Senate Bill S8622A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the payment of shelter and rent arrears

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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Bill Amendments

2023-S8622 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9372
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §131-ww, amd §§131-w & 131-r, Soc Serv L

2023-S8622 - Summary

Relates to the payment of shelter and rent arrears; provides that all shelter arrears payments authorized for applicants to receive an emergency grant to pay for rent, property taxes or mortgage arrears shall be limited to once every year unless the district determines at its discretion that additional shelter arrears payments are necessary based on the individual circumstances.

2023-S8622 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8622 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8622
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RYAN  --  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 the  payment  of
   shelter and rent arrears
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 131-ww to read as follows:
   §  131-WW. SHELTER ARREARS. 1. ALL SHELTER ARREARS PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED
 FOR APPLICANTS TO RECEIVE AN EMERGENCY GRANT TO PAY FOR  RENT,  PROPERTY
 TAXES  OR  MORTGAGE  ARREARS  SHALL  BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL PERIOD OF SIX
 MONTHS ONCE EVERY YEAR UNLESS THE DISTRICT DETERMINES AT ITS  DISCRETION
 THAT  ADDITIONAL  SHELTER  ARREARS  PAYMENTS  ARE NECESSARY BASED ON THE
 INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
   2. IN AN APPLICATION FOR AN  ALLOWANCE  TO  PAY  SHELTER  ARREARS,  AN
 APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO REPAY SHEL-
 TER  EXPENSES, RENT, PROPERTY TAXES, OR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS GOING FORWARD,
 NOR SHALL A DISTRICT CONSIDER AN APPLICANT'S ABILITY  TO  MAKE  PAYMENTS
 UNDER ANY REPAYMENT AGREEMENT.
   3.  UNREPAID  SHELTER EXPENSES SHALL HAVE NO BEARING ON AN APPLICANT'S
 ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL LOANS.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  2. Section 131-w of the social services law, as added by chapter 41
 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   § 131-w. Limitations in the payment of rent arrears.  Districts  shall
 not  provide  assistance to pay rent arrears, property taxes or mortgage
 arrears for persons not eligible for home relief, aid to dependent chil-
 dren, emergency assistance to needy families with children or  emergency
 assistance  for  aged, blind and disabled persons, except to persons who
 are without income or resources immediately available to meet the  emer-
 gency  need[,]  AND  whose  gross  household income does not exceed [one
 hundred twenty-five] TWO HUNDRED percent of the federal income  official
 poverty  line  [and who sign a repayment agreement agreeing to repay the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S8622A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9372
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §131-ww, amd §§131-w & 131-r, Soc Serv L

2023-S8622A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the payment of shelter and rent arrears; provides that all shelter arrears payments authorized for applicants to receive an emergency grant to pay for rent, property taxes or mortgage arrears shall be limited to once every year unless the district determines at its discretion that additional shelter arrears payments are necessary based on the individual circumstances.

2023-S8622A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8622A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8622--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RYAN  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- 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 the payment of
   shelter and rent arrears

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 131-ww to read as follows:
   § 131-WW. SHELTER ARREARS. 1.  APPLICANTS  MAY  RECEIVE  AN  EMERGENCY
 GRANT  TO  PAY  FOR  RENT, PROPERTY TAXES OR MORTGAGE ARREARS ONCE EVERY
 YEAR UNLESS THE DISTRICT DETERMINES AT ITS  DISCRETION  THAT  ADDITIONAL
 SHELTER  ARREARS  PAYMENTS ARE NECESSARY BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUM-
 STANCES.
   2. IN AN APPLICATION FOR AN  ALLOWANCE  TO  PAY  SHELTER  ARREARS,  AN
 APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO REPAY SHEL-
 TER  EXPENSES, RENT, PROPERTY TAXES, OR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS GOING FORWARD,
 NOR SHALL A DISTRICT CONSIDER AN APPLICANT'S ABILITY  TO  MAKE  PAYMENTS
 UNDER ANY REPAYMENT AGREEMENT.
   3.  UNREPAID  SHELTER EXPENSES SHALL HAVE NO BEARING ON AN APPLICANT'S
 ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL LOANS.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  2. Section 131-w of the social services law, as added by chapter 41
 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   § 131-w. Limitations in the payment of rent arrears.  Districts  shall
 not  provide  assistance to pay rent arrears, property taxes or mortgage
 arrears for persons not eligible for home relief, aid to dependent chil-
 dren, emergency assistance to needy families with children or  emergency
 assistance  for  aged, blind and disabled persons, except to persons who
 are without income or resources immediately available to meet the  emer-
 gency  need[,]  AND  whose  gross  household income does not exceed [one
 hundred twenty-five] TWO HUNDRED percent of the federal income  official
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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