NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3591

Senate Bill S3591

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the community development financial institution disability housing program within the New York state urban development corporation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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2021-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: New York State Urban Development Corporation Act
Laws Affected:: Add §16-bb, UDC Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4047
2017-2018: S394
2019-2020: S149
2023-2024: S1490

2021-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the community development financial institution disability housing program within the New York state urban development corporation.

2021-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3591

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
relation to establishing a community development financial institution
disability housing program

 
PURPOSE OF BILL::

Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to conduct a
homelessness study.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

Section 1 of the bill directs the Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance will conduct a homelessness study. The study will include,
but not be limited to:

*The current shelter allowance and eviction prevention supplements, in

light of increasing costs for housing;

*If the fuel and utilities is contributing to evictions, overcrowding
and homelessness;

*If fuel and utilities is constraining the ability of the private sector
to provide safe and affordable housing to low-income New Yorkers;

*If the requirement that a family is sued for eviction before they can
access a rent supplement program is reasonable considering that it
imposes litigation costs on landlords who are providing affordable hous-
ing, increases state and local costs for court administration leaves
tenants with negative credit that may inhibit their ability to find
employment and secure housing in the near and future, and limits the
program to others in need including those who are forced to move because
of domestic violence.

*If the fuel and utilities is constraining the ability of public housing
authorities to maintain the condition and safety of their buildings;

*If the shelter allowance should be correlated to the HUD Fair Market
Rent levels which are updated annually and based on real housing cost
data;

Section 2 requires that by June 30, 2022, the office will provide a
report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, temporary president
of the senate, the minority leaders of the senate and assembly and the
chairs of the social services committees in the senate and assembly.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

This legislation is critical to know the true picture of homelessness
across New York State for the Legislature and the Governor to make deci-
sions based on the most accurate information possible to make sure that
children's and families have a place to call home.

Furthermore, the increasing number of low-income New Yorkers facing the
possible loss of their housing and the challenges of moving families
from homeless shelters into stable housing are greater than ever, this
legislation will give us a true picture of that and give us the tools
necessary to act.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

2017-18: 5394 - Corporations 2015-16: 54047 - Corporations

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

This bill will take effect immediately.

2021-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3591
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
   relation to establishing a community development financial institution
   disability housing program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,  constituting
 the  New  York  state  urban  development corporation act, is amended by
 adding a new section 16-bb to read as follows:
   § 16-BB. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DISABILITY  HOUS-
 ING  PROGRAM.  1.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS THAT
 THE INCREASED DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOUSING  SUITABLE  FOR  INDIVIDUALS  WITH
 MENTAL  AND  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  IS A PRIORITY OF THE STATE AND
 THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CAN EFFECTIVELY LEVER-
 AGE PUBLIC FUNDS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS KIND OF HOUSING.
   2. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED:
   (A) "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION" OR "CDFI" SHALL HAVE
 THE  SAME  MEANING AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 2 OF SECTION
 16-O OF THIS ACT.
   (B) "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND" SHALL MEAN THE
 FUND AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 2 OF SECTION 16-O OF THIS ACT.
   (C) "SUPPORTIVE LIVING FACILITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  SUCH
 TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  28-B  OF  SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW.
   (D) "SUPERVISED LIVING FACILITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  SUCH
 TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  28-A  OF  SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08202-01-1

 S. 3591                             2
 
   3. PURPOSE. THE CORPORATION SHALL  ALLOCATE  FUNDS  IN  THE  COMMUNITY
 DEVELOPMENT  FINANCIAL  INSTITUTIONS  FUND  NOT  TO  EXCEED  TWENTY-FIVE
 MILLION DOLLARS TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED
 IN THE FINANCING AND DEVELOPMENT OF  SUPPORTIVE  AND  SUPERVISED  LIVING
 FACILITIES  IN  ORDER TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
 DEVELOPMENTAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES IN THE STATE.
   4. RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE CORPORATION, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 OFFICE  OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISA-
 BILITIES AND THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND  SUPPORTS  SHALL  BE
 AUTHORIZED  TO  PROMULGATE  RULES AND REGULATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT THAT ARE  NECESSARY  TO  FULFILL  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
   5.  ALLOCATIONS  OF FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 ALL THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 16-O OF THIS ACT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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