Details Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 1/18/2023 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (11) 11 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 T2023-2820 *       Oversight - The CityFHEPS Rental Assistance Program. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2023-2820 *       Oversight - The CityFHEPS Rental Assistance Program. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0878-2023 * Diana I. Ayala   Preconsidered Rental assistance eligibility requirements. Introduction This bill would prohibit the Department of Social Services from requiring an individual or family to reside in shelter before becoming eligible for a CityFHEPS rental assistance voucher. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0878-2023 * Diana I. Ayala     Rental assistance eligibility requirements. Introduction This bill would prohibit the Department of Social Services from requiring an individual or family to reside in shelter before becoming eligible for a CityFHEPS rental assistance voucher. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0894-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez   Preconsidered Income and work requirements for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would remove the current requirement that an individual or family demonstrate they are employed in order to become eligible for a CityFHEPS rental assistance voucher. The bill would additionally change the maximum total gross income for eligibility for a CityFHEPS rental assistance voucher from 200 percent of the federal poverty level to 50 percent of the area median income. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0894-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Income and work requirements for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would remove the current requirement that an individual or family demonstrate they are employed in order to become eligible for a CityFHEPS rental assistance voucher. The bill would additionally change the maximum total gross income for eligibility for a CityFHEPS rental assistance voucher from 200 percent of the federal poverty level to 50 percent of the area median income. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0893-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez   Preconsidered Expanding eligibility for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would remove certain criteria that the Department of Social Services (DSS) currently uses to determine whether a household that is neither living in shelter nor experiencing street homelessness is eligible for a CityFHEPS rental assistance voucher. Specifically, the bill would disallow DSS from using the preservation of a rent-controlled apartment or receiving adult protective services as a criteria to determine eligibility for CityFHEPS. Additionally, the bill would provide households with the opportunity to demonstrate risk of eviction with a rent demand letter as a means to meet eligibility for CityFHEPS. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0893-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Expanding eligibility for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would remove certain criteria that the Department of Social Services (DSS) currently uses to determine whether a household that is neither living in shelter nor experiencing street homelessness is eligible for a CityFHEPS rental assistance voucher. Specifically, the bill would disallow DSS from using the preservation of a rent-controlled apartment or receiving adult protective services as a criteria to determine eligibility for CityFHEPS. Additionally, the bill would provide households with the opportunity to demonstrate risk of eviction with a rent demand letter as a means to meet eligibility for CityFHEPS. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available Res 0465-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez   Preconsidered Expand eligibility for the CityFHEPS (New York City Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement) program in New York City. Resolution   Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Res 0465-2023 * Pierina Ana Sanchez     Expand eligibility for the CityFHEPS (New York City Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement) program in New York City. Resolution   P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available