Housing

Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.

Establishes certain criteria for the rent guidelines board to use for purposes of determining annual rent adjustments.

Enacts the "anti-slumlord act" which prohibits the acquisition of residential property by property owners with outstanding immediate hazardous violations; defines terms; establishes and requires a compliance certification form; sets forth recording requirements; provides for enforcement of provisions by the attorney general.

Permits multiple transfers of low-income housing tax credits.

Relates to enacting the central air conditioner and heat pump rights act; provides that a homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of a central air conditioner or heat pump.

Creates a residential condominium owner's bill of rights that includes the right to transparency, the right to timely decisions, voting rights, the right to notice, and the right against extraordinary expenses.

Provides for the eligibility of certain households for a care workforce housing preference; provides for the method of application for such preference; makes related provisions.

Creates an employer-assisted housing match grant program under which certain nonprofit employees may be eligible for a state match for certain employer-provided funds for housing costs.

Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations.

Expands the veterans' preference to include veterans who did not serve during a time of war for Mitchell-Lama housing.

Creates an employer-assisted housing match grant program under which certain nonprofit employees may be eligible for a state match for certain employer-provided funds for housing costs.

Relates to preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for veterans with service-related disabilities; defines "veteran with a service-related disability".

Relates to preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for veterans with service-related disabilities; defines "veteran with a service-related disability".

Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent, including cable, internet and garage usage, as a condition of leasing a dwelling; excludes buildings with less than three dwelling units.

Protects renters using a housing subsidy or voucher, or receiving public assistance from discrimination by the housing provider based on such renters' income or use of such housing subsidy, voucher or public assistance.

Protects renters using a housing subsidy or voucher, or receiving public assistance from discrimination by the housing provider based on such renters' income or use of such housing subsidy, voucher or public assistance.

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.

Requires a hearing by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York or the Division of Housing and Community Renewal where a family member applies and is denied by a housing company to succeed a lease or sublease.

Increases transparency in cooperative housing corporations by giving shareholders more rights to information of the co-op and limiting the powers of management companies and boards.

Provides that a landlord shall not request, obtain, or consider a consumer credit report or credit history for a prospective tenant who provides a written self-attestation that they are a victim of domestic violence, and shall not deny an application for rental housing on the basis of credit history when the applicant is a victim of domestic violence.

Directs the division of housing and community renewal shall conduct a study on the demographics of tenants living in rent-stabilized apartments in Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, and in the City of Kingston; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Requires the inspection of non-fireproof buildings in a city having a population of one million or more every three years; requires compliance with the New York city housing maintenance code and the New York city construction codes; requires those dwellings not in compliance with such code at the time of inspection to make repairs or improvements necessary to comply with such standards within six months of such inspection, or a lien shall be placed upon the dwelling.

Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not occupy the housing accommodation as the tenant's primary residence.

Establishes the "winter moratorium on evictions act" to prohibit eviction of tenants from residential properties during the winter months.

Allows certain tenants to submit emergency housing transfer requests to the appropriate public housing agency; provides for support for survivors of domestic violence; provides for the creation of a centralized emergency housing transfer platform; makes related provisions.

Relates to authorizing a reduction of taxes pursuant to shelter rent; provides that such taxes shall not be assessed on projects located in New York City.

Enacts the housing development fund company fairness, preservation, and affordability act to clarify certain provisions relating to the dissolution and reincorporation of housing development fund companies; provides for tax exemptions and abatements for housing development fund companies.

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to publish the results of annual audits of approved applications for temporary major capital improvement increases on its website annually.

Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service, under rent control, and rent stabilization laws.

Establishes the Adirondack park affordable housing task force; requires such task force to conduct a comprehensive review of affordable housing issues within the Adirondack park and to make recommendations for addressing such issues.

Provides additional documentation a tenant may provide to demonstrate that such tenant or a member of such tenant's household has been a victim of domestic violence for purposes of permitting the termination of residential lease by victims of domestic violence.

Reduces the period of notice required to be given when a written demand for rent is served on a tenant after the tenant has defaulted in the payment of rent and the period of notice to be given serving a warrant issued pursuant to a final judgment of eviction from fourteen days to seven days.

Provides that a landlord shall provide a prospective tenant a written disclosure of the tenant screening criteria used to evaluate rental applications prior to accepting any fee, deposit, or screening information from such prospective tenant.

Establishes uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing.

Requires landlords and property managers of public and private multifamily buildings in cities with a population of a million or more to provide notice to tenants on proper protocol for recycling including information on materials that are acceptable; requires the division of housing and community renewal to develop an example notice and make it available on its website for use by landlords and property managers.

Provides that any tenant who is evicted or otherwise removed from a dwelling unit as a result of a vacate order issued by any governmental agency or department due to fire shall be entitled to a suitable accommodation; defines suitable accommodation; makes related provisions.

Requires that when a buyer enters into a contract to purchase a condominium or cooperative housing unit, the property management company or board of managers shall provide the buyer with records of the most recent inspection and engineering reports and permits for the subject property.

Relates to requirements for a building owner to refuse to renew a lease under the real estate industry stabilization code; requires the owner of a building to be demolished to prove that such owner has the financial ability to complete demolition of the building.

Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.

Requires records of elevator and vertical transportation maintenance, operation issues and repairs be made available to tenants at their request.

Requires openable windows in residential units to comply with certain mechanical ventilation standards.

Expands the powers of the New York state division of housing and community renewal and supervising agencies and modifies the obligations of certain New York state funded housing providers.

Requires a notice informing tenants of their rights to be provided to tenants at the time they execute a residential lease and to be posted in certain buildings.

Requires the inspection of non-fireproof buildings in a city having a population of one million or more every three years; requires compliance with the New York city housing maintenance code and the New York city construction codes; requires those dwellings not in compliance with such code at the time of inspection to make repairs or improvements necessary to comply with such standards within six months of such inspection, or a lien shall be placed upon the dwelling.

Requires NYCHA to provide information and trainings to all residents regarding resident management corporations; requires DHCA to provide funds to NYCHA to implement the program.

Provides penalties when a landlord of a residential premises refuses to rent to a potential tenant on the basis that the potential tenant was involved in a past or pending landlord-tenant action or summary proceeding.

Calls for the state to subsidize a portion of closing costs for certain individuals who have been tenants of public housing projects or rent subsidized housing for the previous five years.

Creates an affordable housing insurance relief fund program to provide grants to eligible projects for reasonable and necessary commercial insurance expenses.

Provides that when a housing accommodation has been vacated after continuous tenancy or occupancy of ten years or more prior to vacancy, and the owner can demonstrate restoration of the unit, the new legal regulated rent shall be the rent agreed to by the owner and first tenant after such restoration and reserved in a lease or other rental agreement; makes related provisions.

Relates to the de-regulation of rent-stabilized housing accommodations; eliminates rent regulation for any regulated housing accommodation that becomes vacant on or after June 16, 2026; makes exceptions.

Prohibits persons whose income is greater than one hundred twenty-five percent of the area median income from occupying certain housing accommodations.

Establishes the vacant rental improvement program to provide grants of up to $75,000 per unit to owners of buildings with five or fewer units.

Extends provisions relating to affordable housing development loans to all municipalities of the state of New York; assists private sector in development of residential housing.

Establishes a system of community improvement grants to be administered by and through neighborhood citizens' participation committees; makes definitions; directs commissioner of the New York state division for housing and community renewal to create the community improvement grant program; provides that municipalities receiving such grants establish citizens' participation committees.

Provides for an alternative hardship allowance for landlords in New York city rent controlled apartments which allows a hardship rent increase where a building's annual net income is less than 8.5 percent of the equalized assessed value.

