Protects renters using a housing subsidy or voucher, or receiving public assistance from discrimination by the housing provider based on such renters' income or use of such housing subsidy, voucher or public assistance.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1130
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to protections for
renters using certain housing subsidies or public assistance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
3 2-b. (a) Prohibited minimum income requirements for housing subsidy or
4 voucher recipients. For purposes of subdivisions two-a and five of this
5 section, it shall constitute unlawful discrimination because of lawful
6 source of income to commit any practice prohibited by such subdivisions
7 based upon the amount of a person's income where such person uses or
8 will use a housing subsidy or voucher that is provided by a public or
9 non-profit entity that issues rental payment, whether partial or full,
10 made directly to the housing provider, including but not limited to a
11 voucher under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
12 U.S.C. § 1437f), and the monthly rent is within the rental payment
13 limits allowable by such housing subsidy or voucher provider under
14 program rules or regulations.
15 (b) Prohibited minimum income requirements for public assistance
16 recipients. For purposes of subdivisions two-a and five of this
17 section, it shall constitute unlawful discrimination because of lawful
18 source of income to commit any practice prohibited by such subdivisions
19 based upon the amount of a person's income where such person uses or
20 will use housing assistance or public assistance that is provided by a
21 public or non-profit entity that issues rental payment, whether partial
22 or full, made directly to the housing provider and the individual's
23 portion of the monthly rent would be one-third or less of such individ-
24 ual's monthly gross income.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) "Housing provider" defined. For the purposes of this subdivision,
2 the term "housing provider" shall mean the owner, lessee, sub-lessee,
3 assignee, or managing agent of housing accommodations, or other person
4 having the right to sell, rent or lease a housing accommodation, a real
5 estate broker, a real estate salesperson, or any agent or employee ther-
6 eof.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
