Details Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 5/24/2023 3:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 14th Floor VOTE Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (17) 17 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 0229-2022 * Tiffany Cabán   Proposed Int. No. 229-A Monthly rental assistance payments for households with rental assistance vouchers. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from deducting a utility allowance from the maximum rental allowance of a rental assistance voucher. The bill would also require the department, in situations where the actual rent of a household receiving a rental assistance voucher is less than the maximum rental allowance for that household, to reduce the tenant’s contribution by the difference between the maximum rental allowance and the actual rent, up to the amount of the utility allowance. If such a reduction is greater than the household rent contribution, the department would be required to issue a check to the household in the amount of such excess, within the month in which such excess is accrued. Further, this bill provides that if a household receives a shelter allowance that is reduced by accepting an apartment that is less than the maximum rental allowance, the department shall issue a check to the household in the amount of such a reduction within the month in which such reduction is accrued. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0229-2022 * Tiffany Cabán     Monthly rental assistance payments for households with rental assistance vouchers. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from deducting a utility allowance from the maximum rental allowance of a rental assistance voucher. The bill would also require the department, in situations where the actual rent of a household receiving a rental assistance voucher is less than the maximum rental allowance for that household, to reduce the tenant’s contribution by the difference between the maximum rental allowance and the actual rent, up to the amount of the utility allowance. If such a reduction is greater than the household rent contribution, the department would be required to issue a check to the household in the amount of such excess, within the month in which such excess is accrued. Further, this bill provides that if a household receives a shelter allowance that is reduced by accepting an apartment that is less than the maximum rental allowance, the department shall issue a check to the household in the amount of such a reduction within the month in which such reduction is accrued. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0229-2022 * Tiffany Cabán     Monthly rental assistance payments for households with rental assistance vouchers. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from deducting a utility allowance from the maximum rental allowance of a rental assistance voucher. The bill would also require the department, in situations where the actual rent of a household receiving a rental assistance voucher is less than the maximum rental allowance for that household, to reduce the tenant’s contribution by the difference between the maximum rental allowance and the actual rent, up to the amount of the utility allowance. If such a reduction is greater than the household rent contribution, the department would be required to issue a check to the household in the amount of such excess, within the month in which such excess is accrued. Further, this bill provides that if a household receives a shelter allowance that is reduced by accepting an apartment that is less than the maximum rental allowance, the department shall issue a check to the household in the amount of such a reduction within the month in which such reduction is accrued. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0229-2022 A Tiffany Cabán     Monthly rental assistance payments for households with rental assistance vouchers. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from deducting a utility allowance from the maximum rental allowance of a rental assistance voucher. The bill would also require the department, in situations where the actual rent of a household receiving a rental assistance voucher is less than the maximum rental allowance for that household, to reduce the tenant’s contribution by the difference between the maximum rental allowance and the actual rent, up to the amount of the utility allowance. If such a reduction is greater than the household rent contribution, the department would be required to issue a check to the household in the amount of such excess, within the month in which such excess is accrued. Further, this bill provides that if a household receives a shelter allowance that is reduced by accepting an apartment that is less than the maximum rental allowance, the department shall issue a check to the household in the amount of such a reduction within the month in which such reduction is accrued. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 0878-2023 * Diana I. Ayala   Proposed Int. No. 878-A Prohibiting the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type and repeals section 21-145.1 and 21-145.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0878-2023 * Diana I. Ayala     Prohibiting the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type and repeals section 21-145.1 and 21-145.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0878-2023 * Diana I. Ayala     Prohibiting the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type and repeals section 21-145.1 and 21-145.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0878-2023 A Diana I. Ayala     Prohibiting the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type and repeals section 21-145.1 and 21-145.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 0893-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez   Proposed Int. No. 893-A Expanding eligibility for rental assistance to any applicant at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness. Introduction This bill would expand eligibility for a rental assistance voucher to any applicant who is a household at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0893-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Expanding eligibility for rental assistance to any applicant at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness. Introduction This bill would expand eligibility for a rental assistance voucher to any applicant who is a household at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0893-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Expanding eligibility for rental assistance to any applicant at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness. Introduction This bill would expand eligibility for a rental assistance voucher to any applicant who is a household at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0893-2023 A Pierina Ana Sanchez     Expanding eligibility for rental assistance to any applicant at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness. Introduction This bill would expand eligibility for a rental assistance voucher to any applicant who is a household at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 0894-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez   Proposed Int. No. 894-A Income and work requirements for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from basing eligibility for a rental assistance voucher on an applicant’s employment status or source of income. This bill would also codify the income eligibility requirements for a rental assistance voucher. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0894-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Income and work requirements for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from basing eligibility for a rental assistance voucher on an applicant’s employment status or source of income. This bill would also codify the income eligibility requirements for a rental assistance voucher. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0894-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Income and work requirements for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from basing eligibility for a rental assistance voucher on an applicant’s employment status or source of income. This bill would also codify the income eligibility requirements for a rental assistance voucher. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0894-2023 A Pierina Ana Sanchez     Income and work requirements for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would prohibit the department of social services from basing eligibility for a rental assistance voucher on an applicant’s employment status or source of income. This bill would also codify the income eligibility requirements for a rental assistance voucher. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available