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Senate Bill S9249

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal to conduct a study to examine the efficacy of the creation of a statewide affordable housing agency

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2021-S9249 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Housing
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S1903
2025-2026: S6519

2021-S9249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal, in consultation with the director of the budget and the commissioner of taxation and finance, to conduct a study to examine the efficacy of the creation of a statewide affordable housing agency whose sole mission is to directly build affordable housing utilizing state funds and employing residents of the state to accomplish such construction of affordable housing.

2021-S9249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9249
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  directing the commissioner of housing and community renewal, in
   consultation with the director of the budget and the  commissioner  of
   taxation  and  finance,  to conduct a study to examine the efficacy of
   the creation of a statewide affordable housing agency
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  housing  and community renewal, in
 consultation with the director of the budget  and  the  commissioner  of
 taxation  and  finance, shall conduct a study to examine the efficacy of
 the creation of a statewide affordable housing agency whose sole mission
 is to directly  build  affordable  housing  utilizing  state  funds  and
 employing  residents  of  the  state  to accomplish such construction of
 affordable housing.
   § 2. The commissioner of housing and community renewal shall prepare a
 report which shall be submitted to the governor, the temporary president
 of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader  of  the
 senate  and  the  minority leader of the assembly, within one year after
 the effective date of this act, containing findings and  recommendations
 for potential legislative and regulatory actions to create such a state-
 wide affordable housing agency.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15833-01-2

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