Bill Text: NY A05909 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5909 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to shelter allowance calculation for participants in the federal housing choice voucher program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-15 - enacting clause stricken [A05909 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05909-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5909
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 17, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Social Services
        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the calculation
          of the shelter allowance for individuals and families receiving public
          assistance and participating in the Section 8 voucher program
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 2 of section 131-a of
     2  the  social  services  law,  as relettered by chapter 598 of the laws of
     3  2007, are relettered paragraphs (e) and (f) and a new paragraph  (d)  is
     4  added to read as follows:
     5    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or of any other law
     6  or regulation to the contrary, the amount to be included in the standard
     7  of  need  for  shelter  for  an  eligible tenant who participates in the
     8  federal Section 8 housing choice voucher program shall  be  the  maximum
     9  shelter  allowance  prescribed by regulations of the department for non-
    10  participants in such voucher program residing  in  the  social  services
    11  district in which the participant in such voucher program resides.
    12    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    13  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02934-01-7