File #: Int 1642-2017    Version: * Name: Rental assistance vouchers.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on General Welfare
On agenda: 6/6/2017
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to rental assistance vouchers
Sponsors: Stephen T. Levin, Corey D. Johnson, Carlos Menchaca, Karen Koslowitz, Daniel Dromm , Rosie Mendez, Helen K. Rosenthal, Costa G. Constantinides, Antonio Reynoso, Fernando Cabrera , Vincent J. Gentile, Donovan J. Richards, Vanessa L. Gibson, Bill Perkins, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., James Vacca, Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Chaim M. Deutsch, Deborah L. Rose, Ben Kallos, Alan N. Maisel, Mark Treyger
Council Member Sponsors: 22
Summary: The bill would require that any individuals or families receiving rental assistance vouchers established by the Department of Social Services, such as the current LINC, CityFEPS and SEPS vouchers, would continue to receive the assistance so long as the household continues to meet any other eligibility requirements. The bill would also require that the maximum rent toward which rental assistance vouchers may be applied annually increases at the same rate as the fair market rents set by the United States Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The requirements set by the bill would be subject to appropriation.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1642, 2. Int. No. 1642, 3. June 6, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Committee Report 6/27/17, 5. Hearing Testimony 6/27/17, 6. Hearing Transcript 6/27/17
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12/31/2017*Stephen T. Levin City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2017*Stephen T. Levin Committee on General Welfare Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2017*Stephen T. Levin Committee on General Welfare Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/6/2017*Stephen T. Levin City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/6/2017*Stephen T. Levin City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1642

 

By Council Members Levin, Johnson, Menchaca, Koslowitz, Dromm, Mendez, Rosenthal, Constantinides, Reynoso, Cabrera, Gentile, Richards, Gibson, Perkins, Salamanca, Vacca, Espinal, Deutsch, Rose, Kallos, Maisel and Treyger

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to rental assistance vouchers

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 21 of the administrative code of the City of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-139 to read as follows:

§ 21-139 Use of rental assistance vouchers. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Fair market rent. The term “fair market rent” means the rent levels for the New York  metro area established by the United States department of housing and urban development.

Household. The term “household” means the individuals or families who are in receipt of any rental assistance vouchers.

Maximum rental allowances.  The term “maximum rental allowances” means the maximum rent toward which rental assistance vouchers may be applied.

Rental assistance voucher. The term “rental assistance voucher” means any fully city-funded housing rental subsidy for homeless families and individuals.

b. Eligibility. There shall be no limit on the period of time during which an otherwise eligible household may receive a rental assistance voucher.

c. Maximum rental allowances. Maximum rental allowances shall be indexed to the fair market rent.

d. The requirements of this section shall be subject to appropriation.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of social services may take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date.

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