California AB2166: Multifamily housing development: offsite housing factories: backstop financing.

What the bill says

An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 63089.100) to Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the Government Code, relating to housing. housing Multifamily housing development: offsite housing factories: backstop financing. The Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act creates within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (bank) and requires it to administer the act, which, among other things, provides for the financing of certain economic development projects…

From the enrolled text, September 1, 2026:

An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 63089.100) to Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the Government Code, relating to housing. housing Multifamily housing development: offsite housing factories: backstop financing. The Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act creates within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (bank) and requires it to administer the act, which, among other things, provides for the financing of certain economic development projects. This bill would establish, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Multifamily Backstop Financing Program (program), for purposes of supporting multifamily projects through the provision of state-backed credit backstops that would enable surety companies to issue payment and performance bonds to qualified offsite housing factories in the state. The bill would authorize the bank to provide credit backstops to surety companies and surety insurers that issue construction bonds according to specified parameters. The bill would require the bank to adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the program. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 63089.100) is added to Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the Government Code , to read: 7. Multifamily Backstop Financing 63089.100. The Legislature finds and declares …

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