Requires entities responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is interrupted; includes gas as a vital service.
Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not occupy the housing accommodation as his or her primary residence.
Relates to information available pertaining to rental histories of rent stabilized units through FOIL applications by the NYS division of housing and community renewal.
Relates to sanitation services provided to the New York city housing authority; provides notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-114 of the administrative code of the city of New York, the New York city housing authority shall not be required to pay for sanitation services provided by the sanitation department of the city of New York.
Relates to surcharges assessed for the late filing of rent registration statements; provides that a late filing surcharge shall be one hundred dollars; provides that if the state division of housing and community renewal determines such late registration was willful the surcharge shall be one thousand dollars.
Prohibits the adjustment of maximum allowable rent where any modification, increase or improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant; defines disabled tenant.
Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, the rent following the dissolution date of Mitchell-Lama developments shall be the last rent authorized for the affected dwelling.
Requires owners to provide prospective lessees with notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been found and any and all abatement measures that have been taken in the rental unit.
Requires the New York city housing authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant domestic violence victims the same preference as granted to any other class of applicants.
Establishes the New American homebuyer assistance program within the state of New York mortgage agency to assist first time homebuyers by imposing flexible documentation guidelines that take into account foreign documentation of income and assets.
Requires certain data in reports by the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance for the "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021"; requires the inclusion of the breakdown of applications for each zip code including the total number of approved applications; the total number of denied applications; the total number of incomplete applications; and the total number of applications that are awaiting processing or are pending in such report; provides for application information that may be tracked.
Relates to affordable housing for persons with a disability or having attained the age of sixty-two; establishes a developmentally disabled and elderly adult accessory apartment loan program.