New York S 72: Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program

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S00072 Summary:

BILL NOS00072 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01704

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK, BYNOE, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS,
 GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE,
 PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, RYAN C, RYAN S, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA,
 SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 14-A §§605 - 623, Pub Hous L

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Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.

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BILL NOS00072 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 72

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE,
 COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY,
 HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER,
 PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, RYAN S, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON,
 SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
 Construction and Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing the
 housing access voucher program

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

 1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new article
 2 14-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 14-A
 4 HOUSING ACCESS VOUCHER PROGRAM
 5 Section 605. Legislative findings.
 6 606. Definitions.
 7 607. Housing access voucher program.
 8 608. Eligibility.
 9 609. Funding allocation and distribution.
 10 610. Payment of housing vouchers.
 11 611. Leases and tenancy.
 12 612. Rental obligation.
 13 613. Monthly assistance payment.
 14 614. Inspection of units.
 15 615. Rent.
 16 616. Vacated units.
 17 617. Leasing of units owned by a housing access voucher local
 18 administrator.
 19 618. Verification of income.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00017-01-5

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 1 619. Division of an assisted family.
 2 620. Maintenance of effort.
 3 621. Vouchers statewide.
 4 622. Applicable codes.
 5 623. Housing choice.
 6 § 605. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that it is in the
 7 public interest of the state to ensure that individuals and families are
 8 not rendered homeless because of an inability to pay the cost of hous-
 9 ing, and to aid individuals and families who are homeless or face an
 10 imminent loss of housing in obtaining and maintaining suitable permanent
 11 housing in accordance with the provisions of this article.
 12 § 606. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 13 terms shall have the following meanings:
 14 1. "Homeless" means lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime
 15 residence; having a primary nighttime residence that is a public or
 16 private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping
 17 accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned build-
 18 ing, bus or train station, airport, campground, or other place not meant
 19 for human habitation; living in a supervised publicly or privately oper-
 20 ated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements
 21 (including hotels and motels paid for by federal, state or local govern-
 22 ment programs for low-income individuals or by charitable organizations,
 23 cong