Assembly Bill A174

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits rent minimums in mortgages

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly

  • 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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2025-A174 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1163
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §284, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11135
2021-2022: A850
2023-2024: A974, S9234

2025-A174 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits rent minimums in all mortgages regardless of when issued.

2025-A174 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    174
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. R. CARROLL, ANDERSON, JACKSON, MITAYNES -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to  prohibiting  rent
   minimums in mortgages

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 284 to read as follows:
   § 284. RENT MINIMUMS PROHIBITED. NO MORTGAGOR ON A LOAN SECURED PRIMA-
 RILY  BY  AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE CHARGED A FEE, FORCED TO
 DEFAULT, OR OTHERWISE PENALIZED BY THE MORTGAGEE BECAUSE  THE  MORTGAGOR
 DID  NOT  SET  A  HIGH ENOUGH RENT ON ALL OR PART OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY.
 ALL TERMS OF A MORTGAGE WHICH WOULD CAUSE A MORTGAGOR  TO  BE  PENALIZED
 FOR  NOT  SETTING  A HIGH ENOUGH RENT SHALL BE VOID AND UNENFORCEABLE AS
 AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 mortgages  regardless  of  when  issued,  renewed,  modified, altered or
 amended.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00490-01-5

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