Requires affordable housing funded by the state be used for veterans and people with disabilities, with each group receiving five percent of such affordable housing.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5978
SPONSOR: Brown K TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring a
certain percentage of affordable housing funded by the state be used for
veterans and people with disabilities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to establish a minimum percentage of afford-
able housing funded by the state to be used for veterans and people with
disabilities.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends the state finance law to add section
19-b. This section establishes a minimum percentage for of affordable
housing to be used for veterans and people with disabilities.
Section two of this bill establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently affordable housing funded by the state does not require a
certain percentage be used for veterans and people with disabilities.
Continued attention to housing for veterans and those with disabilities
will help to decrease the numbers of those who are homeless in our
state. The rising cost of real estate and rent is preventing those in
these underserved communities from affording a safe place to live.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: A.09065
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5978
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 25, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring a
certain percentage of affordable housing funded by the state be used
for veterans and people with disabilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
2 19-b to read as follows:
3 § 19-b. Affordable housing; veterans and people with disabilities. 1.
4 For purposes of this section:
5 (a) the term "construction project" shall mean construction work
6 involving or including any construction associated with the creation or
7 rehabilitation of residential dwelling units or manufactured home parks
8 done under contract which is paid for in whole or in part out of public
9 funds.
10 (b) the term "paid for in whole or in part out of public funds" shall
11 have the same meaning as defined in section two hundred twenty-four-a of
12 the labor law.
13 (c) the term "veteran" shall have the same meaning as defined in
14 section one of the veterans' services law.
15 2. Any construction project undertaken in this state shall include a
16 minimum of five percent of all affordable dwelling units or manufactured
17 home park lots be the primary residence of a veteran.
18 3. Any construction project undertaken in this state shall include a
19 minimum of five percent of all affordable dwelling units or manufactured
20 home park lots be the primary residence of a person with disabilities.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09584-01-5