Makes provisions with respect to affordable housing within the city of Yonkers; provides funds of twenty-five thousand dollars in the affordable housing development account for new construction of affordable housing within the city of Yonkers and acquisition of existing housing stock cooperatives, condominiums and fee simple multi-family housing where appropriate.

Removes certain restrictions relating to the "immediate and compelling necessity" of the landlord on a landlord's ability in certain New York city apartments which are rent stabilized or rent controlled to recover possession of a housing accommodation for such landlord's own personal use and occupancy or for the use and occupancy of such landlord's immediate family.

Includes mixed residential and commercial property within the provisions of the affordable home ownership development program thus authorizing the affordable housing corporation to fund the construction or rehabilitation of housing that also contains a commercial retailing business.

Provides for preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for service related disabled veterans.

Limits the amount of time to submit supporting documentation for major capital improvements; sets such time at one hundred and twenty days.

Requires that every lease signature package provided to a tenant by a landlord or the landlord's agent shall include a New York State Voter Registration Form for each tenant over the age of eighteen years and information directing the tenant or tenants to the board of elections website.

Authorizes labor unions to work with the city of New York to finance the construction of affordable housing for its members.

Enacts the "NYCHA - innovating neighborhoods through viable efficient solutions for tenants act" which provides funding to NYCHA to rehabilitate vacant units.

Enacts the safe housing transfer for domestic violence victims act; ensuring safe housing transfers for domestic violence victims in private and public housing.

Requires landlords to furnish each tenant either renewing or entering into a lease with a rider describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants; requires the rider to conform to the intent of section 5-702 of the general obligations law.

Directs the housing trust fund corporation to administer a New York small cities community development program to encourage the rehabilitation and repair of local housing in cities, as accounted in the most recent United State census, with a population less than one hundred thousand.

Requires the New York City Housing Authority to create policies regarding administrative procedures that conform with Title 42 Sections 13661-13662 of the United States Code and any relevant guidance developed by the Office of Public and Indian Housing of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development with respect to proceedings involving decisions of the Authority.

Requires that all public housing contracts entered into by the division of housing and community renewal and municipal housing authorities be disclosed on the division of housing and community renewal's website so that such public housing contracts are available to the public.

Relates to protecting the rights of current and converted Mitchell-Lama residents.

Relates to prohibiting surcharges for the installation, removal or use of an air conditioning unit.

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

Prohibits certain regulations of the state division of housing and community renewal, for cities having a population of less than one million and towns and villages, from permitting an owner to refuse to renew a lease on grounds that the housing accommodation is sought for personal use or occupancy (i.e. use or occupancy by the owner or the owner's immediate family); repeals provisions which permit evictions for personal use and occupancy.

Requires landlords of certain properties to furnish New York homes and community renewal with data pertaining to succession rights.

Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act"; prevents the displacement of lower-income tenants in New York and preserves affordable housing by providing an opportunity for tenants to own or remain renters in the properties in which they reside.

Prohibits corporate entity, real estate developer, or residential building contractor from directly or indirectly purchasing, owning, building, acquiring, or otherwise obtaining any interest in any single-family private dwelling and converting such property into residential real estate containing one rental unit.

Directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal to require housing quality standards inspections of Section 8 housing when a tenant moves out or vacates.

Provides that a plan may not be declared effective for conversion to cooperative or condominium ownership until written purchase agreements have been executed and delivered for at least twenty-five percent of all dwelling units in the building or group of buildings and written consent has been obtained from the bona fide tenants who were in occupancy of fifty-one percent of the dwelling units in the building or group of buildings or development on the date a letter was issued by the attorney general accepting the plan for filing.

Establishes a housing task force addressing affordable housing for millennials in suburban counties to provide a continuing forum to discuss concerns and issues related to the formulation of state policy designed to help address this issue.

Provides additional enforcement of housing maintenance code violations in the city of New York; requires the department of housing preservation and development to produce a list of owners/landlords with multiple violations; directs HPD to commence proceedings to be appointed as the administrator of buildings with multiple, longstanding violations; provides additional penalties.

Relates to the determination of the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence by the loft board or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by registration with the loft board; provides factors for consideration for such findings; restores certain landlord-tenant relationships severed prior to the effective date.

Provides for tenant responses to applications for a major capital improvement rent increase; allows tenants to respond within one hundred twenty days from the date of mailing of a notice of a proceeding; requires the state division of housing and community renewal to provide any responding tenant with the reasons for the division's approval or denial of such application.

Provides that any tenant who is evicted or otherwise removed from a dwelling unit as a result of a vacate order issued by any governmental agency or department due to fire shall be entitled to a suitable accommodation; defines suitable accommodation; makes related provisions.

Enacts the "home repair act" establishing a home repair program and home repair fund to assist in home repairs by homeowners and landlords to improve home conditions.

Limits the time landlords have to process applications to seven days after which the application is deemed rejected.

Requires public residential buildings that receive funding through the department of housing and urban development or the division of housing and community renewal to have a supply of at least one dose of naloxone readily accessible for residential use as provided by OASAS.

Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first home.

Establishes a home repair project revolving loan program and revolving loan fund for emergent or essential home repair projects for low and middle-income households.

Establishes a five-year moratorium on foreign entities purchasing homes in New York state unless the purchase is for a primary residence; directs the department of state to conduct a study on the effects of the moratorium on the housing market and to send a report on the study to the legislature; specifies data and indicators to analyze for the study; defines terms.

Prohibits the use of an algorithmic device by a landlord for the purpose of determining the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; declares that such use is an unfair or deceptive trade practice.

Establishes the manufactured home community preservation act to provide financial and technical assistance, within funds available to counties, municipalities, rural preservation companies, and other non-profit housing organizations for their housing preservation efforts; provides that funds in the mortgage insurance fund can be used to provide financial support to local governments and eligible non-profit housing organizations.

Requires certain data in reports by the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance for the "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021"; requires the inclusion of the breakdown of applications for each zip code including the total number of approved applications; the total number of denied applications; the total number of incomplete applications; and the total number of applications that are awaiting processing or are pending in such report; provides for application information that may be tracked.

Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service; directs the division of housing and community renewal to develop a standard reduction and an appeals process.

Establishes the New York state short-term rental property commission which shall assess and address the current housing stock in the state of New York and the state of short-term rental property regulation.

Protects renters using a housing subsidy or voucher, or receiving public assistance from discrimination by the housing provider based on such renters' income or use of such housing subsidy, voucher or public assistance.

Establishes the first-generation homebuyer assistance program to provide a zero-interest, forgivable loan award in the amount of up to $15,000 to first-generation homebuyers.

Requires windows in newly constructed multiple dwellings with two or more stories to be fitted with key-operated window locks that restrict the window from opening more than four inches.

Establishes a jobs and housing pilot program to create jobs in the construction industry and address the housing crisis by developing or redeveloping housing that is affordable to individuals earning up to one hundred thirty percent of the area median income, adjusted for family size.

Enacts the "housing is a human right act"; establishes a New York state affordable housing czar and volunteer task force.

Requires a landlord to pay a fee to a tenant equivalent to one month's rent if they evict such tenant without cause.

Requires the re-inspection of dwellings with mold violations.

Relates to limited profit housing companies.

Relates to the disclosure of information on the fiscal health of a condominium, cooperative apartment building or cooperative community to prospective buyers, current owners and the condominium board or the cooperative board.

Relates to the right of tenant association to have the first option to purchase a housing unit.

Relates to temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy; permits a single ninety day extension for temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy; requires a civil penalty of $20,000 for any violation regarding certificates of compliance or occupancy.

Requires landlords to give tenants the option of rent reporting to a consumer reporting agency to boost such tenant's credit score.

Requires the commissioner of housing and community renewal, or the appropriate supervising agency, to review contracts for $50,000 or more entered into by a limited-profit housing company.

