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                                   3408
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to establish a housing task force addressing  affordable  housing
   for millennials in suburban counties
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. A housing task force  to  address  affordable  housing  for
 millennials  in suburban counties is hereby established. The role of the
 task force includes, but is not limited to:
   (a) facilitating interagency planning and policy;
   (b) reviewing specific agency initiatives for affordable  housing  for
 millennials ages 25 to 35;
   (c)  providing  a  continuing  forum  to  discuss  concerns and issues
 related to the formulation of state policy designed to help address this
 issue;
   (d) developing linkages and partnerships with housing  developers  and
 other  appropriate entities to address the problem of lack of affordable
 housing for millennials; and
   (e) identifying existing state initiatives that would aid in providing
 millennials with resources to find affordable housing.
   § 2. On or before two years after the effective date of this act,  the
 task  force shall issue its findings, any legislative recommendations or
 proposed state policy it deems  necessary  to  the  governor,  temporary
 president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the
 senate, and minority leader of the assembly.
   §  3. The task force shall consist of a total of ten members and shall
 be appointed as follows: one member shall be appointed by the department
 of homes and community renewal; one member shall  be  appointed  by  the
 department of economic development; one member shall be appointed joint-
 ly  by  the  housing  finance agency and the mortgage agency; one member
 shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; one  member
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 shall  be  appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one member shall be
 appointed by the senate housing, construction and community  development
 committee; one member shall be appointed by the assembly housing commit-
 tee;  and three members shall be appointed by the governor.  All members
 of the task force shall have experience in or  represent  the  following
 areas:  housing  providers  and  associations, real estate providers and
 associations, mortgage providers and associations and millennial consum-
 ers.
   § 4. The county executives from Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk  coun-
 ties  shall each select one of the members appointed in section three of
 this act, and such members shall constitute a sub-task force to focus on
 affordable housing for millennials in Westchester,  Nassau  and  Suffolk
 counties.
   §  5.  One  of  the appointments by the governor shall serve as chair-
 person of the task force.
   § 6. The members of the task force shall  serve  without  compensation
 and  the  empire  state development corporation shall be responsible for
 any expenses incurred by the task force.
   § 7. All departments, divisions, bureaus,  commissions,  districts  or
 agencies  of  the  state or any political subdivisions thereof shall, at
 the request of the chairperson, provide the task force with such facili-
 ties, assistance and data as will enable the task force to carry out its
 powers and duties.
   § 8. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.