Bill Text: NY S08850 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the eligibility of occupants of public housing authorities for rental assistance; authorizes occupants of public housing authorities to receive rental assistance at the same times as all other eligible populations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-06-02 - referred to ways and means [S08850 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08850-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8850

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 25, 2022
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter  56  of  the  laws of 2021, establishing the
          "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021", in relation to
          the eligibility of occupants of public housing authorities for  rental
          assistance

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  of
     2  section 5 of section 1 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws
     3  of  2021, establishing the "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
     4  of 2021", is amended to read as follows:
     5    (i) is a tenant or occupant obligated to pay  rent  in  their  primary
     6  residence in the state of New York, including both tenants and occupants
     7  of  dwelling units and manufactured home tenants[, provided however that
     8  occupants of federal or state funded subsidized public housing  authori-
     9  ties or other federal or state funded subsidized housing that limits the
    10  household's  share  of the rent to a set percentage of income shall only
    11  be eligible to the extent that funds are  remaining  after  serving  all
    12  other eligible populations];
    13    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    14  the amendments to subpart A of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021
    15  made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of  such
    16  subpart and shall be deemed repealed therewith.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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