NY State Senate Bill 2021-S1243

Senate Bill S1243

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for the office of temporary and disability assistance to provide rental assistance to individuals with a loss of ability to pay rent as a result of COVID-19

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

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2021-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Housing

2021-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the office of temporary and disability assistance to provide rental assistance to individuals with a loss of ability to pay rent as a result of COVID-19 without requiring a certification of risk for eviction from a court to demonstrate such loss.

2021-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1243

SPONSOR: BENJAMIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act providing for the office of temporary and disability assistance
to provide rental assistance to individuals with a loss of ability to
pay rent as a result of COVID-19; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon the expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is currently allowed
to extend "one-shot" rental assistance to people in need, but in some
cases individuals in need are told they must show a court certification
of a risk of eviction. This legislation makes clear that such a certif-
ication is not required during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section (1) provides that the Office of temporary and disability assist-

ance may provide singular instances of rental assistance to individuals
who can sufficiently demonstrate a loss of ability to pay rent as a
result of COVID-19 for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency, and that
a court certification of risk of eviction may be used to demonstrate
such a need, but such certification is not necessary for such assist-
ance.

§ 2 sets an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently OTDA can provide one-time assistance to pay rent for individ-
uals. In some cases, individuals in need of assistance are informed that
they need a court to certify that they are in risk of eviction. However,
a person can be at risk of eviction without such a notice. In order to
reduce unnecessary delay and remove unnecessary obstacles to assist
people who may be in risk of eviction because of the COVID-19 crisis,
this legislation makes clear that a court certification shall not be
necessary to apply for rental assistance.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1243
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  providing for the office of temporary and disability assistance
   to provide rental assistance to individuals with a loss of ability  to
   pay rent as a result of COVID-19; and providing for the repeal of such
   provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the  contrary,  for
 the duration of the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to execu-
 tive  order  202 of 2020, and as extended by any future executive order,
 the office of temporary and disability assistance may  provide  singular
 instances  of  rental  assistance  to  individuals  who can sufficiently
 demonstrate a loss of ability to pay rent as a result of COVID-19.  Loss
 of  ability to pay rent as a result of COVID-19 may be demonstrated by a
 certification of risk for eviction from a court of  competent  jurisdic-
 tion,  but  such  certification  shall  not  be a requirement to receive
 rental assistance.
   § 2. This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately,  provided  that  the
 provisions  of  this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the date
 the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order 202 of
 2020, and as extended by any future executive order, is lifted; provided
 that the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability  assist-
 ance  shall  notify  the  legislative  bill drafting commission upon the
 lifting of the state disaster emergency declared pursuant  to  executive
 order  202  of  2020,  and as extended by any future executive order, in
 order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective
 data  base  of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in
 furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
 tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03285-02-1

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