Expands access to mortgage loans for cooperative properties under the homes for veterans program, as administered by the state of New York mortgage agency.

Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.

Repeals provisions relating to the establishment of maximum base rents using the maximum gross building rental formula.

Creates a veteran's home and land ownership loan program to provide loans to veterans to purchase homes or unimproved land suitable for building; requires such loans to be secured by a second mortgage.

Relates to veterans' eligibility for public housing; expands eligibility requirements to include veterans of the recent conflicts; requires granting of a preference for public housing to veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected disability.

Establishes that area median income shall be calculated either per each zip code or per region in the city of New York, whichever is lower.

Relates to affordable housing for persons with a disability or having attained the age of sixty-two; establishes a developmentally disabled and elderly adult accessory apartment loan program.

Relates to limited-profit housing companies; authorizes certain companies to pay dividends or interest in excess of six percent per annum; relates to the dissolution of certain rental housing companies.

Provides that no landlord shall deny access to a licensed professional engineer or licensed registered architect hired by any tenant or tenant association representing tenants of a multiple dwelling of six units or more for the purpose of conducting an inspection of a major capital improvement for which an application for a maximum rent adjustment has been filed by the landlord; provides that such inspection shall be conducted after notice to the landlord and during normal business hours; provides for the filing of such inspection report by such tenants with the New York city rent agency or the state division of housing and community renewal for consideration in such application's determination.

Reregulates units that were illegally deregulated from rent control or rent stabilization.

Relates to a housing authority's disposition of property.

Places limits on rent adjustments for major capital improvements.

Provides that upon sale or other conveyance of a limited-profit housing company project to an entity other than a new limited-profit housing company, reserve and surplus funds must be held in escrow by the new owner and dedicated solely to defraying the costs of major capital improvements; provides that no rental may be increased to cover the cost of a major capital improvement until such reserve and surplus funds have been exhausted.

Provides that the term "landlord" when used in the real property law, shall not include or apply to any corporation, entity or organization, hereinafter known as a "cooperative entity" that is or is operating for the purpose of providing housing and/or residences for its shareholders by leasing or subleasing to such shareholders, under proprietary leases or occupancy agreements or subleases of such leases or occupancy agreements of apartments or residences in the buildings or premises owned by such cooperative entities; makes related provisions for the term "tenant".

Provides for a transfer fee of 75% of the fair market value in dissolution or sales of a rental project or mutual company.

Requires the New York city housing authority to provide adequate and reliable internet service for all housing authority residents.

Relates to the definition of floor area and what is excluded in the measurement of floor area.

Relates to the standard of proof for determination of eligibility for public housing based upon remaining family member status.

Relates to information available pertaining to rental histories of rent stabilized units through FOIL applications by the NYS division of housing and community renewal.

Requires companies aided by loans under Mitchell-Lama to notify tenants of such housing of the possibility of buyout from mortgages held which would potentially result in rent increases not later than twelve months prior to proposed dissolution; provides such notice shall inform tenants of the nature of the action, the date intended, the applicable laws and a summary of the potential consequences including expenses and rent increases which may be charged; requires the commissioner or supervising agency to prepare a report to be made available to the tenants of the project.

Requires that any limited liability company who files a rent registration statement shall include a list of all members of such limited liability company and each member's ownership interest.

Requires five percent of affordable housing units to be offered to veterans.

Relates to waivers of rent adjustments attributable to major capital improvements.

Provides that the determination of legal regulated base date rent at the four-year lookback shall be determined by either the survey sampling method or the default method if there is fraud.

Prohibits landlords from refusing to deal with certain people solely because those people were involved in prior summary proceedings.

Provides that penalties may be levied against a person who intentionally withholds a housing accommodation from the market, including for the purpose of future co-operative conversion.

Requires landlords of certain housing accommodations to include with all new and renewal leases, on any rent bills, including any electronic communication the informational material describing eligibility for and the benefits of the senior rent increase exemption program and the disability rent increase exemption program.

Relates to low or moderate income housing developments; allows local zoning boards of appeals to approve affordable housing developments; provides for an appeals process to the division of housing and community renewal; creates a state zoning board of appeals within the division to hear such appeals; directs the division to conduct a study to integrate low income housing tax credit applications with the zoning application process under this act.

Provides for the suspension of public assistance to owners of privately owned residential housing in NYC who are in violation of certain New York city department of housing preservation and development standards.

Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.

Establishes a reverse loan mortgage loan program for seniors; provides for the state of NY mortgage agency to establish many of the parameters for the implementation of the program; defines terms; requires a care needs assessment of each applicant; provides that area agencies on aging shall provide counseling and assistance to applicants; requires independent counseling in compliance with HUD regulations; directs the state of New York mortgage agency to issue an annual report to the governor and the legislature.

Provides that a tenant who has left a residential dwelling unit between the dates of March 12, 2020 and January 1, 2022 due to the health impacts of COVID-19 in the city of New York, who is a senior citizen or disabled person, and who asserts an intent to return to the housing accommodation shall be deemed to be occupying the unit as such tenant's residence.

Establishes security deposit options for certain tenants, including but not limited to, an option to pay any deposit or advance to rent or use residential real property or a dwelling unit.

Relates to renewal of a lease under the stabilization code promulgated by the real estate industry stabilization association; defines demolish.

Directs the division of housing and community renewal to study non-rental fees charged by landlords and report to the legislature.

Regulates buyout agreements within rent regulated apartments between a landlord and current tenant; provides penalties for harassment by a landlord.

Establishes a housing project revolving loan program and housing project revolving loan fund to encourage the development of mixed income housing by providing zero-percent interest or low-interest loans.

Establishes the small rental housing development initiative to provide funding to eligible applicants to construct small rental housing developments in eligible areas.

Relates to limitations on the use of smart access systems; restricts information that may be gathered on lessees, tenants, owners or guests.

Establishes the New York state first home grant program; directs the commissioner of homes and community renewal, in consultation with the state comptroller, to implement such program; provides assistance on behalf of a first time home buyer qualified for such program; and for costs in connection with the acquisition, involving an eligible mortgage loan, of an eligible home, including downpayment costs, closing costs, and costs to reduce the rates of interest on eligible mortgage loans; subsidies to make shared equity homes affordable to home buyers by discounting the price for which the home will be sold and to preserve the affordability of the home for subsequent home buyers; and pre-occupancy home modifications required to accommodate qualified home buyers or members of their household with disabilities; excludes the amount of any grant to any first time home buyer awarded or any federal first time home buyer grant program from taxable income for the purpose of calculating New York adjusted gross income.

Relates to the supervision of certain limited profit housing companies.

Relates to establishing the tenancy deposit protection program; requires the commissioner of housing and community renewal to establish a program to hold security deposits in third-party accounts and create a dispute resolution process regarding the withholding of security deposits.

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects.

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, the rent following the dissolution date of Mitchell-Lama developments shall be the last rent authorized for the affected dwelling.

Requires the New York city housing authority to establish and maintain a vacancy database.

Establishes protection for senior citizens against unwarranted eviction; requires plaintiff/landlord to file an affidavit determining whether or not the respondent is a senior citizen and sets forth guidelines and procedures for a default eviction against a senior citizen, including representation of counsel; defines senior citizen as persons aged 62 or over for purposes of the real property actions and proceedings law.

Relates to enacting the central air conditioner and heat pump rights act; provides that a homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of a central air conditioner or heat pump.

Increases the amount of funds that may be used per dwelling unit to modernize certain authorities used by the housing trust fund corporation.

Relates to the extension of a tax exemption for a mutual redevelopment company in a city having a population of one million or more persons.

Extends certain powers of the New York state housing finance agency.

