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                                  3139--A
     Cal. No. 370
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
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 Introduced by Sens. MANNION, COMRIE, JACKSON, KAVANAGH -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Housing, Construction and Community Development -- reported  favorably
   from  said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a
   third reading,  passed  by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the  Assembly,
   recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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 PROGRAMS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (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:
   § 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 PROGRAMS 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.  SUCH ACTIONS SHALL INCLUDE WORKING  WITH  ANY  OTHER  STATE
 AGENCIES  THAT  PROVIDE SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO PROMOTE
 THE ACCESS TO HOME PROGRAMS. SUCH ACTIONS SHALL ALSO INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
 LIMITED TO PROVIDING CONTACT AND APPLICATION INFORMATION ON THE  WEBSITE
 FOR  THE  DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL FOR ELIGIBLE APPLI-
 CANTS AND PERSONS WITH ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES WHICH SHALL BE UPDATED  ANNU-
 ALLY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.