NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8209

Senate Bill S8209

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 11, 2022	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate
May 05, 2022	advanced to third reading
May 04, 2022	2nd report cal.
May 03, 2022	1st report cal.1031
Feb 02, 2022	referred to housing, construction and community development

Votes

- May 11, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S8209
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 11, 2022
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Brouk
  May 3, 2022 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S8209
  
  10
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: May 3, 2022
      
      aye (10)
      
      Boyle
      
      Brisport
      
      Helming
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Martucci

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2021-S8209 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9631
Current Committee:: Assembly Housing
Law Section:: Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1203, amd §1200, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S3139, A1686

2021-S8209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs.

2021-S8209 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8209

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to requir-
ing the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual
report on the New York access to home programs

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation requires the division of housing and community renewal
to issue an annual report on the access to home programs regarding
certain data and program progress for the previous year and promote the
access to home program

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the private housing finance law by adding a new
section, § 1203, to require the division of housing and community
renewal to issue an annual report on the access to home programs regard-
ing certain data and program progress for the previous year.  Estab-

lishes the necessary components of such a report. Mandates that the
report be posted and made publicly available on the division of housing
and community renewals website in a clear and visible manner.

Section 2. Amends section 1200 of the private housing finance law
requiring DHCR to promote the access to home program

Section 3. Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York State Access to Home Program provides grants to eligible
applicants to make permanent accessibility modifications to existing
owner-occupied or rental dwelling units occupied by low-income individ-
uals with disabilities. Grants are made to municipalities and eligible
not-for-profit entities that have experience in adapting or retrofitting
homes for persons with disabilities. Some of the eligible activities
include the installation of ramps, or lifts, modifications to kitchens
and bathrooms to provide access, or other interior accessibility modifi-
cations.

Currently, the Access to Home program receives only $100 million per
year for the entire State of New York. This funding is broken up by
regions and each eligible region is to receive a maximum of $125,000.
Recent applicants who have attempted to access this funding have been
told of a waitlist over 100 individuals long. Modifications are extreme-
ly costly. Ramps to facilitate access to a home can range from as $7,000
to $8,000.

The Division of Housing and Community Renewal (HCR) has not been able to
provide critical information regarding the number of people served
through the Access to Home program or how many projects were paid for in
recent years. This legislation will increase transparency by requiring
the division to issue an annual report on the access to home programs
regarding certain data and program progress for the previous year and
publishing this information on their website.

Throughout the years, the Access to Home program has had great success
in providing individuals with disabilities with the opportunity to stay
in their homes rather . It is of paramount importance that there be
absolute transparency between HCR and the public regarding the progress
of the Access to Homes program of each previous year.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2021-S8209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8209
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- 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 requir-
   ing the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual
   report on the New York access to home programs

   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
 section 1203 to read as follows:
   § 1203. REPORT. 1. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL
 ISSUE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACCESS TO HOME PROGRAMS REGARDING  CERTAIN
 DATA  AND  PROGRAM  PROGRESS  FOR  THE  PREVIOUS YEAR. SUCH REPORT SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THE CORPORATION ENTERED INTO WITH ELIGIBLE
 APPLICANTS AND THE AMOUNT  OF  FUNDING  BOTH  AWARDED  AND  EXPENDED  BY
 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS;
   (B) THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS EACH ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT COMPLETED;
   (C)  THE  TYPES  OF  PROJECTS  COMPLETED  BY  EACH ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT,
 INCLUDING THE AVERAGE COST OF EACH TYPE OF PROJECT;
   (D) THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF THE BENEFICIARIES  OF  EACH  COMPLETED
 PROJECT;
   (E) THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF EACH COMPLETED
 PROJECT, INCLUDING DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS;
   (F) THE UNMET DEMAND FOR ACCESS TO HOME PROGRAMS WHO APPLIED FOR FUND-
 ING THROUGH AN ACCESS TO HOME PROGRAM;
   (G)  HOW  MANY  PERSONS  WITH  ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES WERE DENIED AND THE
 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING SUCH DENIED INDIVIDUALS; AND
   (H) THE AVERAGE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION OF EACH PROJECT.
   2. SUCH REPORT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE  POSTED AND MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE DIVISION OF HOUSING
 AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL'S WEBSITE IN A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS MANNER.
   § 2. Section 1200 of the private housing  finance  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 159 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13499-02-2
 S. 8209                             2
 
   § 1200. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The legislature
 hereby  finds and declares that there exists in New York state a serious
 need for financial and technical resources to assist renters and proper-
 ty owners to make dwelling units accessible for low and moderate  income
 persons  with disabilities. Providing assistance with the cost of adapt-
 ing homes will enable many New Yorkers with disabilities to  safely  and
 comfortably  continue to, or return to, live in their residences instead
 of residing in an institutional setting. THE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND
 COMMUNITY  RENEWAL  SHALL  UNDERTAKE  AN  ONGOING  EFFORT TO PROMOTE THE
 AVAILABILITY OF THE ACCESS TO HOME PROGRAM TO  ALL  ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS
 AND  PERSONS  WITH ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED UNDER
 THIS ARTICLE, BOTH TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM  AND  GAUGE
 UNMET NEED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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