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NY S05501

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brian Kavanagh

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Adds community land trusts as eligible applicants for affordable housing programs under the Private Housing Finance Law

  • Defines "community land trust" as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is creating and preserving permanently affordable single-family or multi-family residences

  • Requires community land trusts to sell dwellings to qualified owners for primary residence or rent to low-income persons, with land leased for 99-year terms with renewal rights

  • Creates the New York State Community Land Trust Acquisition Fund, administered by the Affordable Housing Corporation, to receive state appropriations and other funding sources

  • Restricts fund expenditures exclusively to supporting community land trusts under the affordable home ownership development program

Legislative Description

Relates to creating a new acquisition fund for community land trusts located in New York state; provides that moneys of the fund shall be expended solely to carry out the affordable home ownership development program exclusively for community land trusts; defines community land trusts.

Last Action

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

2/25/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance2/25/2026
Housing, Construction, and Community Development1/7/2026
Finance3/10/2025
Housing, Construction, and Community Development2/21/2025

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