Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how much funding will be available or which local public entities will request funds, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program

This law establishes a program to purchase and repair housing units, adding long-term affordability restrictions to prevent displacement of current residents.

What This Bill Does

• Establishes the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program for funding the acquisition and rehabilitation of unrestricted housing units while attaching long-term affordability restrictions.
• Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to select a private sector entity or consortium to manage the program for five years.
• Authorizes the department to grant funds to local public entities upon request, allowing them to lend money to eligible borrowers within their jurisdiction.
• Applies specified tenant protections to projects funded by the program.
• Establishes the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Fund in the State Treasury.

Who It Names or Affects

• Current residents of housing units at risk of becoming too expensive, who may benefit from long-term affordability restrictions.
• Local public entities that can request funds for affordable housing projects within their jurisdiction.
• Private sector entities or consortia selected by the Department of Housing and Community Development to manage the program.

Terms To Know

affordability restriction

A rule that keeps a home’s rent or price at an affordable level for a certain period of time.

tenant protections

Rules designed to protect renters from unfair treatment by landlords, such as preventing eviction without cause.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the amount of money available in the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Fund.
• It is unclear which local public entities will request funds for affordable housing projects.
• Details on how tenant protections are applied to funded projects are not fully specified.

Official Summary Text

SB 1091, as amended, Caballero.
Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program.
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law, the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025 (GRP), which became effective on July 5, 2025, transfers the Department of Housing and Community Development to the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, which the GRP also establishes, as of July 1, 2026. Existing law makes the department responsible for administering various housing programs throughout the state, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program and the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program. Existing law, upon appropriation, authorizes the department to make either or both loans and grants to rehabilitate, capitalize operating subsidy reserves for, and extend the long-term affordability of department-funded housing projects that have an affordability
restriction that has expired, that have an affordability restriction with a remaining term of less than 10 years, or are otherwise at risk for conversion, as provided.
This bill would establish the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program for purposes of funding the acquisition and rehabilitation of unrestricted housing
units
and attaching long-term affordability restrictions on the
housing units,
housing,
while safeguarding against the displacement of current residents. The bill would require the department to issue a request for qualification to select a private sector entity or consortium to manage the program for a period of 5 years. The bill would require
the department to grant prescribed funds to the program manager to implement the program and
the program manager to make loans to eligible borrowers, as defined, based on underwriting guidelines approved by the department. The bill would authorize the department to issue grants or loans from program funds to local public entities upon request for purposes of allowing the local public entity to use the moneys to issue loans to eligible borrowers within its jurisdiction in accordance with the bill’s provisions and department regulations. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations for the operation of the program and would exempt the adoption of regulations by the department for these purposes from the Administrative Procedure Act.
This bill would apply specified tenant protections to projects funded by the program and would require the department to develop technical assistance and capacity building for the
development and ongoing operation of projects funded pursuant to the program, as specified.
This bill would establish the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Fund in the State Treasury. The bill would make moneys available to the department for purposes of the program, upon appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would set forth requirements for the use of moneys in the fund.

Current Bill Text

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