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This document was prepared for the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) program, to be shared with local planning staff. Below is a summary of significant housing legislation that was passed in the 2024 legislative session and subsequently signed into law by Governor Newsom. All bills become effective on January 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted.
DISCLAIMER: This document is intended solely as a technical overview of new housing-related legislation. It is not intended to serve as legal advice regarding any jurisdiction's specific policies or any proposed housing development project. Local staff should consult with their city attorney or county counsel before taking any action to implement these changes. Learn more about the Association of Bay Area Governments.
Copyright ©2024 ABAG "2024 New Housing Legislation Summary" [December, 2024].
Association of Bay Area Governments. All rights reserved.
The Association of Bay Area Governments and
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
are the regional land use and transportation planning agencies
for the nine counties and 101 cities and towns
of the San Francisco Bay region.
ABAG’s Resilience Program
assists Bay Area local governments,
and provides resources for residents in planning for earthquakes,
the effects of climate change and other hazards.
The Field Guide was generously funded by
grant G16AP00172 from the US Geological Survey.
DISCLAIMER: This document is intended solely as general information pertaining to
spotting common problems in
Bay Area housing. It is not intended to serve as legal advice on constructional damages caused by earthquakes. Homeowners should consult with a licensed contractor as well as with local and county Building and Planning Divisions and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for information recourses and guidance. Learn more about the Association of Bay Area Governments and their Data Tools.
Copyright ©2018 ABAG "2018 Earthquake FieldGuide" [August, 2018].
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Source: ABAG 2018 Earthquake Field Guide
The Department of Real Estate (DRE) California Tenants Guide to Residential Tenants’ and Landlords’ Rights and Responsibilities was initially written by the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Legal Affairs Division and substantially revised by the Department of Real Estate’s Legal Section in 2020 and updated in early 2022 to reflect recent and relevant legislative. The Department of Real Estate’s Communications and Publications Section was responsible for publishing the booklet.
This is the latest edition of this guide.
Copyright ©2022 “DRE 2022 California Tenants [February 01, 2022].
Department of Real Estate. All rights reserved.
Source: California Tenants Guide
California law protects people from discrimination in housing. This law is called the Fair
Employment and Housing Act or FEHA for short. When a person with a disability needs to physically modify their housing unit or a common area so that they can enjoy equal access to housing, FEHA may require the person’s landlord, homeowners’ association, or another type of housing provider to grant the request. This topic is commonly referred to as “reasonable modifications.”
This document provides a general overview of reasonable modifications by answering
frequently asked questions (FAQs). These FAQs do not address all issues and scenarios related to reasonable modifications, and they do not address the separate topic of “reasonable accommodations” or other housing protections for people with disabilities.1
This is the latest edition of this guide.
Copyright ©2025 CRD "2025 Housing and Reasonable Modifications for People with Disabilities" [April, 2025]. State of California Civil Rights Department. All rights reserved.
Source: Housing and Reasonable Modifications for People with Disabilities
The Civil Rights Department (CRD) is California’s civil rights agency. Among the laws enforced by CRD are the Fair Employment and Housing Act and its implementing regulations.
These laws protect tenants and residents from discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as require landlords, property management companies, homeowner associations, and other housing providers to reasonably accommodate people with disabilities so that they may use and enjoy a housing opportunity. When a housing provider disallows pets or limits the kind, size, or number of pets that someone can have, California law generally requires the housing provider to provide a reasonable accommodation to a person with a disability in order to allow them to live with an emotional support animal (ESA) that assists that person in managing their disability.
To assist housing providers, tenants, residents, and others understand and comply with California law, CRD is providing answers to frequently asked questions about ESAs.
This is the latest edition of this guide.
Copyright ©2022 CRD "2022 Emotional Support Animals and Fair Housing Law" [December, 2022]. State of California Civil Rights Department. All rights reserved.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) enforces the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination and the intimidation of people in their homes, apartment buildings, and condominium developments – in nearly all housing transactions, including the rental and sale of housing and the provision of mortgage loans. This is the latest edition of this guide.
Copyright ©2022 “HUD 2022 California Tenants [February 01, 2022]. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. All rights reserved.
Source: HUD Fair Housing Booklet
The Civil Rights Department (CRD) is the state agency that enforces California’s Fair Housing and Other Civil Rights Laws. These laws are intended to ensure all Californians have equal opportunities to access employment, housing, public accommodations, and state-funded programs and activities. The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) applies to all housing providers in California,2 and the Unruh Civil Rights Act additionally applies to any housing provider that is also a business of any kind.3 California’s Civil Rights Council enacted regulations that became effective on January 1, 2020 that clarify the obligations under the FEHA related to discriminatory housing practices.4 This document was produced by the CRD to provide further guidance to California housing providers regarding their obligations and best practices to correct and end harassment.
