Bill Text: NY S08054 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-23 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8495 [S08054 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08054-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8054

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 5, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to  requir-
          ing the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual
          report on the New York access to home programs

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1203 of the private housing finance law,  as  added
     2  by  a  chapter  of the laws of 2023 amending the private housing finance
     3  law relating to requiring the division of housing and community  renewal
     4  to  provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs, as
     5  proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  3139-A  and  A.  1686-A,  is
     6  amended to read as follows:
     7    § 1203. Report. 1. The division of housing and community renewal shall
     8  issue  an annual report on the access to home programs regarding certain
     9  data and program progress for the previous year, provided that reporting
    10  on paragraphs (e), (f) and (g)  of  this  subdivision  shall  relate  to
    11  contracts  that have concluded in the previous year, as applicable. Such
    12  report shall include, but not be limited to:
    13    (a) the number of [contracts the corporation entered into with  eligi-
    14  ble  applicants  and  the amount of funding both awarded and expended by
    15  successful applicants] received applications to become local administra-
    16  tors;
    17    (b) the number of [projects each eligible recipient completed]  appli-
    18  cations to become local administrators selected for award and contract;
    19    (c)  the  [types  of  projects  completed  by each eligible recipient,
    20  including the average cost of each type of project]  amount  of  funding
    21  awarded to local administrators;
    22    (d)  the  geographic [diversity of the beneficiaries of each completed
    23  project;
    24    (e) the demographic information of the beneficiaries of each completed
    25  project, including differentiating between renters and homeowners;
    26    (f) the unmet demand for access to home programs who applied for fund-
    27  ing through an access to home programs;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (g) how many persons with eligible  properties  were  denied  and  the
     2  demographic information regarding such denied individuals; and
     3    (h)  the  average  timeline for completion of each project] area to be
     4  served by local administrators;
     5    (e) the number of beneficiaries awarded;
     6    (f) the average award to beneficiaries; and
     7    (g) the number of potential beneficiaries who applied for an award and
     8  were deemed ineligible for such award.
     9    2. Such report required pursuant to subdivision one  of  this  section
    10  shall  be  posted and made publicly available on the division of housing
    11  and community renewal's website in a clear and conspicuous manner.
    12    § 2. Section 1200 of the private housing finance law, as amended by  a
    13  chapter  of  the  laws  of 2023 amending the private housing finance law
    14  relating to requiring the division of housing and community  renewal  to
    15  provide  an  annual  report  on the New York access to home programs, as
    16  proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  3139-A  and  A.  1686-A,  is
    17  amended to read as follows:
    18    § 1200. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The legislature
    19  hereby  finds and declares that there exists in New York state a serious
    20  need for financial and technical resources to assist renters and proper-
    21  ty owners to make dwelling units accessible for low and moderate  income
    22  persons  with disabilities. Providing assistance with the cost of adapt-
    23  ing homes will enable many New Yorkers with disabilities to  safely  and
    24  comfortably  continue to, or return to, live in their residences instead
    25  of residing in an institutional setting. The  division  of  housing  and
    26  community  renewal  shall  undertake  an  ongoing  effort to promote the
    27  availability of the access to home programs to all potentially  eligible
    28  [applicants  and  persons  with  eligible properties, as those terms are
    29  defined under this article,  both]  local  administrators  to  encourage
    30  participation in the program [and gauge unmet need].  Such actions shall
    31  include  working  with any other state agencies that provide services to
    32  persons with disabilities to promote the access to home  programs.  Such
    33  actions  shall also include but are not limited to providing contact and
    34  application information on the website for the division of  housing  and
    35  community  renewal  for  eligible  [applicants] local administrators and
    36  [persons with eligible properties]  potentially  eligible  beneficiaries
    37  which shall be updated annually.
    38    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    39  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023  amending  the  private  housing
    40  finance  law relating to requiring the division of housing and community
    41  renewal to provide an annual report on  the  New  York  access  to  home
    42  programs,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills numbers S. 3139-A and A.
    43  1686-A, takes effect.