Bill Text: NY S04129 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of temporary disability and assistance to conduct a homelessness study; requires a report by June 30, 2017.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to social services [S04129 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04129-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4129
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 2, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
       AN ACT to require the office of temporary and disability  assistance  to
         conduct a homelessness study
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The office of temporary  and  disability  assistance  shall
    2  conduct  a  homelessness  study.  Such  study  shall include, but not be
    3  limited to:
    4    1.  the  adequacy  of  the  current  shelter  allowance  and  eviction
    5  prevention  supplements,  in light of increasing costs for housing, fuel
    6  and utilities;
    7    2. whether the inadequacy of the shelter allowance and allowances  for
    8  fuel  and utilities is contributing to evictions, overcrowding and home-
    9  lessness;
   10    3. whether the inadequacy of the shelter allowance and allowances  for
   11  fuel  and utilities is constraining the ability of the private sector to
   12  provide safe and affordable housing to low-income New Yorkers;
   13    4. whether the requirement that a family be sued for  eviction  before
   14  they can access a rent supplement program is reasonable considering that
   15  it  imposes  litigation  costs on landlords who are providing affordable
   16  housing, increases state and local costs for court administration leaves
   17  tenants with negative credit that may  inhibit  their  ability  to  find
   18  employment  and  secure  housing in the near term and future, and limits
   19  the program to others in need including those who  are  forced  to  move
   20  because of domestic violence;
   21    5.  whether the inadequacy of the shelter allowance and allowances for
   22  fuel and utilities is constraining the ability of public housing author-
   23  ities to maintain the condition and safety of their buildings; and
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    6. whether the shelter allowance should be correlated to the HUD  Fair
    2  Market  Rent levels which are updated annually and based on real housing
    3  cost data.
    4    S  2.  By  June  30,  2016,  such office shall provide a report to the
    5  governor, the speaker  of  the  assembly,  temporary  president  of  the
    6  senate,  the  minority leaders of the senate and assembly and the chairs
    7  of the social services committees in the senate and assembly.
    8    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.