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AB-2185 • 2026

Housing: multifamily affordable housing programs.

Housing: multifamily affordable housing programs.

Housing Land Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Quirk-Silva
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the bill updates city and county plans or specifies changes for supporting factory-built housing.

Housing: Multifamily Affordable Housing Programs

The bill requires certain state agencies to review and update their guidelines for multifamily affordable housing programs by July 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to review and change their rules about multifamily affordable housing programs by July 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies like the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, California Housing Finance Agency, California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, and California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.
  • People who build or use multifamily affordable housing programs.

Terms To Know

Multifamily Affordable Housing Programs
Programs that help people build homes for multiple families at prices they can afford.
Factory-Built Housing
Houses built in a factory and then moved to their final location, like modular or prefabricated houses.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be spent on these changes.
  • It is unclear what specific changes the agencies must make to support factory-built housing.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

  2. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.

  3. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

  4. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  5. 2026-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2185, as amended, Quirk-Silva.
Local planning: housing element.
Housing: multifamily affordable housing programs.
Existing law, the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025 (GRP), which became effective on July 5, 2025, reorganized specified state agencies and departments, including eliminating the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency as of July 1, 2026, and instead establishing the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency. The GRP, as of July 1, 2026, sets forth the general responsibilities and roles of the California Housing Homelessness Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Housing Development and Finance Committee, and the California Housing Finance Agency in carrying out state housing policies and programs. Existing law establishes programs providing assistance for, among other things, multifamily housing, farmworker
housing, and veteran housing.
This bill would require the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, no later than July 1, 2027, when administering a multifamily affordable housing program, as specified, to, among other things, review, analyze, and make any changes necessary to their guidelines and regulations to facilitate the production and use of factory-built housing.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for the land use and development of the county or city that includes, among other things, a housing element.
Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature, in enacting the housing element requirement, to accomplish various objectives relating to the attainment of the state housing goal and regional housing needs.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions.

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