NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8600
SPONSOR: Woerner TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to increas-
ing the amount an eligible applicant may spend for approved administra-
tive costs associated with administering the access to home program
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to .
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends Section 1202 of Article 25 of the Private
Housing Finante law to increase the Access to Home administrative fee
from 7.5% to 10% for eligible organizations that implement the program.
Section 2 of the bill sets forth the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Access to Home program supports accessibility modifications to the
homes of low-moderate income people with disabilities like seniors and
veterans. These modifications are made by local non-profit housing or
community services agencies that receive grants from the Division of
Housing and Community Renewal to perform the work.
In the 2023-24 State Budget, the legislature increased funding for the
Access to Home program from $1 million to $3 million in recognition of
the demand for these services and the rising cost of labor and materi-
als. However, it did not include a corresponding increase in the admin-
istrative fee for the not-for-profit organizations that implement the
accessibility modifications such as wheelchair ramps, bathroom
handrails, widening of hallways to accommodate wheelchairs, etc.
A similar bill (S.9193/A.10271) was signed into law in 2022 that
increased the administrative fee from 7.5 to 10% for non-profits that
implement the RESTORE/HOPE program which provides emergency repairs to
the homes of low to moderate income senior citizens.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
8600
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2024
___________
Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to increas-
ing the amount an eligible applicant may spend for approved adminis-
trative costs associated with administering the access to home program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1202 of the private housing
2 finance law, as added by chapter 159 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 3. The corporation may authorize the eligible applicant to spend up to
5 [seven and a half] ten percent of the contract amount for approved
6 administrative costs associated with administering the program.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13932-01-3
