

(f) Recommendations for actions by federal, state, and local governments and the private sector that will contribute to the attainment of the housing goals established for California.

(g) A housing strategy that coordinates the housing assistance and activities of state and local agencies, including the provision of housing assistance for various population groups, including, but not limited to, elderly persons, persons with disabilities, veterans, large families, families where a female is the head of the household, farmworker households, and other specific population groups as deemed appropriate by the department. To inform the strategy, the department shall, to the extent possible, do the following:

(1) Consider information compiled by relevant state and local agencies on aging, and from provider and consumer organizations as available.

(2) Consult with various state departments, including the California Department of Aging, the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, the Employment Development Department, the State Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other state departments or agencies to obtain information deemed relevant to the housing needs of populations addressed in the housing strategy. This paragraph shall not be construed to require activity beyond the customary scope of the department’s planning process.

(h) A review of housing assistance policies, goals, and objectives affecting the homeless.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 762, Sec. 1. (AB 1474) Effective January 1, 2024.)


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(a) The department shall update and provide a revision of the plan to the Legislature by January 1, 2006, by January 1, 2009, and every four years thereafter, which shall be included in the annual report required by Section 50408. The revisions shall contain all of the following segments:

(1) A comparison of the housing need for the preceding plan period with the amount of building permits issued and mobilehome spaces created in those fiscal years.

(2) A revision of the determination of the statewide need for housing development specified in subdivision (b) of Section 50422 for the plan period.

(3) A revision of the housing assistance goals specified in subdivision (c) of Section 50422 for the plan period.

(4) A revision of the evaluation required by subdivision (a) of Section 50422 as new census or other survey data become available. The revision shall contain an evaluation and summary of housing conditions throughout the state and may highlight data for multicounty or regional areas, as determined by the department. The revision shall include a discussion of the housing needs of various population groups, including, but not limited to, elderly persons, disabled persons, veterans, large families, families where a female is the head of the household, and farmworker households.

(5) An updating of recommendations for actions by federal, state, and local governments and the private sector which will facilitate the attainment of housing goals established for California.

(6) For the next revision of the plan on or after January 1, 2020, and each subsequent revision thereafter, a 10-year housing data strategy that identifies the data useful to enforce existing housing laws and inform state housing policymaking. In developing this data strategy, the department shall establish a workgroup that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of Technology, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, relevant academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations with relevant expertise selected by the department. The strategy shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(A) An evaluation of data priorities.

(B) A strategy for how to achieve more consistent terminology for housing data across the state.

(C) An evaluation of the costs and benefits of, and the ways the department could support, a more integrated digital land use management system, building permit application management system, and other tools that would minimize resources needed for jurisdictions to submit required data.

(D) Information that must be reported under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400, including, but not limited to, information that:

(i) Supports enforcement of laws, policies, and informs efforts to preserve existing affordable housing stock.

(ii) Supports enforcement of laws, policies, and informs efforts to protect tenants, and ensure habitability of existing housing stock.

(iii) Provides a better understanding of housing project appeals, approvals, delays, and denials, including any relevant data from courts and other state departments.

(iv) Provides an understanding of the process, certainty, cost, and time to approve housing and affordable housing projects.

(E) An assessment of the quality of data submitted by annual reports and recommended changes to annual report requirements and technical assistance based on this assessment.

(F) An assessment of the nature and cost of staffing and technology required for the department and local governments to meet data goals and requirements over the 10-year strategy period.

(G) Information that is useful to enforce state and local housing law and policy, including, but not limited to, enforcement of anti-rent gouging and just cause for eviction policies and ordinances.

(b) The Legislature may review the plan and the updates of the plan and transmit its comments on the plan or updates of the plan to the Governor, the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services and Housing, and the Director of Housing and Community Development.

(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 79. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.\n Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 80 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 28.)


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(a) The department shall update and provide a revision of the plan to the Legislature by January 1, 2006, by January 1, 2009, and every four years thereafter, which shall be included in the annual report required by Section 50408. The revisions shall contain all of the following segments:

(1) A comparison of the housing need for the preceding plan period with the amount of building permits issued and mobilehome spaces created in those fiscal years.

