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Senate Bill S8223

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes migrant youth under the age of 25 eligible to receive housing vouchers under the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS") program

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2023-S8223 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5043
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-bb, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S168, A503

2023-S8223 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes migrant youth under the age of 25 who are receiving runaway and homeless youth services eligible to receive housing vouchers under the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS") program.

2023-S8223 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8223 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8223
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  making  family
   homelessness  and  eviction  prevention  supplement ("FHEPS") vouchers
   available to migrant youth
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  131-bb  of  the social services law, as added by
 chapter 666 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 131-bb.  Family  homelessness  and  eviction  prevention  supplement
 program.  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 for a local social services district with a population of  five  million
 or  more,  the  commissioner  shall designate such local social services
 district to make vouchers available to eligible families under the fami-
 ly homelessness and eviction prevention  supplement  ("FHEPS")  program,
 and  to administer the program in accordance with a plan approved pursu-
 ant to 18 N.Y.C.R.R. § 352.3(a)(3), provided however, that  the  maximum
 rent  for  such vouchers shall be set at the United States department of
 housing and urban development's fair market rent level.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  VOUCH-
 ERS  PROVIDED  UNDER  THE  FAMILY  HOMELESSNESS  AND EVICTION PREVENTION
 SUPPLEMENT ("FHEPS") PROGRAM UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH UNDER  THE  AGE
 OF  TWENTY-FIVE  WHO  ARE  RECEIVING,  OR  WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED,
 SERVICES UNDER SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-D OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW.
 SUCH VOUCHER PROGRAM SHALL PAY THE FULL RENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH, AND
 PARTIAL  RENT  FOR DOCUMENTED YOUTH WHO HAVE STABLE EMPLOYMENT AS DETER-
 MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION.  SUCH  VOUCHER PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH  A  PLAN  APPROVED  PURSUANT  TO  18  N.Y.C.R.R.    §
 352.3(A)(3),  PROVIDED  HOWEVER, THAT THE MAXIMUM RENT FOR SUCH VOUCHERS
 SHALL BE SET AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL-
 OPMENT'S FAIR MARKET RENT LEVEL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09313-01-3

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