Assembly Bill A1851

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes rental vouchers for working families

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A1851 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5 Title 8-A ยงยง310 - 314, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1551
2013-2014: A2944
2015-2016: A3493
2017-2018: A3042
2019-2020: A4184
2021-2022: A2480
2023-2024: A9610

2011-A1851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes rental vouchers for working families; provides definitions; allows for families to make an application for rental vouchers at the appropriate social services district or any facilitated enrollment site authorized by the office of temporary and disability assistance; sets forth eligibility requirements.

2011-A1851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1851

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WRIGHT, GLICK, J. RIVERA, O'DONNELL, JACOBS,
  KELLNER, JEFFRIES, JAFFEE, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
  BOYLAND,  BRENNAN,  CAHILL,  CLARK,  COLTON, HOOPER, LAVINE, V. LOPEZ,
  McENENY, MILLMAN, PERRY, PHEFFER,  ROBINSON,  ROSENTHAL,  SCARBOROUGH,
  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on Social
  Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
  rental vouchers for working families

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Article 5 of the social services law is amended by  adding
a new title 8-A to read as follows:
                                TITLE 8-A
                  RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
SECTION 310. DEFINITIONS.
        311. APPLICATION.
        312. ELIGIBILITY.
        313. RENTAL PAYMENTS.
        314. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
  S 310. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
  1.  THE  TERM "FAMILY" SHALL MEAN A FAMILY THAT INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO HAS NOT ATTAINED EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, OR HAS NOT ATTAINED NINETEEN
YEARS OF AGE AND IS A FULL-TIME STUDENT IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL OR IN  THE
EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL TRAINING.
  2. THE TERM "INCOME" SHALL MEAN INCOME FROM ALL SOURCES OF EACH MEMBER
OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
  3.  THE  TERM "ADJUSTED INCOME" SHALL MEAN THE AMOUNT OF INCOME OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY RESIDING IN A DWELLING  UNIT,  AFTER  ANY  OF  THE
FOLLOWING REQUIRED INCOME EXCLUSIONS FROM ANNUAL INCOME:
  (A) FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY FAMILY CONTAINING AN ELDERLY OR DISA-
BLED FAMILY MEMBER;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05687-01-1
              

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