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AB 2581: Housing: affordable housing tenants: home ownership.
What AB 2581 does, verified June 8, 2026
<p>This bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency to develop and implement strategies by January 1, 2028. These strategies aim to help tenants in deed-restricted affordable housing transition into homeownership through existing home ownership programs run by these entities.</p>
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Last action: In committee: Held under submission. (2026-05-14)Alert me
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| May. 14, 2026 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| May. 14, 2026 | Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.) |
| May. 13, 2026 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. |
| Apr. 23, 2026 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Apr. 14, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. |
Latest bill textAmended version, April 13, 2026 · 377 words
| Amended IN Assembly April 13, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2581
| Introduced by Assembly Member Soria |
February 20, 2026 |
An act to add Section 50158 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2581, as amended, Soria. Housing: affordable housing tenants: homeownership. home ownership.
Existing law prescribes the general responsibilities and roles of the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency in carrying out state housing policies and programs. Existing law establishes various programs to promote development of affordable housing for tenants and homeowners, including the Multifamily Housing Program, low-income housing tax credits, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
This bill would, by January 1, 2028, require the department and the agency to develop and implement strategies strategies, as specified, to promote the movement of tenants of deed-restricted affordable housing into homeownership home ownership through existing homeownership home ownership programs implemented by the department or the agency.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 50158 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50158.
(a) By January 1, 2028, the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency shall develop and implement strategies to promote the movement of tenants of deed-restricted affordable housing into(b) The strategies developed and implemented pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, but not be limited to, advertising of existing home ownership programs to tenants of deed-restricted affordable housing.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “existing home ownership programs” shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
(1) The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program established pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 50515.2) of Part 2.
(2) The CalHome Program established pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650) of Part 2.
(3) The home purchase assistance program established pursuant to Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 51341) of Part 3.
(4) The California Dream for All Program established pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 51520) of Part 3.
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