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NY A08903
Bill
Status
1/26/2024
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Burdick
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AI Summary
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Requires counties, cities, towns, and villages in New York to include a housing needs assessment in their comprehensive plans using HUD median income (AMI) calculations.
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Housing needs assessments must address five income levels: at or below 30% AMI, 31-50% AMI, 51-60% AMI, 61-80% AMI, and 81-100% AMI.
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Exempts municipalities from the assessment requirement if they have not received federal, state, county, or third-party funding for housing purposes.
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Amends the general municipal law, general city law, town law, and village law to incorporate the housing needs assessment requirement into their planning provisions.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Requires municipalities to include an Affordable Housing Needs Assessment to establish a data-based foundation for the creation and preservation of affordable housing in the municipality, utilizing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development median income calculations, in their comprehensive plans.
Last Action
amend by restoring to original print 8903
11/1/2024