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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Soria</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Section 50158 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Housing: affordable housing tenants: homeownership.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>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.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would, by January 1, 2028, require the department and the agency to develop and implement strategies to promote the movement of tenants of deed-restricted affordable housing into homeownership through existing homeownership programs implemented by the department or the agency.</html:p>
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Section 50158 is added to the
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<html:p>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 homeownership through existing homeownership programs implemented by the department or the agency.</html:p>
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