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Senate Bill S2123

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to housing assistance outreach

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2019-S2123 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §229, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7108
2017-2018: S4552

2019-S2123 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to housing assistance outreach.

2019-S2123 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2123 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2123
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 public housing law, in relation to housing assist-
   ance outreach
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 229 to read as follows:
   § 229. HOUSING ASSISTANCE OUTREACH. 1. ON OR  BEFORE  DECEMBER  FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  THE  DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL
 SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN ONGOING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM TO
 INFORM NEW YORK LANDLORDS ABOUT HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED THROUGH  THE
 EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT,
 THE  ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM FOR RURAL AREAS UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTEEN-A OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING
 FINANCE LAW, AND OTHER ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FOR BY THIS CHAPTER.
   2. THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE NEW
 YORK LANDLORDS WITH INFORMATION REGARDING:
   (A) HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER NEW YORK LAW DESCRIBED IN SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION;
   (B) THE PROCEDURES AND RULES FOR  SUCH  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  INCLUDING
 INFORMATION INCLUDED IN CHAPTER ELEVEN OF TITLE TWENTY-SIX OF THE ADMIN-
 ISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; AND
   (C)  THE  ELIGIBILITY  REQUIREMENTS  THAT TENANTS MUST MEET TO RECEIVE
 SUCH ASSISTANCE.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT
 OF  THE  SENATE  AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, REGARDING THE  EFFECTIVENESS  OF  THE  OUTREACH
 PROGRAM  AND ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTION THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE
 EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED  FOR  IN
 NEW YORK LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.

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