Assembly Actions -
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Jan 13, 2020 |
referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 09, 2020 |
ordered to third reading cal.28 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to rules |
Jan 06, 2020 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6949
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 27th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
2019-S6949 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8985
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Housing
- Law Section:
- Private Housing Finance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §31, Priv Hous Fin L (as proposed in S.4133 & A.5350)
2019-S6949 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6949 SPONSOR: KAVANAGH TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to persons and families in company projects who are required to pay a rental surcharge PURPOSE: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2019, ch. 726. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Current household income restrictions range from $50,000 to $95,000 (depending on household size) for Mitchell-Lama rental units. This bill allows households with $9,000 to over $30,000 (depending on household size) more in annual income to be eligible for admission to rent Mitc- hell-Lama units.
2019-S6949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6949 I N S E N A T E January 6, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to persons and families in company projects who are required to pay a rental surcharge 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 a chapter of the laws of 2019, amend- ing the private housing finance law relating to the aggregate annual income of low income persons or families eligible for accommodations in a company project, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.4133 and A.5350, 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) 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 families with three or more dependents, such ratio shall not exceed nine to one. PERSONS OR FAMILIES WITH TWO OR LESS DEPENDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION OR CONTINUED OCCUPANCY PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH OR SUBPARA- GRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A CHAPTER OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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