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AB-2162 • 2026

Housing: county funding allocations: nonminor dependents and young adults.

Housing: county funding allocations: nonminor dependents and young adults.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bryan
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Expanding County Funding for Young Adults' Housing

This law changes how counties can use funding from the state's Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program to help young adults up to age 28, especially those who were in foster care or probation.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the age limit for young adults eligible for housing support under the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program from 18-24 years old to 18-28 years old.
  • Gives priority funding to nonminor dependents and young adults who were in foster care or probation systems.
  • Specifies how county child welfare agencies can use the allocated funds, such as for housing vouchers.
  • Requires child welfare agencies to report more detailed information about the number of young adults they help, including those from foster care.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Young adults aged 18-28 who need housing support
  • County child welfare services agencies

Terms To Know

Nonminor dependents
Individuals over the age of 18 who are still financially dependent on their parents or guardians and were in foster care.
Foster care system
A program that provides a safe home for children who cannot live with their biological families.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill needs funding from the annual Budget Act to be effective.
  • It does not change other housing programs like the Transitional Housing Program.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-03-25 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  3. 2026-03-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HUM. S.

  4. 2026-02-19 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  5. 2026-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2162, as introduced, Bryan.
Housing: county funding allocations: nonminor dependents and young adults.
Existing law, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide, under the Transitional Housing Program, funding to counties for allocation to child welfare services agencies to help young adults who are 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive, secure and maintain housing, with priority given to young adults formerly in the state’s foster care or probation systems. Existing law, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, also requires the department to allocate funding to counties under the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program to help young adults who are 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive, secure and maintain housing, with priority given to young adults currently or formerly in the foster care system.
This bill would extend the age of eligibility for the Housing
Navigation and Maintenance Program to young adults who are 18 to 28 years of age, inclusive, and would, instead, give priority to nonminor dependents and young adults formerly in the state’s foster care or probation system, as defined. The bill would specify the eligible uses of the funding allocated to a county child welfare agency under the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program.
Existing law requires a child welfare agency that accepts any distribution of money under either program to report certain data to the department on an annual basis, including specified information relating to the number of homeless youth served and the number of former or current foster youth served, as defined.
This bill would revise those reporting requirements to instead require information about the number of young adults served, including the number of young adults formerly in the state’s foster care or probation system, as defined, and
would require additional information to be reported under the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program related to housing vouchers, as specified.

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