ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

HB 2209: Arizona department of housing; continuation

Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28

Committee on Appropriations

Overview

Continues the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) for one year through July 1, 2026.

History

Established in 2002, the ADOH is responsible for: 1) establishing policies, procedures and programs to address the affordable housing issues confronting Arizona, including issues of low income families, moderate income families, housing affordability, special needs populations and decaying housing stock; 2) providing, to qualified housing participants and political subdivisions of Arizona, financial, advisory, consultative, planning, training and educational assistance for the development of safe, decent and affordable housing, including housing for low and moderate income households; and 3) maintaining and enforcing standards of quality and safety for manufactured homes, mobile homes and factory-built buildings. Programs administered by the ADOH include rental development, rental assistance, home ownership assistance, housing rehabilitation, foreclosure prevention and homeless prevention (A.R.S. § 41-3953).

The ADOH is primarily funded through federal resources and fees. According to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the ADOH administered approximately $190 million in federal and non-appropriated state housing and community development funds per year (JLBC).

The House Commerce Committee of Reference (COR) held a public meeting on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, to review the Auditor General's Performance Audit and Sunset Review Report and consider ADOH's responses to the statutorily outlined sunset factors. The COR recommended that ADOH be continued with revisions. ADOH is statutorily set to terminate on July 1, 2025, unless legislation is enacted for its continuation (A.R.S. § 41-3025.06).

Provisions

1. Continues, retroactive to July 1, 2025, the ADOH until July 1, 2026. (Sec. 2, 4)

2. Repeals the ADOH on January 1, 2027. (Sec. 2)

3. Contains a legislative intent clause. (Sec. 3)

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