Assembly Bill A8268

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a housing task force addressing affordable housing for millennials in suburban counties

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8268 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Housing
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3408
2019-2020: A2445
2021-2022: A5152

2015-A8268 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a housing task force addressing affordable housing for millennials in suburban counties.

2015-A8268 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8268

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Housing

AN ACT to establish a housing task force addressing  affordable  housing
  for millennials in suburban counties

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. A housing task force  to  address  affordable  housing  for
millennials  in suburban counties is hereby established. The role of the
task force includes, but is not limited to:
  (a) facilitating interagency planning and policy;
  (b) reviewing specific agency initiatives for affordable  housing  for
millennials ages 25 to 35;
  (c)  providing  a  continuing  forum  to  discuss  concerns and issues
related to the formulation of state policy designed to help address this
issue;
  (d) developing linkages and partnerships with housing  developers  and
other  appropriate entities to address the problem of lack of affordable
housing for millennials; and
  (e) identifying existing state initiatives that would aid in providing
millennials with resources to find affordable housing.
  S 2. On or before two years after the effective date of this act,  the
task  force shall issue its findings, any legislative recommendations or
proposed state policy it deems  necessary  to  the  governor,  temporary
president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the
senate, and minority leader of the assembly.
  S  3. The task force shall consist of a total of ten members and shall
be appointed as follows: one member shall be appointed by the department
of homes and community renewal; one member shall  be  appointed  by  the
department of economic development; one member shall be appointed joint-
ly  by  the  housing  finance agency and the mortgage agency; one member
shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; one  member

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11513-01-5
              

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