CaliforniaRental housing owners must notify agencies before restrictions end
Owners of many government-assisted rental buildings must notify local and state housing agencies, as well as tenants, before covered rent limits or subsidies end.
What it does
Owners of many government-assisted rental buildings must notify local and state housing agencies, as well as affected tenants, before covered rent limits or subsidies end.
Annual reports must count tax-credit units accessible to people with mobility, hearing, or vision disabilities, and units for which projects must give them priority.
For state housing tax-credit rules, a person counts as a farmworker if a substantial part of their income came from agricultural work, including before retirement or disability.
The state housing department’s annual report no longer has to evaluate a program created to meet federal Housing Trust Fund guidelines.
For covered housing lawsuits, the 90-day filing period will also be measured from the end of certain State Housing Law time periods, if the required AB 1621 conditions are met.
Argument forPeople with disabilities may be better able to find accessible tax-credit housing because annual reports will count accessible units and units with required priority.
Argument againstOwners may face added work because they must send notices to several public agencies as well as tenants before covered rent limits or subsidies end.
More detail
Owners must notify affected public agencies about a planned end to covered rent limits or subsidies. This covers owners of rental developments with at least five units that receive specified government assistance, when a subsidy is ending, rent limits are expiring, or a mortgage is prepaid. The notice requirement applies to covered assisted housing developments; an owner exempt under Section 65863.13 does not have to provide these notices. The first notice is due at least 12 months before the expected change. A second notice is due at least six months before it.
The housing credit committee must report counts of accessible units and units for which projects must give people with disabilities priority. The counts cover tax-credit-assisted units accessible to people with mobility, hearing, or vision disabilities, and units for which the project must give those groups priority. This reporting rule covers projects allocated credits on or after January 1, 2026.
The law revises who counts as an agricultural worker or farmworker for state low-income housing tax-credit rules. The definition applies to the state tax-credit provisions that refer to agricultural workers or farmworkers.
The housing department no longer has to include a specified program evaluation in its annual report. This affects the Department of Housing and Community Development’s annual report to the Governor and Legislature.
For covered housing lawsuits, the filing deadline also counts the end of certain State Housing Law time periods when identifying the later event. This applies to petitions challenging local action on housing development projects under the Housing Accountability Act. This change is in the Section 65589.5 amendment that operates only if AB 1621 and this bill are enacted and effective by January 1, 2027, both amend that section, and this bill is enacted last. A petition must be filed within 90 days of the later event described in the law, including the expiration of the specified time periods.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 18Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 322, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 18Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 8Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 30Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1072 HOUSING (Arreguín) Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 30Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Aug 27In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1072 Housing Senate Third Reading By HANEY. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6703.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 21Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 21Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)
- Aug 6Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 5From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 30From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 29
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Minor
- Jun 24
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 3From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.Major
- May 26Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and REV. & TAX.Minor
- May 14In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd SB1072 HOUSING. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4213.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 12Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- May 11From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- May 4Set for hearing May 11.
- Apr 28Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 27From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4015.) (April 22).Major
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3975.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 17Set for hearing April 22 in REV. & TAX. pending receipt.
- Apr 17Set for hearing April 21.
- Apr 15Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and REV. & TAX.Minor
- Apr 8Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Apr 8Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 7April 15 hearing postponed by committee.
- Apr 6From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.Major
- Apr 2Set for hearing April 15.
- Apr 2April 7 hearing postponed by committee.
- Mar 17Set for hearing April 7.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on HOUSING.Minor
- Feb 17From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- Feb 13Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced
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