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Assembly Bill A5514

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Removes the requirement that rent arrears be repaid

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2023-A5514 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-w, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7048
2025-2026: A1504

2023-A5514 - Summary

Removes the requirement that rent arrears be repaid; forgives any outstanding repayment agreements for rent arrears.

2023-A5514 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5514
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DAVILA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to removing the
   requirement that rent arrears be repaid
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 131-w of the social services law, as added by chap-
 ter 41 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   § 131-w. Limitations in the payment of rent arrears. [Districts] LOCAL
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICTS  shall  not  provide  assistance to pay rent
 arrears, property taxes or mortgage arrears for persons not eligible for
 home relief, aid to dependent children, emergency  assistance  to  needy
 families with children or emergency assistance for aged, blind and disa-
 bled  persons,  except  to  persons  who are without income or resources
 immediately available to meet the emergency need, whose gross  household
 income  does  not  exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal
 income official poverty line and who sign a repayment agreement agreeing
 to repay the assistance in a period not to exceed twelve months.    [The
 districts  shall  enforce  the  repayment agreements by any legal method
 available to a creditor, in addition to any rights it  has  pursuant  to
 this  chapter.]  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICTS  SHALL NOT REQUIRE A
 RECIPIENT  TO REPAY ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO PAY RENT ARREARS. The depart-
 ment shall promulgate regulations to implement this section which shall,
 among other things, [establish standards for the contents  of  repayment
 agreements  and]  establish  standards  to  ensure  that  assistance  is
 provided only in emergency circumstances.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  in
 effect  on  and  after  March 13, 2020 and shall apply to any assistance
 provided to pay rent arrears on and after such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05561-01-3

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2023-A5514A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-w, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7048
2025-2026: A1504

2023-A5514A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the requirement that rent arrears be repaid; forgives any outstanding repayment agreements for rent arrears.

2023-A5514A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5514--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DAVILA -- read once and referred to
   the  Committee  on  Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Social Services in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  removing  the
   requirement that rent arrears be repaid
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 131-w of the social services law, as added by chap-
 ter 41 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   § 131-w. Limitations in the payment of rent arrears. [Districts] LOCAL
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS shall  not  provide  assistance  to  pay  rent
 arrears, property taxes or mortgage arrears for persons not eligible for
 home  relief,  aid  to dependent children, emergency assistance to needy
 families with children or emergency assistance for aged, blind and disa-
 bled persons, except to persons who  are  without  income  or  resources
 immediately  available to meet the emergency need, whose gross household
 income does not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent  of  the  federal
 income  official poverty line [and who sign a repayment agreement agree-
 ing to repay the assistance in a period not  to  exceed  twelve  months.
 The districts shall enforce the repayment agreements by any legal method
 available  to  a  creditor, in addition to any rights it has pursuant to
 this chapter]. LOCAL SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICTS  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE  A
 RECIPIENT  TO REPAY ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO PAY RENT ARREARS. The depart-
 ment shall promulgate regulations to implement this section which shall,
 among  other  things, [establish standards for the contents of repayment
 agreements  and]  establish  standards  to  ensure  that  assistance  is
 provided only in emergency circumstances.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed in
 effect on and after March 13, 2020 and shall  apply  to  any  assistance
 provided to pay rent arrears on and after such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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