| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2025 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 10, 2025 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S1454
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 27th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 30th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2025-S1454 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S1454 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1454
SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring shel-
ter allowances be set at up to one hundred percent of the fair market
rent for the local social services district
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would ensure that individuals can access safe and stable hous-
ing by allowing those receiving shelter allowances to receive up to 100%
of the fair market rent for their area.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends the social services law by adding a new
section 131-cc which would allow local social service districts to pay
shelter allowances equal to the actual rent obligation of the recipient
up to 100% of their area fair market rent.
2025-S1454 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1454
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
JACKSON, PARKER, SALAZAR, SERRANO -- 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 requiring shel-
ter allowances be set at up to one hundred percent of the fair market
rent for the local social services district
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-cc to read as follows:
§ 131-CC. SHELTER ALLOWANCES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
LAW TO THE CONTRARY, LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS SHALL PAY THE SHEL-
TER ALLOWANCE EQUAL TO THE ACTUAL RENT OBLIGATION OF RECIPIENTS UP TO
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE CURRENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S FAIR MARKET RENT AS OF THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF
THE SHELTER ALLOWANCE TO THE RECIPIENT FOR THE CORRESPONDING UNIT SIZE
IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE RECIPIENT RESIDES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04190-01-5
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