NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1212

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 11-A §§250 - 255, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5594
2017-2018: S3805
2019-2020: S2207
2021-2022: S3369
2023-2024: S1280

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a middle income home ownership subsidy program to assist persons with an income below the current median income for the city of New York with the purchase of a residence in an urban area.

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1212

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to creating a middle
income home ownership subsidy program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

If passed, this bill would help provide financial assistance to middle
income families under certain conditions to increase home ownership
among communities of color.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill establishes the eligibility criteria for appli-
cation to this program and specifies what qualifies a household to
receive assistance. Section one also establishes the procedure by which
this program will assist homeowners, and how it will secure funding to
do this.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As we continue to identify ways to increase home ownership among commu-
nities of color, especially those in the middle-income threshold who we
wish to encourage their return and permanent stay in urban communities,
we recognize the importance of such efforts. We have rental subsidies
and concurrent federal tax subsidies for ownership, so we should estab-
lish a subsidy for middle-income home ownership up to $125,000 to
increase the likelihood of ownership by persons of color in urban commu-
nities.

In "Using Tax Policy to Subsidize Homeownership," authors Richard K.
Green and Andrew Reschovsky state that " 
Since the late 1950s the
homeownership rate in the U.S. has exceeded 60 percent. In 2004 it
reached a peak of 69 percent, and in the first quarter of 2010 stood at
67.1 percent. Despite the relatively high overall rate of homeownership
in the U.S., there are large disparities among racial and income groups
(U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). The homeownership rates among African Ameri-
cans (46.1 percent) and among Hispanics (48.5 percent) are both less
than two-thirds the rate among non-Hispanic whites (74.5 percent).
Despite the relative economic gains of minorities over the past few
decades and government efforts to reduce housing market discrimination,
there has been little reduction in the racial disparities in homeowner-
ship. Between 1989 and 2008, the percentage difference in homeownership
rates between black and non-Hispanic white households remained virtually
unchanged. In 2009, however, the gap grew by one percent. Hispanic
homeownership rates showed a modest two percent increase relative to
rates among non-Hispanic whites over this period (U.S. Census Bureau,
2009)."

Moreover, the report observes there is "clear evidence that federal
income tax incentives for homeownership do in fact influence families'
housing tenure-choice decisions (citing Rosen, 1979a; Rosen, 1979b;
Green and Vandell, 1999). This research is based on the assumption that
the decision of a renter household o become an owner depends on a set of
characteristics, such as income, household size, marital status, race,
and what economists call the user cost of owning relative to renting
(the amount of money a household must spend if it owns rather than rents
an identical house or apartment...tax policy can be used to reduce the
user cost of owning relative to renting and thus potentially influence
households' decisions to purchase a home. For homeowners the before-tax
user cost is the sum of the mortgage interest, the property tax, the net
depreciation, and the overall maintenance (which includes insurance and
utility costs). As demonstrated by Green and Vandell (1999), the ability
of homeowners to deduct their mortgage interest and property tax
payments from their gross income reduces the user cost of owner-occupied
housing relative to renter-occupied housing by an amount equal to the
federal marginal tax rate times the deductible portion of total user
cost.  Alternatively, giving taxpayers a fixed tax credit for their
payment of mortgage interest and property tax reduces th e user cost of
owner-occupied housing relative to renter-occupied housing by the amount
of the credit".

There is sufficient data backed rationale to indicate that tax subsidy
support to promote home ownership would increase the likelihood of
persons of color not just renting but owning in urban communities.  The
effect of this legislation would further inspire young adults and
middle-income residents to live in these communities and further lay a
foundation for positive economic development in these communities.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: Referred to Housing, Construction and Community Development

2023-24: Referred to Housing, Construction and Community Development

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One hundred eighty days after becoming a law, with provisions that apply
effective immediately.

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1212
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY,  MAY, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
   Construction and Community Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to creating a middle
   income home ownership subsidy program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new article
 11-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 11-A
                   MIDDLE INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP SUBSIDY
 SECTION 250. DEFINITIONS.
         251. MIDDLE INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
         252. APPLICATIONS.
         253. AMOUNT AND  PROCEDURE  FOR  MIDDLE  INCOME  HOME  OWNERSHIP
                SUBSIDY PAYMENTS.
         254. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
         255. FUNDING  FOR  THE  MIDDLE  INCOME  HOME  OWNERSHIP  SUBSIDY
                PROGRAM.
   § 250. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "ELIGIBLE UNIT" SHALL MEAN:
   A.  ANY  (I)  HOME WITH TWO OR FEWER UNITS; (II) CONDOMINIUM; OR (III)
 COOPERATIVE;
   B. WHERE THE PURCHASE OF SUCH HOME,  CONDOMINIUM,  OR  COOPERATIVE  IS
 PROVIDED FOR, INSURED, OR GUARANTEED BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT;
   C. LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA AS DEFINED BY THE DIVISION.
   2.  "QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLD" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBER
 WHO:
   A. HAS AN ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME BELOW THE CURRENT MEDIAN INCOME  FOR
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PROVIDED, THAT ANY SUBSIDY RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03216-01-5

