Int. No. 878
By Council Members Ayala, Sanchez, Bottcher, Won, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Hanif, Cabán, Louis, Stevens, Hudson, Restler, Ung, Abreu, Brooks-Powers, Brannan, Velázquez, De La Rosa, Brewer, Ossé, Narcisse, Avilés, Williams, Marte, Richardson Jordan, Schulman and Farías
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to rental assistance eligibility requirements
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 21-151 to read as follows:
§ 21-151 Rental assistance eligibility requirements. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Rental assistance voucher. The term “rental assistance voucher” means any city-initiated rental housing subsidy for homeless families and individuals.
Shelter. The term “shelter” means temporary emergency housing provided to homeless adults, adult families, and families with children by the department or a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department.
b. Rental assistance voucher eligibility. The department shall not require an applicant to have lived in shelter as a precondition to receive a rental assistance voucher.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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LS #4023/8955/9192/10504/10538/10579/10706/10948
12/21/2022