This guidance is for informational purposes only and does not create any rights or obligations separate from those imposed by the FEHA and its implementing regulations or other laws enforced by CRD.
This is the latest edition of this guide.
Copyright ©2022 CRD "2022 Harassment Prevention Guide" [September, 2022]. State of California Civil Rights Department. All rights reserved.
NFHA 2024 Fair Housing Trends Report
Housing discrimination takes myriad forms and occurs in many different types of housing transactions or areas, including rental, real estate sales, mortgage lending, housing-related insurance, zoning, and appraisals. Housing discrimination also occurs when developers build units that are inaccessible to people with disabilities and when housing providers deny requests for reasonable accommodations and/or modifications which impedes the ability of a person with a disability to use and enjoy their home. For the purposes of this report, data is collected and reported primarily on the seven federally protected classes: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, and familial status. However, this report also includes additional data on classes of persons protected under state and local laws, including sexual orientation, source of income, marital status, and several other categories. The data collected for this report represents only a small portion of the millions of incidents of illegal housing discrimination that occur each year. Housing discrimination often goes undetected and unreported because it is difficult to identify or document. It is also common for victims of discrimination to feel that nothing can or will be done about their civil rights being violated, and the fear of retaliation by their housing provider, landlord, or even neighbors discourage many from reporting.
This is the latest edition of this report.
Copyright ©2022 “NFHA 2024 Fair Housing Trends Report [July, 2024]. National Fair Housing Alliance. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. 2025.
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity FY2024 Annual Report to Congress. This is the latest edition of this guide.
Copyright ©2025 HUD "2024 Annual Performance Report" [January 17, 2025]. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. All rights reserved.
Copyright ©2023 PILP "2023 California Housing Element Manual" [March, 2025]. Learn more at Housingn
This guidance memo is a more comprehensive update to the AB 686 summary of requirements in housing element law that the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released April 23, 2020, which can be found at hcd.ca.gov. This guidance is meant to assist public agencies and local governments meet AB 686 requirements. The guidance will be updated periodically in collaboration with practitioners and stakeholders to provide additional samples and best practices.
This guidance is adopted pursuant to Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD’s) general authority to provide technical assistance on the preparation of housing elements. Local jurisdictions’ use of this guidance will support their legal obligation to comply with the duty to affirmatively further fair housing. HCD is also cognizant of its own duty to affirmatively further fair housing in this guidance.
This is the latest edition of this guide.
Copyright ©2023 PILP "2023 California Housing Element Manual" [March, 2025]. Learn more at Housing Elements. Public Interest Law Project. All rights reserved.
THE FAIR HOUSING ACT Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, commonly known as the Fair Housing Act, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. In 1988, Congress passed the Fair Housing Amendments Act. The Amendments expand coverage of Title VIII to prohibit discriminatory housing practices based on disability1 and familial status. Now it is unlawful to deny the rental or sale of a dwelling unit to a person because that person has a disability.
HUD User Disclaimer: Guidance documents, except when based on statutory or regulatory authority or law, do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. Guidance documents are intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.
This is the latest edition of this report.
Copyright ©2025 HUD "2024 Annual Performance Report" [August 1996. Revised April, 1998]. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. All rights reserved.
Source: Fair Housing Act Design Manual
FHEO is Making Progress in Addressing Challenges in Conducting Civil Rights Compliance Reviews. Attached are the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) final results of their audit assessing the challenges HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity faces in conducting civil rights compliance reviews. The Inspector General Act, as amended, requires that OIG post its reports on the OIG website. Accordingly, this report will be posted at https://www.hudoig.gov. This is the latest edition of this report.
Copyright ©2024 FHEO "2024 Annual Performance Report" [September 13, 2024]. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. All rights reserved.
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
tCalifornia law protects renters and homebuyers from discrimination and harassment because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, source of income, marital status, familial status, genetic information, age, immigration status, primary language, or citizenship. These characteristics are protected under the law from discrimination in accessing and living in almost all types of housing.
Copyright ©2022 CRD "2022 Know Your Top Fair Housing Rights" [December, 2022]. State of California Civil Rights Department. All rights reserved.
Are You a Victim of HOUSING DISCRIMINATION?
The American Dream of having a safe and decent place to call ‘home’ reflects our shared belief that in this nation, opportunity and success are within everyone’s reach. Under our Fair Housing laws, every person is assured the opportunity to build a better life in the home or apartment of their choice — regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, family status or disability.
This is the latest edition of this guide.
Copyright ©2022 CRD "2022 Fair Housing Fact Sheet" [November, 2022].
State of California Civil Rights Department. All rights reserved.
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