 S. 1212                             2
 
 A  SOCIAL  PROGRAM  SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED WHEN CALCULATING AN INDIVID-
 UAL'S GROSS INCOME. THE DIVISION SHALL DETERMINE INCOME  ELIGIBILITY  OF
 HOME  BUYERS  USING THE INCOME DETERMINATION METHODOLOGY UTILIZED BY THE
 UNITED  STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THEIR SECTION 8 HOUSING PROGRAM.
   B. DOES NOT CURRENTLY OWN A HOUSING UNIT, INCLUDING  A  SINGLE  FAMILY
 HOUSE,  CONDOMINIUM UNIT, COOPERATIVE UNIT, OR RENTAL UNIT THAT COULD BE
 OWNER OCCUPIED;
   C. HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE.
   § 251. MIDDLE INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP SUBSIDY PROGRAM. THERE  IS  HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED  A MIDDLE INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP SUBSIDY PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE
 OF THE PROGRAM IS TO  PROVIDE  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  TO  MIDDLE  INCOME
 HOUSEHOLDS,  WITH  AN  ANNUAL INCOME BELOW THE CURRENT MEDIAN INCOME FOR
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHO DO NOT CURRENTLY OWN A  HOME,  TO  PURCHASE  AN
 ELIGIBLE UNIT FOR PURPOSES OF REHABILITATION AND OWNERSHIP.
   § 252. APPLICATIONS. 1. A QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLD MUST MAKE AN APPLICATION
 TO THE DIVISION TO RECEIVE A HOME OWNERSHIP SUBSIDY.
   2.  THE DIVISION SHALL APPROVE AN INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICATION IF IT FINDS
 THAT:
   A. SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS PART OF A  QUALIFIED  HOUSEHOLD  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE;
   B.  THE  HOME TO BE PURCHASED BY THE INDIVIDUAL IS AN ELIGIBLE UNIT AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE;
   C. THE HOME TO BE PURCHASED HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY A DIVISION  APPROVED
 HOME INSPECTOR;
   D.  THE HOME TO BE PURCHASED HAS BEEN APPRAISED AT A VALUE NOT EXCEED-
 ING THE MAXIMUM PURCHASE PRICE AS SET BY THE DIVISION.
   3. IF ANY QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLD THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IS  RECEIVING
 HOME  OWNERSHIP  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENTS  DEFAULTS ON ITS MORTGAGE PAYMENT,
 SUCH HOME OWNERSHIP SUBSIDY PAYMENTS SHALL AUTOMATICALLY  CEASE  AND  BE
 TERMINATED.
   §  253.  AMOUNT AND PROCEDURE FOR MIDDLE INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP SUBSIDY
 PAYMENTS. SUBSIDY AMOUNTS UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL EQUAL MORE  THAN  ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE AGGREGATE.
   §  254. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. THE DIVISION IS AUTHORIZED TO IMPLE-
 MENT ANY RULE OR REGULATION NECESSARY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL  IMPLEMENTATION
 OF THIS PROGRAM.
   2.  THE DIVISION MAY CREATE ANY FORM AND REQUIRE ANY APPLICANT TO FILL
 OUT SUCH FORM BEFORE RECEIVING DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL FOR THE HOME OWNER-
 SHIP ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.
   3. THE DIVISION MAY CHARGE AN APPLICATION FEE FOR THE PROCESSING OF  A
 HOUSEHOLD'S  HOME  OWNERSHIP  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT  APPLICATION. SUCH FEE
 SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   § 255. FUNDING FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP  SUBSIDY  PROGRAM.
 FUNDING  SHALL BE OBTAINED BY USING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
 BLOCK GRANT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S1212

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

co-Sponsors

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Jamaal T. Bailey

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

co-Sponsors

Rachel May

Luis R. Sepúlveda

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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