Bill > AB474

This bill addresses housing challenges for older adults and individuals with disabilities by creating incentives and protections for home-sharing programs. It modifies existing housing discrimination laws to allow homeowners to rent up to two rooms to tenants in their owner-occupied homes without being considered discriminatory. For taxable years between 2026 and 2031, the bill provides a tax exclusion for income received from renting rooms through a qualified nonprofit home-sharing program, specifically targeting lower-income households. Additionally, the bill mandates that income from these home-sharing arrangements will not be counted when determining eligibility for public social services like CalWORKs, CalFresh, and Medi-Cal. The legislation defines a nonprofit home-sharing program as a structured service that matches homeowners with unoccupied bedrooms to potential tenants, providing case management, background checks, and mediation at no cost to participants. The bill aims to address California's housing affordability crisis by creating alternative housing options, particularly for older adults and people with disabilities who often struggle with high housing costs and fixed incomes, with the goal of preventing homelessness and expanding affordable housing alternatives.

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