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                                  9769

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2016
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. BLAKE, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation  to  estab-
  lishing  an  electronic  automated system for applications and waiting
  lists, and to develop a written procedure for applicant selection  and
  rejection

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

  Section 1. Section 31 of the private housing finance law is amended by
adding three new subdivisions 13, 14 and 15 to read as follows:
  13. THE COMMISSIONER OR SUPERVISING AGENCY  SHALL  DEVELOP  A  WRITTEN
PROCEDURE WITH REGARD TO HOW APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO A COMPANY ARE
PROCESSED  AND  NUMBERED,  AND  HOW TENANTS ARE SELECTED. SUCH PROCEDURE
SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED AND FOLLOWED BY ALL LIMITED-PROFIT  HOUSING  COMPA-
NIES  SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
ANY LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY MAY ELECT  ADDITIONAL  PROCEDURES  SO
LONG  AS SUCH PROCEDURES ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROCEDURES DEVEL-
OPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR SUPERVISING AGENCY AND  ANY  OTHER  REQUIRE-
MENTS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE.
  14.  THE  COMMISSIONER OR SUPERVISING AGENCY SHALL DEVELOP A PROCEDURE
WHEREBY APPLICANTS ARE NOTIFIED IN THE CASE THAT  THEIR  APPLICATION  IS
REJECTED  BY  A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SUCH PROCEDURE  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  THE  APPEAL'S
PROCESS AVAILABLE TO THE REJECTED APPLICANT. THE NOTIFICATION THAT SHALL
BE  SENT  TO THE APPLICANT SHALL BE IN WRITTEN FORM, INCLUDE REASONS WHY
THE APPLICANT WAS REJECTED, THE APPEAL'S PROCESS, AND  BE  SENT  TO  THE
APPLICANT  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS  AFTER THE LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY
DECIDED TO REJECT SUCH APPLICANT. ANY LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY MAY
ELECT ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES SO LONG AS SUCH PROCEDURES  ARE  NOT  INCON-
SISTENT WITH THE PROCEDURES DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR SUPERVISING
AGENCY  AND  ANY  OTHER  REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN  THIS ARTICLE. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AN APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED  REJECTED
IF  THEIR  APPLICATION  IS  STILL  ACTIVE  ON THE LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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COMPANY'S WAITING LIST AND SUCH WAITING LIST IS STILL OPEN AND ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS.
  15.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OR  THE  SUPERVISING  AGENCY SHALL DEVELOP AND
REQUIRE THE USE OF A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ELECTRONIC AUTOMATED SYSTEM  FOR
LIMITED-PROFIT  HOUSING COMPANIES TO STORE, PROCESS, AND MAINTAIN APPLI-
CATIONS AND WAITING LISTS. WAITING LISTS MAINTAINED BY EACH SUCH COMPANY
SHALL USE A METHOD THAT PROTECTS ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
OF APPLICANTS FROM BEING PUBLICLY DISCLOSED OR ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SUCH ELECTRONIC AUTOMATED SYSTEM SHALL ALSO INCLUDE GENERAL  INFORMATION
ABOUT EACH COMPANY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:  THE NAME AND ADDRESS
OF  THE  COMPANY; THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND ADDRESS; THE NUMBER AND SIZE
OF ALL UNITS IN EACH BUILDING; AND INFORMATION ON  THE  STATUS  OF  EACH
WAITING  LIST,  INCLUDING  WHETHER THE LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY IS
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND HOW LONG  APPLICANTS  MAY  HAVE  TO
WAIT.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.