Assembly Bill A5043

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes migrant youth under the age of 25 eligible to receive housing vouchers under the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS") program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A5043 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8223
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-bb, Soc Serv L

2023-A5043 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes migrant youth under the age of 25 who are receiving runaway and homeless youth services eligible to receive housing vouchers under the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS") program.

2023-A5043 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5043
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to making family
   homelessness and eviction  prevention  supplement  ("FHEPS")  vouchers
   available to migrant youth
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 131-bb of the social  services  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 666 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  131-bb.  Family  homelessness  and  eviction  prevention supplement
 program. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary,
 for  a  local social services district with a population of five million
 or more, the commissioner shall designate  such  local  social  services
 district to make vouchers available to eligible families under the fami-
 ly  homelessness  and  eviction prevention supplement ("FHEPS") program,
 and to administer the program in accordance with a plan approved  pursu-
 ant  to  18 N.Y.C.R.R. § 352.3(a)(3), provided however, that the maximum
 rent for such vouchers shall be set at the United States  department  of
 housing and urban development's fair market rent level.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, VOUCH-
 ERS PROVIDED UNDER  THE  FAMILY  HOMELESSNESS  AND  EVICTION  PREVENTION
 SUPPLEMENT ("FHEPS") PROGRAM UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE  MADE  AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH UNDER THE AGE
 OF TWENTY-FIVE WHO ARE  RECEIVING,  OR  WHO  HAVE  PREVIOUSLY  RECEIVED,
 SERVICES  UNDER  SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-D OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
 SUCH VOUCHER PROGRAM SHALL PAY THE FULL RENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH, AND
 PARTIAL RENT FOR DOCUMENTED YOUTH WHO HAVE STABLE EMPLOYMENT  AS  DETER-
 MINED  BY THE COMMISSIONER, WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS SUBDI-
 VISION. SUCH VOUCHER PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  A  PLAN  APPROVED  PURSUANT  TO  18 N.Y.C.R.R.   §
 352.3(A)(3), PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE MAXIMUM RENT FOR  SUCH  VOUCHERS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09313-01-3

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