File #: Int 0894-2023    Version: Name: Income and work requirements for rental assistance.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on General Welfare
On agenda: 1/19/2023
Enactment date: 7/13/2023 Law number: 2023/102
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to income and work requirements for rental assistance
Sponsors: Pierina Ana Sanchez, Alexa Avilés, Diana I. Ayala, Tiffany Cabán, Shahana K. Hanif, Althea V. Stevens, Crystal Hudson, Lincoln Restler, Sandra Ung, Shaun Abreu, Justin L. Brannan, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Chi A. Ossé, Mercedes Narcisse, Nantasha M. Williams, Christopher Marte, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Amanda Farías, Farah N. Louis, Lynn C. Schulman, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Rita C. Joseph, Gale A. Brewer, Sandy Nurse, James F. Gennaro, Shekar Krishnan, Carlina Rivera , Charles Barron, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Darlene Mealy, Oswald Feliz, Julie Won, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Council Member Sponsors: 34
Summary: This bill would prohibit the department of social services from basing eligibility for a rental assistance voucher on an applicant’s employment status or source of income. This bill would also codify the income eligibility requirements for a rental assistance voucher.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 894-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 894, 3. Int. No. 894, 4. Committee Report 1/18/23, 5. Hearing Testimony 1/18/23, 6. Hearing Transcript 1/18/23, 7. January 19, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 8. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-19-23, 9. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 19, 2023, 10. Proposed Int. No. 894-A - 5/23/23, 11. Committee Report 5/24/23, 12. Hearing Transcript 5/24/23, 13. May 25, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-25-23, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 25, 2023, 16. Mayor's Veto Transmittal Cover Letter, 17. Mayor's Veto Message, 18. Committee Report 7/13/23, 19. Hearing Testimony 7/13/23, 20. Hearing Transcript 7/13/23, 21. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 22. July 13, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 23. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 7-13-23, 24. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - July 13, 2023, 25. Int. No. 894-A (FINAL), 26. Fiscal Impact Statement, 27. Local Law 102, 28. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
7/13/2023APierina Ana Sanchez City Council Overridden by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
7/13/2023APierina Ana Sanchez Committee on General Welfare Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/13/2023APierina Ana Sanchez Committee on General Welfare Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/23/2023APierina Ana Sanchez Mayor Vetoed by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/25/2023APierina Ana Sanchez City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/25/2023APierina Ana Sanchez City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/2023*Pierina Ana Sanchez Committee on General Welfare Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/2023*Pierina Ana Sanchez Committee on General Welfare Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/2023*Pierina Ana Sanchez Committee on General Welfare Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/2023APierina Ana Sanchez Committee on General Welfare Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/19/2023*Pierina Ana Sanchez City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/19/2023*Pierina Ana Sanchez City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/18/2023*Pierina Ana Sanchez Committee on General Welfare Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/18/2023*Pierina Ana Sanchez Committee on General Welfare P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 894-A

 

By Council Members Sanchez, Avilés, Ayala, Cabán, Hanif, Stevens, Hudson, Restler, Ung, Abreu, Brannan, De La Rosa, Ossé, Narcisse, Williams, Marte, Richardson Jordan, Farías, Louis, Schulman, Gutiérrez, Joseph, Brewer, Nurse, Gennaro, Krishnan, Rivera, Barron, Brooks-Powers, Mealy, Feliz, Won, Salamanca and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to income and work requirements for rental assistance

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision b of section 21-145 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by a local law for the year 2023 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to prohibiting the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type, as proposed in introduction number 878-A, is amended to read as follows:

2. The department shall not base eligibility for a rental assistance voucher on the applicant’s employment status or source of income, and shall not require an applicant to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type.

§ 2.  Paragraph 3 of subdivision b of section 21-145 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by a local law for the year 2023 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to expanding eligibility for rental assistance as proposed in introduction number 893-A, is amended to read as follows:

3. The department shall deem eligible for a rental assistance voucher any applicant who is income eligible and is a household at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness.

§ 3. This local law takes effect on the same date as a local law for the year 2023 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to prohibiting the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type, as proposed in introduction number 878-A, takes effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LS# 8951 and 10751

5/17/2023, 7:09 p.m.