The Partnership works to support policies and improve programs that increase financial resources to serve low-income renters in California. This includes working in close collaboration with regional and statewide housing associations to assess housing-related state legislation, to advocate for permanent sources of state funding for affordable housing, and to interface with state regulatory bodies to increase equitable access to energy efficiency resources for affordable multifamily rental housing. The Roadmap Home 2030 initiative is a bold, long-term plan to create the future we want for California by building affordable homes, protecting low-income renters, ending homelessness, and advancing racial equity and economic inclusion.
Budget Advocacy
Budget Responses & Request Letters to Governor and the Legislature
2025: June 10, 2025 May 14, 2025 February 11, 2025 January 10, 2025 November 11, 2024
2024: June 6, 2024 May 10, 2024 February 2, 2024 January 12, 2024
2023: September 29, 2023 June 28, 2023 May 15, 2023 February 6, 2023
2022: June 30, 2022 April 1, 2022 February 4, 2022 January 12, 2022
Legislative Advocacy
2025 California Housing Partnership Summary of Legislative Positions
Affordable Housing Bond of 2026: AB 736 (Wicks), SB 417 (Cabaldon)
- AB 736 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- SB 417 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- AB 736 and SB 417 Sign On in Support (Google Form)
2025 Sponsored Bills
AB 480 (Quirk-Silva) to Increase the Value of State Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
- AB 480 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- AB 480 Sample Support Letter (Word)
AB 726 (Avila Farias) to Incentivize Local Investment In the Rehabilitation of Deeply-Affordable Housing
- AB 726 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- AB 726 Sample Support Letter (Word)
AB 801 (Bonta) to Establish a State Community Reinvestment Act
- AB 801 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- AB 801 Sign on in support (Google Form)
AB 913 (C. Rodriguez) to Allow HCD to Assist Financially Struggling Developments
- AB 913 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- AB 913 Sample Support Letter (Word)
AB 1244 (Wicks) to Fund TOD Affordable Housing with VMT Mitigation Resources
- AB 1244 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- AB 1244 Sample Support Letter (Pending)
Enacted Legislation
2024
SPONSORED:
AB 1053 (Gabriel) reduces affordable housing costs by allowing HCD loans to fund during construction.
AB 2353 (Ward) allows developers to not pay property taxes on affordable units while a welfare exemption application is pending.
AB 2926 (Kalra) strengthens the ability of preservation purchasers to buy affordable housing at risk of conversion to market rate.
SUPPORTED: AB 1878, AB 1886, AB 2023, AB 2199, AB 2243, AB 2304, AB 2347, AB 2430, AB 3093, AB 3177, ACA 10, SB 393, SB 440, SB 924, SB 1037, and SB 1527
2023
SPONSORED:
AB 84 (Ward) allows the welfare property tax exemption for affordable housing to take effect upon recordation of deed-restrictions.
AB 346 (Quirk-Silva) allows TCAC to pair enhanced state low-income housing tax credits with either 9% or 4% federal credits in years when CDLAC is competitive.
AB 1307 (Wicks & Rivas) specifies that unamplified voices of residents is not a significant effect on the environment under Californian Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
AB 1449 (Alvarez) provides a Californian Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption for certain housing developments where all units are affordable.
AB 1633 (Ting) specifies that the wrongful denial or withholding of a CEQA clearance to which a housing development is legally entitled is a violation of the Housing Accountability Act.
SB 341 (Becker) more appropriately aligns prohousing incentives to programs where local governments are the applicants.
SB 355 (Eggman) broadens the eligibility for the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program. *
SB 469 (Allen & Weiner) exempts LIHTC and HCD-funded developments from Article 34.
SB 482 (Blakespear) requires HCD to offer capitalized operating subsidy reserves for supportive units under the Multifamily Housing Program.
SUPPORTED: ACA 1, ACA 13, AB 50, AB 434, AB 480, AB 529, AB 1114, AB 1218, AB 1319, AB 1386, AB 1418, AB 1485, AB 1679, AB 1764, AJR 3, SB 4, SB 34, SB 229, SB 267, SB 326, SB 406, SB 410, SB 423, SB 439, SB 567, SB 593, SB 713, SB 789.
2022
SPONSORED:
AB 2006 (Berman) Streamlining of state compliance monitoring activities
SB 948 (Becker) HCD pooled transition reserve
SUPPORTED: AB 1551, AB 1654, AB 1837, AB 2011, AB 2094, AB 2179, AB 2233, AB 2234, AB 2244, AB 2334, AB 2483, SCA 2
2021
SPONSORED:
AB 447 (Grayson) California Debt Limit Allocation Committee: income taxes: low-income housing tax credits
SUPPORTED: AB 721, AB 1043, AB 1124, AB 1304, SB 8, AB 215, AB 602, AB 816, AB 1398, AB 1584, and SB 791
2020
SPONSORED:
AB 434 (Daly) Streamlining HCD Rental Housing Programs into a Single Application and Award Process
Ballot Advocacy
November 2024: Proposition 5 March 2024: Proposition 1
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