Requires that when a buyer enters into a contract to purchase a condominium or cooperative housing unit, the property management company or board of managers shall provide the buyer with records of the most recent inspection and engineering reports and permits for the subject property.

Provides for including siblings of parents and children of siblings in the definition of "family member" in relation to regulations pertaining to rights of family members to succeed in certain cases to the rights of certain tenants.

Prohibits a person or entity from knowingly or with reckless disregard facilitate an agreement between or among two or more residential rental property owners or managers to not compete with respect to residential rental dwelling units, including by operating or licensing a software, data analytics service, or algorithmic device that performs a coordinating function on behalf of or between and among such residential rental property owners or managers.

Establishes the vacant rental improvement program to provide grants of up to $75,000 per unit to owners of buildings with five or fewer units.

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

Requires landlords to notify adjoining units of a bed bug infestation in a rental residential premises without identifying information, and to notify all tenants of an infestation in a common area by posting such notice in a conspicuous location accessible to all tenants.

Relates to the conversion to condominium ownership for the preservation of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York; provides expanded homeownership opportunities from the conversion of certain residential rental buildings to condominium status by property owners that commit to preserve the inventory of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York.

Increases fines for the late filing of rent registration statements; provides that a late filing fine shall be one thousand dollars.

Relates to short-term residential rentals of private dwellings in certain municipalities; requires registration and records.

Requires DHCR to develop a common application and web portal for certain funding, tax credits, loans, and grants for housing; requires such application to be available upon request from relevant state agencies; requires such web portal to be manageable by relevant state agencies; makes relevant provisions.

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to publish on its website a database of building-wide major capital improvements installed by landlords in every city of more than one million inhabitants.

Relates to ground lease contracts; allows for the extension or renewal of such contracts prior to the expiration of such contracts.

Modifies certain eligibility requirements; extends the time period for the payment of arrears for certain taxes; places limitations on housing development fund company regulatory agreements.

Creates a middle income home ownership subsidy program to assist persons with an income below the current median income for the city of New York with the purchase of a residence in an urban area.

Authorizes actions and proceedings by unit owners against a condominium board of managers for certain violations of law or of resolutions adopted by such board of managers.

Extends expiration of authority granted to the department of housing preservation and development of the city of New York to restructure rents of dwelling units in buildings foreclosed upon by the federal government.

Extends certain provisions relating to small loans to owners of multiple dwellings to remove substandard or insanitary conditions.

Extends provisions of law related to buildings that are part of urban development action area projects and are rehabilitated with municipal loans.

Authorizes the granting of an additional real property tax exemption for certain redevelopment company projects within the county of Nassau.

Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act, preventing homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or maintenance of low impact landscaping.

Relates to short-term residential rentals of private dwellings in certain municipalities; requires registration and records.

Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.

Permits certain home repairs to be financed in conjunction with accessibility improvements through the access to home program.

Relates to requirements for certain contracts for materials, supplies, or services under $50,000; assures the prudent and economical use of public moneys in the best interests of the taxpayers; requires an authority in the city of New York to develop a procurement corruption prevention training program; makes related provisions.

Enacts the "NYCHA utility accountability act"; requires the NYCHA to provide a rent reduction to tenants who experience a disruption in utility service.

Establishes the mobile and manufactured home replacement program to eliminate older mobile and manufactured homes and replace them with new manufactured, modular or site-built homes; makes related provisions.

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

Enacts the "city of Buffalo historic preservation receivership act"; provides the city of Buffalo specific procedures for the appointment of a receiver of rents in instances where the property at issue is neglected or abandoned.

Prohibits landlords from including incorrect information relating to rent decontrol in certain leases and renewals thereof; imposes a violation punishable by a fine of $1000 for a violation by a landlord; requires the standardization of certain notices pertaining to units subject to the Affordable New York Housing Program.

Establishes uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing.

Provides that no landlord shall deny access to a licensed professional engineer or licensed registered architect hired by any tenant or tenant association representing tenants of a multiple dwelling of six units or more for the purpose of conducting an inspection of a major capital improvement for which an application for a maximum rent adjustment has been filed by the landlord; provides that such inspection shall be conducted after notice to the landlord and during normal business hours; provides for the filing of such inspection report by such tenants with the New York city rent agency or the state division of housing and community renewal for consideration in such application's determination.

Prohibits landlords from including incorrect information relating to rent decontrol in certain leases and renewals thereof; imposes a violation punishable by a fine of $1000 for a violation by a landlord; requires the standardization of certain notices pertaining to units subject to the Affordable New York Housing Program.

Requires a municipal housing authority in a city having a population of one million inhabitants or more to review the bylaws of resident councils to ensure compliance with federal and state law.

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.

Requires that every lease signature package provided to a tenant by a landlord or the landlord's agent shall include a New York State Voter Registration Form for each tenant over the age of eighteen years and information directing the tenant or tenants to the board of elections website.

Authorizes the creation of state debt in the amount of 20 billion dollars in relation to enacting the save public housing bond act of 2024; provides for submission to the people of such proposal.

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

Requires short-term rental companies to provide an annual inventory of short-term rental locations and capacities, and monthly utilization data for each county in the state.

Extends the time period for tenancy rights from 30 days to 45 days of possession; adds squatting to the definition of criminal trespass in the third degree.

Authorizes the establishment of the home equity protection insurance program directing the agency to issue a commitment to insure and insure the full value of certain residences which are owner-occupied by persons who meet certain income qualifications.

Extends provisions relating to affordable housing development loans to all municipalities of the state of New York; assists private sector in development of residential housing.

Establishes a five-year moratorium on foreign entities purchasing homes in New York state unless the purchase is for a primary residence; directs the department of state to conduct a study on the effects of the moratorium on the housing market and to send a report on the study to the legislature; specifies data and indicators to analyze for the study; defines terms.

Creates an affordable housing relief fund program to preserve affordable multifamily residential properties located in New York state.

Authorizes the granting of an additional real property tax exemption for certain redevelopment company projects within the county of Nassau.

Establishes a New York state public housing painters apprenticeship program for municipal housing authority residents.

Includes additional community districts in which pilot programs to address the legalization or conversion of certain basement and cellar dwellings can be established by local law.

Creates a residential condominium owner's bill of rights that includes the right to transparency, the right to timely decisions, voting rights, the right to notice, and the right against extraordinary expenses.

Prohibits the eviction of tenants for using medical marihuana for a certified medical use.

Requires all dwellings in projects located within the state to include braille labeling on all room numbers, elevator buttons, and directional signage in common areas in such dwellings.

Provides for tenant responses to applications for a major capital improvement rent increase; allows tenants to respond within one hundred twenty days from the date of mailing of a notice of a proceeding; requires the state division of housing and community renewal to provide any responding tenant with the reasons for the division's approval or denial of such application.

Prohibits persons whose income is greater than one hundred twenty-five percent of the area median income from occupying certain housing accommodations.

Establishes the infill housing pilot program in the city of Buffalo which shall provide capital subsidies for the purpose of building two thousand one- to two- family housing units.

Establishes the shovel-ready housing program under which certain municipalities, at their option, may pre-authorize parcels of property for the construction of housing; establishes a shovel-ready community tax rebate for taxpayers residing in municipalities that opt-in to the shovel-ready housing program; provides for annual apportionment to municipalities that have certified participation in the shovel-ready housing program.

Requires that all public housing contracts entered into by the division of housing and community renewal and municipal housing authorities be disclosed on the division of housing and community renewal's website so that such public housing contracts are available to the public.

Clarifies that a squatter is not a tenant for purposes of removal proceedings.

Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service; directs the division of housing and community renewal to develop a standard reduction and an appeals process.

Relates to conversions of real property in public housing developments in relation to the RAD program; sets notice requirements for public housing authorities.

Relates to preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for veterans with service-related disabilities; defines "veteran with a service-related disability".

Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations.

Prohibits the use of an algorithmic device by a landlord for the purpose of determining the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; declares that such use is an unfair or deceptive trade practice.

Sets up rules and regulations for the operation of lease-hold retirement communities to provide adequate housing for senior citizens wishing to retire and locate in a lease-hold retirement community; grants owners of homes in lease-hold retirement communities the right to sell their homes by methods common to sales of residential property; requires that owners of lease-hold retirement communities offer owners of homes the option to sign a long-term ninety-nine year lease.

Expands eligibility for loans and grants pursuant to the resilient retrofits loan and grant program for private sewer repairs and upgrades; establishes the resilient retrofits loan and grant fund.

Establishes the legal regulated rent for the combination of two or more vacant apartments; relates to exemptions from rent stabilization on the basis of substantial rehabilitation; relates to clearly defining the scope of the fraud exception to the pre-HSTPA four-year rule for calculating rents and relates to the effectiveness thereof.

Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.

Increases the amount an eligible applicant may spend for approved administrative costs associated with administering the access to home program.

Provides that a policy of this state should be to increase housing options and opportunities, including but not limited to affordable, and workforce and senior housing.

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.

Establishes the legal regulated rent for the combination of two or more vacant apartments; relates to exemptions from rent stabilization on the basis of substantial rehabilitation; relates to clearly defining the scope of the fraud exception to the pre-HSTPA four-year rule for calculating rents and relates to the effectiveness thereof.

Prohibits the installation of certain security devices used to control access to common areas of a residential building without the written permission of the owners, board of managers, board of directors, or authorized party of such property; requires notice to occupants of a residential building prior to the installation of keyless security devices; prohibits increasing rent for the purpose of installing keyless security devices.

Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to update the list of names and contact information of residents provided to emergency personnel where such owner is an authority as such term is defined in section three of the public housing law, including all such authorities established after the first day of January, nineteen hundred thirty-nine, upon annual recertification.

Repeals provisions relating to the establishment of maximum base rents using the maximum gross building rental formula.

Establishes the manufactured home community preservation act to provide financial and technical assistance, within funds available to counties, municipalities, rural preservation companies, and other non-profit housing organizations for their housing preservation efforts; provides that funds in the mortgage insurance fund can be used to provide financial support to local governments and eligible non-profit housing organizations.

Creates a task force on affordable housing lotteries to review the affordable housing lotteries within New York state and determine the lotteries' effectiveness and recommend how the lotteries could be improved.

Prohibits the adjustment of maximum allowable rent where any modification, increase or improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant; defines disabled tenant.

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

Directs the New York City Housing Authority and the department of information technology and telecommunications of the city of New York to establish a 311 hotline to receive public housing complaints.

Requires public residential buildings that receive funding through the department of housing and urban development or the division of housing and community renewal to have a supply of at least one dose of naloxone readily accessible for residential use as provided by OASAS.

Imposes certain governance and reporting requirements on the New York city housing authority; requires the establishment of a training program for board members of NYCHA; makes related provisions.

Relates to succession rights for rent stabilized housing; reduces the succession residency requirement from two years to one.

Requires windows in newly constructed multiple dwellings with two or more stories to be fitted with key-operated window locks that restrict the window from opening more than four inches.

Relates to requiring affordable housing projects to calculate and only use the area median income for the specific county that the project is located in for determining affordability.

Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations.

Places limitations on initial regulated rents to not exceed the average rent for a comparable rent regulated housing accommodation.

Relates to an action for willful neglect of residential real property and treble damages; requires landlords to finance the tenant's temporary relocation.

Provides that the term "landlord" when used in the real property law, shall not include or apply to any corporation, entity or organization, hereinafter known as a "cooperative entity" that is or is operating for the purpose of providing housing and/or residences for its shareholders by leasing or subleasing to such shareholders, under proprietary leases or occupancy agreements or subleases of such leases or occupancy agreements of apartments or residences in the buildings or premises owned by such cooperative entities; makes related provisions for the term "tenant".

Relates to veterans' eligibility for public housing; expands eligibility requirements to include veterans of the recent conflicts; requires granting of a preference for public housing to veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected disability.

Provides for including uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces in the definition of "family member" in relation to regulations pertaining to rights of family members to succeed in certain cases to the rights of certain tenants.

Prohibits the eviction of tenants for using medical marihuana for a certified medical use.

Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first home.

Requires lessors or their authorized agent to provide a copy of a lease agreement upon written request of a residential lessee within thirty calendar days from the date of such request.

Establishes the Adirondack park affordable housing task force; requires such task force to conduct a comprehensive review of affordable housing issues within the Adirondack park and to make recommendations for addressing such issues.

Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsperson; authorizes the residential unit tax; establishes the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsperson fund.

Directs the housing trust fund corporation to administer a New York small cities community development program to encourage the rehabilitation and repair of local housing in cities, as accounted in the most recent United State census, with a population less than one hundred thousand.

Relates to requirements for a building owner to refuse to renew a lease under the real estate industry stabilization code; requires the owner of a building to be demolished to prove that he or she has the financial ability to complete demolition of the building.

Establishes a committee to study the housing aspect of tourism in the state of New York.

Relates to requiring affordable housing projects to calculate and only use the area median income for the specific zip code that the project is located in for determining affordability.

Requires owners of housing accommodations subject to rent registration to file an additional statement at three month intervals, until the unit is occupied.

Prohibits landlords from restricting the installation of appliances or fixtures by tenants; provides that the landlord is not compelled to change utilities for such installation; prohibits surcharge where tenant pays utilities directly to provider.

Relates to the de-regulation of rent-stabilized housing accommodations; eliminates rent regulation for any regulated housing accommodation that becomes vacant on or after June 16, 2024; makes exceptions.

Relates to permitting certain rent increases for capital improvements to rent regulated buildings and apartments.

Prohibits the owner of a building from declining to renew a lease to a tenant whose lease term started prior to the owner's purchase of the building on the grounds of occupancy by the owner or an immediate family member.

Requires the inspection of non-fireproof buildings every three years; requires compliance with the New York city housing maintenance code and the New York city construction codes; requires those dwellings not in compliance with such code at the time of inspection to make repairs or improvements necessary to comply with such standards within six months of such inspection, or a lien shall be placed upon the dwelling.

Establishes an accessory dwelling unit incentive program to encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units; includes accessory dwelling units in the definition of the term housing accommodations in the human rights law; provides for a temporary property tax exemption on the increase in value of property resulting from the addition of an accessory dwelling unit.

Requires the installation and maintenance of playground equipment by the New York city housing authority to substantially comply with the guidelines and criteria contained in the handbook for public playground safety produced by the United States Consumer Products Safety Commission or any successor thereof.

Initiates a five-year moratorium on the dissolution of any urban rental Mitchell-Lama company; establishes a Mitchell-Lama housing program study.

Relates to the standard of proof for determination of eligibility for public housing based upon remaining family member status.

Relates to a housing authority's disposition of property.

Requires that any disposition of land or buildings by the New York City Housing Authority be subject to and comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Places limits on rent adjustments for major capital improvements.

Authorizes state of New York mortgage agency to purchase labor organization assisted forward commitment mortgages from banks; sets criteria for labor organization participation; requires them to guarantee up to twenty percent of outstanding indebtedness.

Relates to the timely cashing of rent checks; requires a landlord to cash a rent check provided by a tenant in his or her possession within thirty days after the check is postmarked.

Requires the New York city housing authority to provide adequate and reliable internet service for all housing authority residents.

Provides that penalties may be levied against a person who intentionally withholds a housing accommodation from the market, including for the purpose of future co-operative conversion.

Authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase rehabilitation mortgages from banks within the state during periods when there is an inadequate supply of credit available for new residential mortgages or available for such loans at carrying charges within the financial means of persons and families of low and moderate income.

