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 01/23/25 - Introduced

 SB-179 Housing.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/26/2026 03:37 PM

SB179:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 June 26, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 179

Introduced by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

January 23, 2025

An act relating to the Budget Act of 2025. An act to amend Section 8869.84 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 17929, 18942, 50220, 50220.5, 50220.7, 50220.8, 50223, 50230, 50233, 50235, 50239, 50240, 50241, 50242, 50517.5, 50517.8, 50675, 50675.4, 50675.6, and 50675.15 of, to add Section 50246 to, to add Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 50160) to Part 1 of, to add Chapter 6.9 (commencing with Section 51349.1) to Part 3 of, and to add Part 18 (commencing with Section 54920) to, Division 31 of, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 75200.2, 75200.3, 75210, 75212, 75214, 75215, 75216, 75217, 75218, 75218.1, and 75218.2 of, to amend, renumber, and add Section 75200 of, to add Sections 75210.1, 75210.2, 75210.3, and 75212.1 to, and to
 repeal Section 75200.1 of, the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to housing, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 179, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
 Budget Act of 2025. Housing.

(1) Existing law establishes the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency consisting of various state entities, including the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency. Pursuant to the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025, beginning July 1, 2026, existing law eliminates that agency and establishes the California Housing and Homelessness Agency consisting of various state entities, including the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency. Existing law requires these entities to oversee and administer various state housing programs, including multifamily affordable housing programs.

This bill would, to the extent feasible, require a
 state entity within the California Housing and Homelessness Agency to consider quantifiable in-kind local contributions, defined as a financial or in-kind commitment by a city, county, or city and county, as specified, when awarding competitive multifamily affordable housing funding for new construction projects, as specified. If a city, county, or city and county is a lead applicant for a project in an affordable multifamily rental or ownership housing development administered by a state entity within that agency and has not committed to waiving any development impact fee, as defined, that it would otherwise impose on the project, the bill would require the awarding agency to reduce the total award amount for the project, as specified. The bill would make these provisions applicable to any notice of funding opportunity issued after July 1, 2027.

(2) Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (HHAP) for
 the purpose of providing jurisdictions with grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified. Existing law provides for the allocation of funding under the program among continuums of care, cities, counties, and tribes in 6 rounds and establishes round 7 of the program and states the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that specifies the parameters, as specified. Existing law provides for certain of those remaining amounts of those program allocation funds that have not been expended by certain dates, including by reverting those funds to the General Fund.

This bill would require those remaining amounts to be returned to the department for reallocation in a specified procedure, including via a subsequent notice of funding availability. By modifying existing appropriations, this bill would make an appropriation.

(3) Existing law requires applicants for a round 3 or 4 program allocation to establish certain system performance measures to prevent and reduce homelessness. Existing law requires those measures to set definitive metrics for achieving certa