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                                   8495
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2024
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 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to requir-
   ing the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual
   report on the New York access to home programs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 1203 of the private housing finance law, as added
 by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the  private  housing  finance
 law  relating to requiring the division of housing and community renewal
 to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  3139-A  and A. 1686-A, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 1203. Report. 1. The division of housing and community renewal shall
 issue an annual report on the access to home programs regarding  certain
 data and program progress for the previous year, PROVIDED THAT REPORTING
 ON  PARAGRAPHS  (E),  (F)  AND  (G)  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL RELATE TO
 CONTRACTS THAT HAVE CONCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AS APPLICABLE.  Such
 report shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a)  the number of [contracts the corporation entered into with eligi-
 ble applicants and the amount of funding both awarded  and  expended  by
 successful applicants] RECEIVED APPLICATIONS TO BECOME LOCAL ADMINISTRA-
 TORS;
   (b)  the number of [projects each eligible recipient completed] APPLI-
 CATIONS TO BECOME LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS SELECTED FOR AWARD AND CONTRACT;
   (c) the [types of  projects  completed  by  each  eligible  recipient,
 including  the  average  cost of each type of project] AMOUNT OF FUNDING
 AWARDED TO LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS;
   (d) the geographic [diversity of the beneficiaries of  each  completed
 project;
   (e) the demographic information of the beneficiaries of each completed
 project, including differentiating between renters and homeowners;
   (f) the unmet demand for access to home programs who applied for fund-
 ing through an access to home programs;

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

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   (g)  how  many  persons  with  eligible properties were denied and the
 demographic information regarding such denied individuals; and
   (h)  the  average  timeline for completion of each project] AREA TO BE
 SERVED BY LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS;
   (E) THE NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES AWARDED;
   (F) THE AVERAGE AWARD TO BENEFICIARIES; AND
   (G) THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES WHO APPLIED FOR AN AWARD AND
 WERE DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AWARD.
   2. Such report required pursuant to subdivision one  of  this  section
 shall  be  posted and made publicly available on the division of housing
 and community renewal's website in a clear and conspicuous manner.
   § 2. Section 1200 of the private housing finance law, as amended by  a
 chapter  of  the  laws  of 2023 amending the private housing finance law
 relating to requiring the division of housing and community  renewal  to
 provide  an  annual  report  on the New York access to home programs, as
 proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  3139-A  and  A.  1686-A,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 1200. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The legislature
 hereby  finds and declares that there exists in New York state a serious
 need for financial and technical resources to assist renters and proper-
 ty owners to make dwelling units accessible for low and moderate  income
 persons  with disabilities. Providing assistance with the cost of adapt-
 ing homes will enable many New Yorkers with disabilities to  safely  and
 comfortably  continue to, or return to, live in their residences instead
 of residing in an institutional setting. The  division  of  housing  and
 community  renewal  shall  undertake  an  ongoing  effort to promote the
 availability of the access to home programs to all POTENTIALLY  eligible
 [applicants  and  persons  with  eligible properties, as those terms are
 defined under this article,  both]  LOCAL  ADMINISTRATORS  to  encourage
 participation in the program [and gauge unmet need].  Such actions shall
 include  working  with any other state agencies that provide services to
 persons with disabilities to promote the access to home  programs.  Such
 actions  shall also include but are not limited to providing contact and
 application information on the website for the division of  housing  and
 community  renewal  for  eligible  [applicants] LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS and
 [persons with eligible properties]  POTENTIALLY  ELIGIBLE  BENEFICIARIES
 which shall be updated annually.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023  amending  the  private  housing
 finance  law relating to requiring the division of housing and community
 renewal to provide an annual report on  the  New  York  access  to  home
 programs,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills numbers S. 3139-A and A.
 1686-A, takes effect.