Requires companies aided by loans under Mitchell-Lama to notify tenants of such housing of the possibility of buyout from mortgages held which would potentially result in rent increases not later than twelve months prior to proposed dissolution; provides such notice shall inform tenants of the nature of the action, the date intended, the applicable laws and a summary of the potential consequences including expenses and rent increases which may be charged; requires the commissioner or supervising agency to prepare a report to be made available to the tenants of the project.

Relates to limited-profit housing companies; authorizes certain companies to pay dividends or interest in excess of six percent per annum; relates to the dissolution of certain rental housing companies.

Establishes a rental assistance loan-to-grant program to assist landlords of small rental properties who have lost rental income due to the inability of the landlords' tenants to pay rent during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Prohibits eviction without good cause; sets forth grounds for removal of tenants.

Relates to the purchase of community land mortgages; defines a community land mortgage as a mortgage that is secured by a first lien on a leasehold estate in real property that is improved by a residential structure wherein title to the real property is retained by a not-for-profit housing company or housing development fund company; authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase community land mortgages from banks within the state; ensures not-for-profit housing remains as affordable housing.

Establishes a system of community improvement grants to be administered by and through neighborhood citizens' participation committees; makes definitions; directs commissioner of the New York state division for housing and community renewal to create the community improvement grant program; provides that municipalities receiving such grants establish citizens' participation committees.

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, a tenant or group of tenants, after proper notice to the landlord of the existence of a hazardous violation of housing codes and certification of the existence of such violation by the local agency charged with enforcement of housing codes, may contract for the repair of such condition and offset the price of such repair from his rental payments if the landlord fails to commence work to correct the condition within a certain period after notice is received.

Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.

Prohibits landlords from refusing to deal with certain people solely because those people were involved in prior summary proceedings.

Establishes protection for senior citizens against unwarranted eviction; requires plaintiff/landlord to file an affidavit determining whether or not the respondent is a senior citizen and sets forth guidelines and procedures for a default eviction against a senior citizen, including representation of counsel; defines senior citizen as persons aged 62 or over for purposes of the real property actions and proceedings law.

Imposes penalties for non-compliance of DHCR orders by owners of multiple dwelling units; provides a fine of $5,000 for each instance of non-compliance.

Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not occupy the housing accommodation as his or her primary residence.

Provides that non-payment of New York city taxes shall be a prima facie finding that a housing accommodation subject to the emergency housing rent control act is not a person's primary residence as claimed by the delinquent taxpayer and non-payment of NYS taxes shall be a prima facie finding that a housing accommodation subject to the emergency tenant protection act of 1974 is not a person's primary residence.

Removes certain restrictions relating to the "immediate and compelling necessity" of the landlord on a landlord's ability in certain New York city apartments which are rent stabilized or rent controlled to recover possession of a housing accommodation for his own personal use and occupancy or for the use and occupancy of his or her immediate family.

Requires the re-inspection of dwellings with mold violations.

Prohibits any increase in the average monthly rental of a property by a limited-profit housing company unless the appropriate local housing agency certifies that there exists no recorded violations against such property or that all recorded violations have been cleared, corrected or abated, and that such company is maintaining all essential services required to be furnished.

Establishes the small rental housing development initiative to provide funding to eligible applicants to construct small rental housing developments in eligible areas.

Requires certain data in reports by the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance for the "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021"; requires the inclusion of the breakdown of applications for each zip code including the total number of approved applications; the total number of denied applications; the total number of incomplete applications; and the total number of applications that are awaiting processing or are pending in such report; provides for application information that may be tracked.

Enacts the "NYCHA utility accountability act"; requires the NYCHA to provide a rent reduction to tenants who experience a disruption in utility service.

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe for the translation of legal forms and applications in languages other than English, as long as such language is spoken by at least one percent of the population.

Requires the New York city housing authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant domestic violence victims the same preference as granted to any other class of applicants.

Relates to conditions precedent to the bringing of certain actions or proceedings.

Provides that the determination of legal regulated base date rent at the four-year lookback shall be determined by either the survey sampling method or the default method if there is fraud.

Provides for enhanced enforcement of the warranty of habitability for housing accommodations; provides the court may award punitive damages to a tenant upon finding the landlord's breach of warranty was intentional and malicious.

Authorizes labor unions to work with the city of New York to finance the construction of affordable housing for its members.

Requires a public housing authority to file in the office of the commissioner of housing and community renewal and with the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly a physical needs assessment every five years; defines "physical needs assessment".

Prohibits upon the vacancy of an unsold condominium or cooperative dwelling unit, the rental of such unit unless the original offering plan provided for such rental and a majority of the members of the condominium or cooperative agree thereto; generally requires the sale of such units.

Relates to protecting potential tenants with a criminal history; relates to protecting public housing applicants with a criminal history.

Enacts the "fairness in cooperative homeownership act"; regulates the submission and determinations of applications for ownership of cooperative apartments.

Requires landlords to replace a lock on a tenant's dwelling door within 24 hours of an alleged domestic violence incident; provides civil penalties for violations in relation thereto.

Establishes a reverse loan mortgage loan program for seniors; provides for the state of NY mortgage agency to establish many of the parameters for the implementation of the program; defines terms; requires a care needs assessment of each applicant; provides that area agencies on aging shall provide counseling and assistance to applicants; requires independent counseling in compliance with HUD regulations; directs the state of New York mortgage agency to issue an annual report to the governor and the legislature.

Enacts the "accessory dwelling unit incentive act" to establish the accessory dwelling unit forgivable loan program by the division of homes and community renewal; defines terms; makes related provisions.

Provides for the regulation of short-term rental units; authorizes short-term rental units; requires short-term rental hosts to register each unit with the division of housing and community renewal.

Requires the New York City Housing Authority to create policies regarding administrative procedures that conform with Title 42 Sections 13661-13662 of the United States Code and any relevant guidance developed by the Office of Public and Indian Housing of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development with respect to proceedings involving decisions of the Authority.

Relates to the right of tenant association to have the first option to purchase a housing unit.

Relates to protecting the rights of current and converted Mitchell-Lama residents.

Requires the rent guidelines board to take other sources of income received by landlords from commercial rents and unregulated residential units into account when establishing annual calculations.

Allows tenants the right to offset rent with payments made for the repair or service maintenance of an oil fired or other heating device where reasonable efforts were made to notify the landlord of the heating failure, the agency used is reasonably engaged in the business of making such repairs and an itemized bill for such service is provided.

Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service.

Provides that the existence of an infestation of pests in a premises occupied for dwelling purposes is a breach of the warranty of habitability, and requires a landlord to keep premises occupied for dwelling purposes free from an infestation of pests, prevent the reasonably foreseeable occurrence of such a condition and expeditiously remediate such condition and any underlying defect.

Relates to the installation of radiator covers.

Relates to limited profit housing companies.

Relates to recovery of certain housing accommodations by a landlord.

Requires owners to provide prospective lessees with notification where lead-based paint or lead contaminated dust has been found and any and all abatement measures that have been taken in the rental unit.

Initiates a four year moratorium on privatization voting by Mitchell-Lama building shareholders between failed dissolution votes.

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, the rent following the dissolution date of Mitchell-Lama developments shall be the last rent authorized for the affected dwelling.

Relates to surcharges assessed for the late filing of rent registration statements; provides that a late filing surcharge shall be one hundred dollars; provides that if the state division of housing and community renewal determines such late registration was willful the surcharge shall be one thousand dollars.

Requires landlords to allow for the estate of a deceased tenant to enter the property for sixty days following the death of the tenant.

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to promulgate forms which a landlord of a rent regulated unit in a building with four or more such units shall be required to use when requesting additional information from a tenant who has made a request to sublet.

