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S00228 Summary:

BILL NOS00228A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A00340-A
 
SPONSORSKOUFIS
 
COSPNSRBROUK, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY, ROLISON, WEBB, WEBER
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §233-b, ren §233-b to be §233-d, RP L
 
Requires manufactured home park owners to provide a written justification for rent increases in excess of three percent of the current rent; provides that increases in costs to justify such rent increase for ordinary maintenance or repair to meet the warranty of habitability obligations must be shown to be necessary.
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S00228 Actions:

BILL NOS00228A
 
01/08/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
01/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.166
01/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.
02/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
02/04/2025PASSED SENATE
02/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
02/04/2025referred to housing
03/25/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
03/25/2025returned to senate
03/25/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
03/25/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 228A
04/02/2025PASSED SENATE
04/02/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
04/02/2025referred to housing
04/07/2025substituted for a340a
04/07/2025ordered to third reading cal.82
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S00228 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         228--A
            Cal. No. 166
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  BROUK,  HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY, ROLISON,
          WEBB, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
          committed  to  the  Committee  on  Housing, Construction and Community
          Development -- reported favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered  to
          first  and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate
          and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored
          to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
          in the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to increases of  rent
          in manufactured home parks
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 233-b of the real property law, as added by section
     2  12 of part O of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, is amended by adding two
     3  new subdivisions 9 and 10 to read as follows:
     4    9. When a manufactured home park owner notifies the manufactured home-
     5  owners in the park of a rent or fee increase  and  the  increase  is  in
     6  excess  of  three  percent above the current rent, the manufactured home
     7  park owner shall provide a written justification for the  increase  that
     8  complies  with  this  section  and  make  available  to any resident, by
     9  request, documentation that show the costs and commencement of work that
    10  justify the rent increase pursuant to this section, as applicable.
    11    10. In order for an increase in costs to justify a rent increase above
    12  three percent pursuant to paragraph (a) or (c)  of  subdivision  two  of
    13  this  section  for  costs  incurred  for ordinary maintenance, including
    14  preventive maintenance, or repair of the roads, infrastructure, or other
    15  community property or services, the  community  owner  must  demonstrate
    16  that  the  work  performed  was  necessary to meet the community owner's
    17  warranty of habitability obligations under subdivision m of section  two
    18  hundred  thirty-three  of  this  article,  and demonstrate that the rent
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00177-03-5

        S. 228--A                           2
 
     1  increase imposed was no more than was necessary to  cover the actual and
     2  reasonable cost of the work performed.
     3    §  2.  Section 233-b of the real property law, as added by chapter 654
     4  of the laws of 2019, is renumbered section 233-d.
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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