senate Bill S4538

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


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Jan 08, 2020 referred to housing, construction and community development
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S4538 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4358
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 29-A §1265, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7866, A10017
2021-2022: S3129, A3612
2023-2024: S2080, A4716

S4538 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program.

S4538 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  4538

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 14, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KAVANAGH, LITTLE, FUNKE, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, SEPULVE-
  DA, STAVISKY -- 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 private housing finance law, in relation to estab-
  lishing an affordable independent senior housing assistance program

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

  Section  1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new
article 29-A to read as follows:
                             ARTICLE XXIX-A
        AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
SECTION 1265. AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
  § 1265. AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM.  1.
ESTABLISHMENT. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
HEALTH,  SHALL  DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED  OR
OTHERWISE  AVAILABLE  THEREFOR  TO AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING
PROPERTIES TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE RESIDENT  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAMS.  THE
GRANTS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
  2.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A)  "AFFORDABLE  INDEPENDENT  SENIOR
HOUSING  PROPERTY" SHALL MEAN APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES
OCCUPIED BY INDIVIDUALS OVER SIXTY YEARS OF AGE, WHO LIVE  INDEPENDENTLY
AND  AT  LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF WHOM HAVE A TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT
DOES NOT EXCEED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME; AND
  (B) "RESIDENT ASSISTANCE" SHALL MEAN SUPPORT OFFERED TO  RESIDENTS  OF
AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TO HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY
LIVING BY EXTENDING INDEPENDENCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.
  3.  ASSISTANCE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF HEALTH; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISION OF  SUCH  ASSIST-

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

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