Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A10734

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing rent subsidies to individuals living with roommates

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2017-A10734 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8767
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A4258, S4339

2017-A10734 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing rent subsidies to individuals living with roommates.

2017-A10734 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10734
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to providing rent
   subsidies to individuals living with roommates
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 5 of section 409-a of the
 social services law, as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of  1993,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this section, where a
 social services official determines that a lack of adequate  housing  is
 the  primary factor preventing the discharge of a child or children from
 foster care including, but not limited to, children  with  the  goal  of
 discharge  to  independent living, preventive services shall include, in
 addition to any other payments  or  benefits  received  by  the  family,
 special  cash  grants  in  the  form  of  rent subsidies, including rent
 arrears, or any other assistance, sufficient to obtain adequate housing.
 Such rent subsidies or assistance shall not  exceed  the  sum  of  three
 hundred  dollars  per  month, shall not be provided for a period of more
 than three years, and shall be considered a special grant.   NOTHING  IN
 THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE ABILITY OF THOSE USING
 SUCH RENT SUBSIDY TO LIVE WITH ROOMMATES. The provisions of  this  para-
 graph  shall  not  be  construed  to  limit such official's authority to
 provide other preventive services.
   § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 409-a of the  social  services  law,  as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this section, if a social
 services official determines that a lack of adequate housing is a factor
 that may cause the entry of a child or children into foster care and the
 family has at least one service need other than lack of  adequate  hous-
 ing,  preventive services may include, in addition to any other payments
 or benefits received by the family, special cash grants in the  form  of
 rent  subsidies, including rent arrears, or any other assistance, suffi-
 cient to obtain adequate housing.  Such  rent  subsidies  or  assistance
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.