California housing & land-use law
California 2 CCR § 12143. Financial and Income Standards Where There is a Government Rent Subsidy.
Title 2, California Code of Regulations (fair housing), as enacted — this section's verbatim text. The library holds selected sections of this code, not the whole code.
- Edition
- 2026-09-25 source snapshot
- Effective
- 2022-01-01
- Last updated
- 2026-09-25
- Jurisdiction
- California
§ 12143¶
Where a tenant or applicant is using a housing subsidy, including a voucher under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f), a housing provider is only permitted to consider the portion of the rent to be paid by the tenant when considering whether the tenant or applicant meets financial or income eligibility standards.
Note: Authority cited: Section 12935(a), Government Code. Reference: Sections 12920, 12921, 12926, 12926.1, 12927, 12948, 12955, 12955.6 and 12955.8, Government Code.
- New section filed 11-19-2021; operative 1-1-2022 (Register 2021, No. 47).
Official source: California 2 CCR § 12143. Financial and Income Standards Where There is a Government Rent Subsidy..
Source snapshot retrieved: 2026-09-25T21:29:25.703866+00:00.
Publisher currency statement: This database is current through 9/11/26 Register 2026, No. 37.
Version dates (indexing metadata): Effective 2022-01-01; operative 2022-01-01.
Effective-date evidence (external official source, indexing metadata): This regulatory action becomes effective on 1/1/2022.
Evidence source: https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2021/11/Notice-of-Approval-Housing-Regs-2021.pdf
Applicability note (indexing metadata, not regulatory text): Apply the definitions, rental/non-rental distinction, aggregate-income rules, subsidy-specific financial standards, exceptions and examples in the relevant subsections. Read these regulations together with applicable current statutes, including Government Code section 12955; later statutory changes are not replaced by this regulatory snapshot. Calendar eligibility alone does not determine whether a screening practice is lawful. This version does not establish the text in force before its reviewed amendment date.