Revises proceedings to recover possession of premises located in a multiple dwelling; requires premises to be registered with the local agency responsible for code enforcement; requires petition shall be stated in plain language and include notice of the rights of the respondent and a statement of any outstanding code violations on the premises and whether rent payments from a public assistance office is being withheld therefor; provides civil penalties for willful misstatements on such petition.

Relates to penalties for owners of property who fail to file a proper or timely rent registration statement.

Relates to establishing the tenancy deposit protection program; requires the commissioner of housing and community renewal to establish a program to hold security deposits in third-party accounts and create a dispute resolution process regarding the withholding of security deposits.

Requires advertisements for certain accommodations to be submitted to the designated enforcement agency.

Requires owners of multiple dwellings in cities with a population of one million or more to designate a secure, locked, monitored space, accessible only to staff, residents, or delivery people, for packages to be delivered to.

Relates to information available pertaining to rental histories of rent stabilized units through FOIL applications by the NYS division of housing and community renewal.

Requires the New York city housing authority to provide written notice to residents of disruptions to water services when water is not safe for drinking or cooking; requires the New York city housing authority to establish measures to ensure all contractors and subcontractors who deal with the collection and examining of water samples to comply with federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations regarding the examination of water quality.

Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel upon the request of such personnel, where the physical safety of such residents must be accounted for by ascertaining their whereabouts.

Provides a deceased tenant's legal representative the option to terminate such tenant's lease upon notice to the landlord.

Facilitates the purchase by the state of New York mortgage agency of mortgages on manufactured homes.

Enacts the "housing affordability, resiliency, and energy efficiency investment act"; relates to the modernization of affordable housing financing authorities that authorize financing for the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing.

Requires landlords to show they have obtained permits for the demolition and construction of a new building and the financial ability to complete such projects when not renewing a lease.

Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman; authorizes the residential unit tax and establishes the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman fund.

Relates to providing housing to eligible homeless families and eligible homeless individuals with a disability in certain housing developments; defines terms; requires owners and agents of certain housing developments to fill at least one of every five vacancies in each building with an eligible homeless family or eligible homeless individual with a disability.

Enacts the "housing affordability, resiliency, and energy efficiency investment act"; relates to the modernization of affordable housing financing authorities that authorize financing for the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing.

Relates to applying the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 to rent calculations and rent records maintenance and destruction for all rent stabilized apartments.

Transfers the village of West Carthage housing authority to the town of Wilna housing authority.

Removes certain requirements for prospective purchasers of manufactured home parks.

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs.

Removes certain requirements for prospective purchasers of manufactured home parks.

Relates to increasing the bond and note authorization of the state of New York mortgage agency from one billion dollars to one billion five hundred million dollars.

Requires the disclosure of indoor mold history upon the sale of certain real property.

Enacts the electric vehicle rights act; provides that a homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station.

Relates to surcharges for the installation or use of air conditioner units in housing accommodations subject to rent control.

Prohibits any lessor or agent of a lessor from reporting to any consumer reporting agency.

Relates to tenant selection screening guidelines.

Relates to allowing occupancy of joint living-work quarters for artists in certain manufacturing buildings converted to joint living-work quarters whose residence therein began on or before December 15, 2021.

Relates to maintaining public data of open code violations in New York city housing authority developments.

Requires certain data in reports by the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance for the "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021"; requires the inclusion of the breakdown of applications for each zip code including the total number of approved applications; the total number of denied applications; the total number of incomplete applications; and the total number of applications that are awaiting processing or are pending in such report; provides for application information that may be tracked.

Establishes the New York city public housing preservation trust for properties owned or operated by the New York city housing authority; provides for the issuance of certain bonds, notes or other obligations of the New York city housing development corporation.

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.

Makes a community center physically located within a New York city housing authority facility eligible to apply for and receive funding from the nonprofit infrastructure capital investment program.

Relates to certain notice requirements; prohibits landlords from including incorrect information relating to rent decontrol in certain leases and renewals thereof pertaining to units subject to the Affordable New York Housing Program.

Relates to rental assistance and legal regulated rents in affordable housing projects.

Relates to the modernization of affordable housing financing authorities.

Establishes the small rental housing development initiative to provide funding to eligible applicants to construct small rental housing developments in eligible areas.

Directs the division of housing and community renewal to study non-rental fees charged by landlords and report to the legislature.

Prohibits the installation of certain security devices used to control access to common areas of a residential building without the written permission of the manager or board of directors of such property.

Increases the bonding authority of the New York city housing development corporation.

Requires the New York city housing authority to have a searchable database of ticket numbers.

Relates to surcharges for the installation or use of air conditioner units in housing accommodations subject to rent control.

Enacts the "NYCHA utility accountability act"; requires the NYCHA to provide a rent reduction to tenants who experience a disruption in utility service.

Provides for enhanced enforcement of the warranty of habitability for housing accommodations; provides the court may award punitive damages to a tenant upon finding the landlord's breach of warranty was intentional and malicious.

Directs the division of housing and community renewal to conduct a study on alternatives to the affordable New York housing program by investigating new models and partnerships to provide affordable housing to residents of the state.

Requires five percent of affordable housing units to be offered to veterans.

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs.

Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service.

Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service.

Provides for preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for service related disabled veterans.

Relates to the regulation of short-term rental units; authorizes short-term rental units; requires short-term rental hosts to register each unit with the division of housing and community renewal.

Requires the inspection of non-fireproof buildings every three years; requires compliance with the New York city housing maintenance code and the New York city construction codes; requires those dwellings not in compliance with such code at the time of inspection to make repairs or improvements necessary to comply with such standards within six months of such inspection, or a lien shall be placed upon the dwelling.

Requires the publication of the number of veterans or surviving spouses of veterans on certain housing waiting lists.

Requires the New York City Housing Authority to create policies regarding administrative procedures that conform with Title 42 Sections 13661-13662 of the United States Code and any relevant guidance developed by the Office of Public and Indian Housing of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development with respect to proceedings involving decisions of the Authority.

Reduces the amount of time funds approved for rental assistance shall be available if payment cannot be made directly to such landlord or owner from 180 to 90 days; reduces the amount of time a landlord or owner has to provide necessary information or documentation to receive COVID-19 rental assistance payments from 180 to 90 days.

Establishes uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing.

Requires the inspection of non-fireproof buildings every three years; requires compliance with the New York property maintenance code; requires those dwellings not in compliance with such code at the time of inspection to make repairs or improvements necessary to comply with such standards within six months of such inspection, or a lien shall be placed upon the dwelling.

Requires a uniform process for considering applications to purchase condominiums or cooperatives.

Directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal to require housing quality standards inspections of Section 8 housing when a tenant moves out or vacates.

Relates to increasing the maximum civil penalty from $500 to $1000 per day per property for each day the mortgagee or agent of the mortgagee has been in violation.

Relates to increasing the maximum civil penalty from $500 to $1000 per day per property for each day the mortgagee or agent of the mortgagee has been in violation.

Relates to certain duties of a board of directors of a mutual housing company; prohibits certain mutual housing companies from voluntarily dissolving during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.

Requires entities responsible for the provision of vital services to coordinate and work expeditiously to restore service whenever such service is interrupted; includes gas as a vital service.

Authorizes the New York city council to oversee the activities of the New York city housing authority.

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects.

Relates to requiring annual fair housing testing; defines fair housing testing; requires the attorney general to conduct yearly fair housing testing to ensure compliance with the human rights law.

Relates to reporting requirements regarding the obligation to affirmatively further fair housing.

Authorizes additional supervision and regulation of mutual companies relating to requiring members of a board of directors of a mutual company to complete training regarding the financial oversight, accountability and fiduciary responsibilities of a board member and the powers, functions and duties of a board of directors of a mutual company.

