Assembly Bill A6738

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the housing trust fund corporation to administer a New York small cities community development 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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2025-A6738 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §45-a, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6283

2025-A6738 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the housing trust fund corporation to administer a New York small cities community development program to encourage the rehabilitation and repair of local housing in cities, as accounted in the most recent United State census, with a population less than one hundred thousand.

2025-A6738 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6738
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to  direct-
   ing  the housing trust fund corporation to administer a New York small
   cities community development program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 45-a of the private housing finance law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
   11-A. THE CORPORATION SHALL CREATE AND ADMINISTER  A  NEW  YORK  SMALL
 CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE THE REHABILITATION AND
 REPAIR  OF  LOCAL  HOUSING  IN  CITIES,  AS ACCOUNTED IN THE MOST RECENT
 UNITED STATES CENSUS, WITH A POPULATION LESS THAN ONE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND
 FOR THE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY
 HOMES  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO, THE REPLACEMENT OR SIGNIFICANT
 REPAIR OF ROOFS, SIDINGS, EXTERIOR DOORS, WINDOWS, FOUNDATIONS, GUTTERS,
 PORCHES, DRIVEWAYS, DETACHED GARAGES, AND OTHER  IMPROVEMENTS  NECESSARY
 TO  CORRECT  ANY  BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS. THE PROGRAM SHALL FOLLOW THE
 REGULATIONS AS DEFINED FOR THE FEDERAL SMALL CITIES  COMMUNITY  DEVELOP-
 MENT BLOCK GRANT BY THE FEDERAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF
 1974. THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION BY THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05564-01-5

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