(2) A revision of the determination of the statewide need for housing development specified in subdivision (b) of Section 50422 for the plan period.

(3) A revision of the housing assistance goals specified in subdivision (c) of Section 50422 for the plan period.

(4) A revision of the evaluation required by subdivision (a) of Section 50422 as new census or other survey data become available. The revision shall contain an evaluation and summary of housing conditions throughout the state and may highlight data for multicounty or regional areas, as determined by the department. The revision shall include a discussion of the housing needs of various population groups, including, but not limited to, elderly persons, disabled persons, veterans, large families, families where a female is the head of the household, and farmworker households.

(5) An updating of recommendations for actions by federal, state, and local governments and the private sector which will facilitate the attainment of housing goals established for California.

(6) For the next revision of the plan on or after January 1, 2020, and each subsequent revision thereafter, a 10-year housing data strategy that identifies the data useful to enforce existing housing laws and inform state housing policymaking. In developing this data strategy, the department shall establish a workgroup that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of Technology, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, relevant academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations with relevant expertise selected by the department. The strategy shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(A) An evaluation of data priorities.

(B) A strategy for how to achieve more consistent terminology for housing data across the state.

(C) An evaluation of the costs and benefits of, and the ways the department could support, a more integrated digital land use management system, building permit application management system, and other tools that would minimize resources needed for jurisdictions to submit required data.

(D) Information that must be reported under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400, including, but not limited to, information that:

(i) Supports enforcement of laws, policies, and informs efforts to preserve existing affordable housing stock.

(ii) Supports enforcement of laws, policies, and informs efforts to protect tenants, and ensure habitability of existing housing stock.

(iii) Provides a better understanding of housing project appeals, approvals, delays, and denials, including any relevant data from courts and other state departments.

(iv) Provides an understanding of the process, certainty, cost, and time to approve housing and affordable housing projects.

(E) An assessment of the quality of data submitted by annual reports and recommended changes to annual report requirements and technical assistance based on this assessment.

(F) An assessment of the nature and cost of staffing and technology required for the department and local governments to meet data goals and requirements over the 10-year strategy period.

(G) Information that is useful to enforce state and local housing law and policy, including, but not limited to, enforcement of anti-rent gouging and just cause for eviction policies and ordinances.

(b) The Legislature may review the plan and the updates of the plan and transmit its comments on the plan or updates of the plan to the Governor, the Secretary of California Housing and Homelessness, and the Director of Housing and Community Development.

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.

history: (History: Repealed (in Sec. 79) and added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 80. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)


text: The plan developed pursuant to Section 50421 shall provide a reference guide for local housing market studies and for local housing elements required by Section 65302 of the Government Code. It is also intended to provide a framework for local housing plans.


text: The goals and recommendations adopted for the plan shall be published once adopted, and shall be republished as revisions are adopted. The plan shall be published and made available to the public on the department’s internet website.


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(a) Each update and revision to the plan occurring on or after January 1, 2023, shall incorporate both of the following:

(1) The plan shall include an inventory of the number of affordable units needed to meet the state’s affordable housing needs for the plan period.

(2) The plan shall incorporate technical updates and provide technical recommendations, including, but not limited to, both of the following:

(A) Recommendations for modernizing statutory and regulatory terminology.

(B) Updating cross-references to relevant reports and studies relied on in the plan and used in this part.

(b) The department may use data collected by the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).

(c) (1) Each update and revision to the plan occurring on or after January 1, 2024, shall incorporate all of the following:

(A) An analysis of first-time home buyer assistance policies, goals, and objectives.

(B) Recommendations for actions that will contribute to increasing home ownership opportunities for first-time home buyers in California.

(C) An evaluation and summary of demographic disparities in home ownership attainment in California, which may include, but is not limited to, disparities related to race, ethnicity, household income, household size, age, and disability status.

(2) The department shall consult with the California Housing Finance Agency and may consult with other state departments and agencies deemed relevant to inform the plan pursuant to this subdivision.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 94. (SB 1525) Effective January 1, 2025.)