New York S 7632: Includes households who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence under the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS") program

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S07632 Summary:

BILL NOS07632 

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Amd §131-bb, Soc Serv L

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Includes households who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence under the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS") program.

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04/24/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1024

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7632

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 including house-
 holds who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence under
 the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS")
 program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 131-bb of the social services law, as added by
 2 chapter 666 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 131-bb. Family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement
 4 program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for
 5 a local social services district with a population of five million or
 6 more, the commissioner shall designate such local social services
 7 district to make vouchers available to eligible families, including
 8 households who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence,
 9 under the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement
 10 ("FHEPS") program, and to administer the program in accordance with a
 11 plan approved pursuant to 18 N.Y.C.R.R. § 352.3(a)(3), provided however,
 12 that the maximum rent for such vouchers shall be set at the United
 13 States department of housing and urban development's fair market rent
 14 level. The state shall reimburse the local social services district for
 15 payments made under the FHEPS program in a manner consistent with title
 16 two of this article.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11381-01-5

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