senate Bill S7635A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to low or moderate income housing projects

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


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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 02, 2022 print number 7635a
Dec 02, 2022 amend (t) and recommit to housing, construction and community development
Jan 05, 2022 referred to housing, construction and community development

Co-Sponsors

S7635 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §14-a, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S668

S7635 - Summary

Relates to low or moderate income housing developments; allows local zoning boards of appeals to approve affordable housing developments; provides for an appeals process to the division of housing and community renewal; creates a state zoning board of appeals within the division to hear such appeals (view more) directs the division to conduct a study to integrate low income housing tax credit applications with the zoning application process under this act.

S7635 - Sponsor Memo

S7635 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7635
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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 low or moderate
   income housing projects
 
   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
 14-a to read as follows:
   § 14-A. LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS. 1.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "LOW  OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING" MEANS ANY HOUSING SUBSIDIZED BY
 THE FEDERAL  OR  STATE  GOVERNMENT  UNDER  ANY  PROGRAM  TO  ASSIST  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OF LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING AS DEFINED IN THE APPLI-
 CABLE FEDERAL OR STATE STATUTE, WHETHER BUILT OR OPERATED BY ANY  PUBLIC
 AGENCY  OR  ANY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR LIMITED DIVIDEND ORGANIZATION.
 FOR A HOUSING PROJECT TO QUALIFY AS "LOW OR  MODERATE  INCOME  HOUSING",
 SUCH  HOUSING  PROJECT  SHALL:  (I) HAVE AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 SUCH HOUSING PROJECT'S UNITS BE AFFORDABLE TO  HOUSEHOLDS  WHO  EARN  NO
 MORE  THAN  EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME; OR (II) FOR RENTAL
 HOUSING PROJECTS, HAVE AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF SUCH HOUSING PROJECT'S
 UNITS AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING BELOW FIFTY PERCENT OF  THE  AREA
 MEDIAN INCOME.
   (B)  "UNECONOMIC"  MEANS  ANY  CONDITION  BROUGHT  ABOUT BY ANY SINGLE
 FACTOR OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT MAKES IT SUBSTAN-
 TIALLY UNLIKELY FOR A PUBLIC AGENCY OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO PROCEED
 IN BUILDING OR OPERATING LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING  WITHOUT  FINAN-
 CIAL  LOSS,  OR FOR A LIMITED DIVIDEND ORGANIZATION TO PROCEED AND STILL
 REALIZE A REASONABLE RETURN IN BUILDING OR OPERATING SUCH HOUSING WITHIN
 THE LIMITATIONS SET BY THE SUBSIDIZING AGENCY OF GOVERNMENT ON THE  SIZE
 OR CHARACTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT OR ON THE AMOUNT OR NATURE OF THE SUBSI-
 DY  OR  ON  THE  TENANTS,  RENTALS  AND  INCOME PERMISSIBLE, AND WITHOUT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13667-03-1

Co-Sponsors

S7635A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §14-a, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S668

S7635A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to low or moderate income housing developments; allows local zoning boards of appeals to approve affordable housing developments; provides for an appeals process to the division of housing and community renewal; creates a state zoning board of appeals within the division to hear such appeals (view more) directs the division to conduct a study to integrate low income housing tax credit applications with the zoning application process under this act.

S7635A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7635A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7635--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MAY, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
   and Community  Development  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public housing law, in relation to low or moderate
   income housing developments

   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
 14-a to read as follows:
   § 14-A. LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.  1.  DEFINITIONS.
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT"  MEANS  ANY  HOUSING,
 INCLUDING  BOTH  HOUSING  INTENDED FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AND RENTAL, THAT IS
 SUBSIDIZED BY COUNTY, FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT UNDER ANY  PROGRAM  TO
 ASSIST  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
 AS DEFINED IN THE APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE STATUTE, WHETHER BUILT  OR
 OPERATED  BY  ANY PUBLIC AGENCY, LIMITED-DIVIDEND ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER
 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. FOR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO QUALIFY AS A "LOW  OR
 MODERATE  INCOME  HOUSING  DEVELOPMENT", SUCH HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SHALL:
 (I) HAVE AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  SUCH  HOUSING  DEVELOPMENT'S
 HOUSING  UNITS  BE  AFFORDABLE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DIVISION, TO HOUSE-
 HOLDS WHO EARN NO MORE THAN EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE  AREA  MEDIAN  INCOME;
 (II)  FOR  RENTAL  HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, HAVE AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF
 SUCH HOUSING DEVELOPMENT'S HOUSING UNITS BE AFFORDABLE, AS DETERMINED BY
 THE DIVISION, TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING BELOW  SIXTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA
 MEDIAN INCOME; OR (III) IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BE SUBJECT TO AN ANTIC-
 IPATED  REGULATORY  AGREEMENT  WITH A CITY, STATE, OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 ENTITY.
   (B) "UNECONOMIC" MEANS ANY  CONDITION  BROUGHT  ABOUT  BY  ANY  SINGLE
 FACTOR OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT MAKES IT SUBSTAN-
 TIALLY UNLIKELY FOR A PUBLIC AGENCY OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO PROCEED
 IN  BUILDING  OR  OPERATING A LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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