New York Assembly Bill A00491 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 491 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to provid- ing housing to eligible homeless families and eligible homeless indi- viduals with a disability in certain housing developments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2 of the private housing finance law is amended by 2 adding two new subdivisions 30 and 31 to read as follows: 3 30. "Eligible homeless families." Families who are homeless or who 4 live in temporary or transitional housing and are unable to secure 5 permanent and stable housing without special assistance or such other 6 categories of families at risk of being homeless as determined by a 7 commissioner of social services or a social services district. 8 31. "Eligible homeless individuals with a disability." Individuals 9 who are currently receiving social security disability insurance (SSDI) 10 or supplemental security income (SSI) benefits under the federal social 11 security act or disability pension or disability compensation benefits 12 provided by the United States department of veterans affairs or those 13 previously eligible by virtue of receiving disability benefits under the 14 supplemental security income program or the social security disability 15 program and currently receiving medical assistance benefits based on 16 determination of disability as provided in section three hundred sixty- 17 six of the social services law and who live in temporary or transitional 18 housing and are unable to secure permanent and stable housing without 19 special assistance or such other categories of individuals with a disa- 20 bility at risk of being homeless as determined by a commissioner of 21 social services or a social services district. 22 § 2. Section 31 of the private housing finance law is amended by 23 adding a new subdivision 7-a to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00043-01-3 
 A. 491 2 1 7-a. Preference in admission shall be granted to a limited number of 2 otherwise eligible applicants who are eligible homeless families or 3 eligible homeless individuals with a disability, in all state-supervised 4 family rental housing developments located in the city of New York and 5 Westchester county which were constructed and are operated pursuant to 6 this article. The owners and managing agents of such developments shall 7 fill at least one of every five vacancies in each building with an 8 eligible homeless family or eligible homeless individual with a disabil- 9 ity. Provided, however, no owner and/or managing agent shall be obli- 10 gated to fill more than five percent of the total number of apartments 11 in each building with an eligible homeless family or eligible homeless 12 individual with a disability assisted hereunder. Section 8 vouchers 13 shall be provided to eligible homeless families and eligible homeless 14 individuals with a disability applying for housing under this subdivi- 15 sion provided such vouchers are otherwise available and not more than 16 forty percent of such vouchers are being provided to such families or 17 individuals. 18 § 3. Section 85-a of the private housing finance law is amended by 19 adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows: 20 6-a. Preference in admission shall be granted to a limited number of 21 otherwise eligible applicants who are eligible homeless families or 22 eligible homeless individuals with a disability, in all state-supervised 23 family rental housing developments located in the city of New York and 24 Westchester county which were constructed and are operated pursuant to 25 this article. The owners and managing agents of such developments shall 26 fill at least one of every five vacancies in each building with an 27 eligible homeless family or eligible homeless individual with a disabil- 28 ity. Provided however no owner and/or managing agent shall be obligated 29 to fill more than five percent of the total number of apartments in each 30 building with an eligible homeless family or eligible homeless individ- 31 ual with a disability assisted hereunder. Section 8 vouchers shall be 32 provided to eligible homeless families and eligible homeless individuals 33 with a disability applying for housing under this subdivision provided 34 such vouchers are otherwise available and not more than forty percent of 35 such vouchers are being provided to such families or individuals. 36 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 37 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 38 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 39 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 40 on or before such effective date.