20250AB__258197AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-20 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-19 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-04-13 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Soria LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Soria

An act to add

Section to the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. housing Housing: affordable housing tenants: home ownership. Existing law prescribes the general responsibilities and roles of the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency in carrying out state housing policies and programs. Existing law establishes various programs to promote development of affordable housing for tenants and homeowners, including the Multifamily Housing Program, low-income housing tax credits, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.

This bill would, by January 1, 2028, require the department and the agency to develop and implement strategies, as specified, to promote the movement of tenants of deed-restricted affordable housing into home ownership through existing home ownership programs implemented by the department or the agency. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section is added to the Health and Safety Code , to read: 50158. (

a) By January 1, 2028, the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency shall develop and implement strategies to promote the movement of tenants of deed-restricted affordable housing into home ownership through existing home ownership programs implemented by the department or the agency. (

b) The strategies developed and implemented pursuant to subdivision (

a) shall include, but not be limited to, advertising of existing home ownership programs to tenants of deed-restricted affordable housing. (

c) For the purposes of this section, “existing home ownership programs” shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following:

(1) The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program established pursuant to

Chapter 3.2 (commencing with

Section 50515.2) of

Part 2.

(2) The CalHome Program established pursuant to

Chapter 6 (commencing with

Section 50650) of

Part 2.

(3) The home purchase assistance program established pursuant to

Chapter 6.8 (commencing with

Section 51341) of

Part 3.

(4) The California Dream for All Program established pursuant to

Chapter 12 (commencing with

Section 51520) of

Part 3.