Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 03, 2010 |
3rd reading cal.1430 substituted for s8131 |
Aug 03, 2010 |
substituted by a11408 ordered to third reading cal.1430 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 10, 2010 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S8131
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A11408 - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2009-S8131 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S8131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8131 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to the aggregate annual income of low income persons or families eligible for accommodations in a company project PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to raise the income limitations of persons or families that would be eligible for Mitchell-Lama housing. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend section 2 of section 31 of the private housing finance law. EXISTING LAW: Current law requires that Mitchell-Lama housing be made available to persons and families whose income does not exceed seven times the rental, including the value or cost to them of heat, light, water, and cooking fuel, and in the case of three or more dependents, the ratio is eight to one. JUSTIFICATION: The last time this law was changed was 1996. Residents have reached out to our office and spoken at public hearings about increasing the income threshold.
2009-S8131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8131 I N S E N A T E June 10, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to the aggregate annual income of low income persons or families eligible for accommodations in a company project THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 31 of the private housing finance law, as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: (a) The dwelling or non-housekeeping accommodations without board in a company project shall be available for persons or families of low income whose probable aggregate annual income at the time of admission and during the period of occupancy does not exceed, the greater of (i) the median income for such persons or families for the metropolitan statis- tical area in which the project is located, or if a project is located outside a metropolitan statistical area, the median income for such persons or families for the county in which the project is located, as most recently determined by the United States department of housing and urban development, in which case any person or family becoming eligible for admission pursuant to this subparagraph shall pay, from the time of admission, a rental surcharge as provided for in subdivision three of this section, computed on the basis of the income limitations applicable to such persons or families in the absence of this subparagraph, or (ii) [seven] EIGHT times the rental, including the value or cost to them of heat, light, water and cooking fuel, of the dwellings that may be furnished to such persons or families, except that in the case of fami- lies with three or more dependents, such ratio shall not exceed [eight] NINE to one. The "probable aggregate annual income" in the case of dwelling accommodations means the annual income of the chief wage earner of the family, plus all other income of other members of the family over the age of twenty-one years, plus a proportion of income of gainfully employed members under the age of twenty-one years, the proportion to be EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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