Establishes a New York Main Street development center in the division of housing and community renewal.

Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate public housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.

Prohibits any increase in the average monthly rental of a property by a limited-profit housing company unless the appropriate local housing agency certifies that there exists no recorded violations against such property or that all recorded violations have been cleared, corrected or abated, and that such company is maintaining all essential services required to be furnished.

Establishes a rental property registration; requires landlords of any rental property or rental unit to register electronically such rental property or unit with the local building department and update such registration biannually.

Relates to submitting and tracking complaints relating to housing conditions and making such information publicly available.

Exempts shareholders of cooperative housing corporations from new provisions of law prohibiting legal fees in connection with the operation or rental of a residential unit.

Relates to electronic lease regulations; provides such regulations shall include procedures regarding notification to tenants regarding affirmative consent.

Requires landlords to replace a lock on a tenant's dwelling door within 24 hours of an alleged domestic violence incident; provides civil penalties for violations in relation thereto.

Relates to temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy; permits a single ninety day extension for temporary certificates of compliance or occupancy; requires a civil penalty of $20,000 for any violation regarding certificates of compliance or occupancy.

Relates to sanitation services provided to the New York city housing authority; provides notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-114 of the administrative code of the city of New York, the New York city housing authority shall not be required to pay for sanitation services provided by the sanitation department of the city of New York.

Relates to renewal of a lease under the stabilization code promulgated by the real estate industry stabilization association; defines demolish.

Prohibits the owner of a building from declining to renew a lease to a tenant whose lease term started prior to the owner's purchase of the building on the grounds of occupancy by the owner or an immediate family member.

Incorporates provisions of the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program of 2021 into municipal corporation emergency rental assistance programs.

Requires a public housing authority to file in the office of the commissioner of housing and community renewal and with the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly a physical needs assessment every five years; defines "physical needs assessment".

Enacts the supplemental COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program of 2021; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Relates to discrimination against owners of specific breeds of dogs.

Regulates buyout agreements within rent regulated apartments between a landlord and current tenant, and provides penalties for harassment by a landlord.

Authorizes labor unions to work with the city of New York to finance the construction of affordable housing for its members.

Eliminates rent increases for structures due to major capital improvements in a city with a population of one million or more.

Establishes a rental assistance loan-to-grant program to assist landlords of small rental properties who have lost rental income due to the inability of the landlords' tenants to pay rent during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.

Relates to the New York city housing authority and mold remediation.

Relates to permitting certain rent increases for capital improvements to rent regulated buildings and apartments.

Relates to water contamination, lead paint and air quality testing in New York city housing authority buildings.

Imposes a fee on landlords who have residential dwelling units which remain vacant for a period greater than three months and deposits such fee into a fund to provide housing vouchers for homeless individuals.

Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act"; prevents the displacement of lower-income tenants in New York and preserves affordable housing by providing an opportunity for tenants to own or remain renters in the properties in which they reside.

Enacts the "fairness in cooperative homeownership act"; regulates the submission and determinations of applications for ownership of cooperative apartments.

Relates to requiring landlords of certain properties to furnish New York homes and community renewal with data pertaining to succession rights.

Establishes protection for senior citizens against unwarranted eviction; requires plaintiff/landlord to file an affidavit determining whether or not the respondent is a senior citizen and sets forth guidelines and procedures for a default eviction against a senior citizen, including representation of counsel; defines senior citizen as persons aged 62 or over for purposes of real property actions and proceedings law.

Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent, rent charged and paid by the tenant which is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommodation, upon the renewal of a lease; only allows the owner to make such adjustments upon a vacancy which is not the result of the failure of the owner to maintain a habitable residence.

Includes mixed residential and commercial property within the provisions of the affordable home ownership development program thus authorizing the affordable housing corporation to fund the construction or rehabilitation of housing that also contains a commercial retailing business.

Authorizes state of New York mortgage agency to purchase labor organization assisted forward commitment mortgages from banks; sets criteria for labor organization participation; requires them to guarantee up to twenty percent of outstanding indebtedness.

Expands the New York state low income housing tax credit program to certain one to four family residences, including a cooperative or a condominium unit.

Provides for an alternative hardship allowance for landlords in New York city rent controlled apartments which allows a hardship rent increase where a building's annual net income is less than 8.5 percent of the equalized assessed value.

Creates a task force on affordable housing lotteries.

Relates to the purchase of community land mortgages; defines a community land mortgage as a mortgage that is secured by a first lien on a leasehold estate in real property that is improved by a residential structure wherein title to the real property is retained by a not-for-profit housing company or housing development fund company; authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase community land mortgages from banks within the state; ensures not-for-profit housing remains as affordable housing.

Removes certain restrictions relating to the "immediate and compelling necessity" of the landlord on a landlord's ability in certain New York city apartments which are rent stabilized or rent controlled to recover possession of a housing accommodation for his own personal use and occupancy or for the use and occupancy of his or her immediate family.

Prohibits certain limited-profit housing companies from voluntarily dissolving or semi-privatizing during the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order 202 of 2020 in response to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

Relates to protecting the rights of current and converted Mitchell-Lama residents.

Relates to willful neglect of real property prevention.

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, a tenant or group of tenants, after proper notice to the landlord of the existence of a hazardous violation of housing codes and certification of the existence of such violation by the local agency charged with enforcement of housing codes, may contract for the repair of such condition and offset the price of such repair from his rental payments if the landlord fails to commence work to correct the condition within a certain period after notice is received.

Relates to prohibiting surcharges for the installation, removal or use of an air conditioning unit.

Relates to rent adjustments for major capital improvements.

Provides that no landlord shall deny access to a licensed professional engineer or licensed registered architect hired by any tenant or tenant association representing tenants of a multiple dwelling of six units or more for the purpose of conducting an inspection of a major capital improvement for which an application for a maximum rent adjustment has been filed by the landlord; provides that such inspection shall be conducted after notice to the landlord and during normal business hours; provides for the filing of such inspection report by such tenants with the New York city rent agency for consideration in such application's determination.

Relates to limited profit housing companies.

Provides that penalties may be levied against a person who intentionally withholds a housing accommodation from the market, including for the purpose of future co-operative conversion.

Requires that any disposition of land or buildings by the New York City Housing Authority be subject to and comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Requires companies aided by loans under Mitchell-Lama to notify tenants of such housing of the possibility of buyout from mortgages held which would potentially result in rent increases not later than twelve months prior to proposed dissolution; provides such notice shall inform tenants of the nature of the action, the date intended, the applicable laws and a summary of the potential consequences including expenses and rent increases which may be charged; requires the commissioner or supervising agency to prepare a report to be made available to the tenants of the project.

Relates to the standard of proof for determination of eligibility for public housing based upon remaining family member status.

Requires the New York city housing authority to provide adequate and reliable internet service for all housing authority residents.

Provides that upon sale or other conveyance of a limited-profit housing company project to an entity other than a new limited-profit housing company, reserve and surplus funds must be held in escrow by the new owner and dedicated solely to defraying the costs of major capital improvements; provides that no rental may be increased to cover the cost of a major capital improvement until such reserve and surplus funds have been exhausted.

Provides for the suspension of public assistance to owners of privately owned residential housing in NYC who are in violation of certain New York city department of housing preservation and development standards.

Establishes the affordable senior housing and services program to be administered by the housing trust fund corporation; such program shall provide payments, loans and grants for the reasonable and necessary expenses of creating, preserving or improving affordable senior housing which provides healthy aging services to residents.

Initiates a four-year moratorium on the dissolution of any urban rental Mitchell-Lama company and establishes a Mitchell-Lama housing program study.

Relates to surcharges assessed for the late filing of rent registration statements; provides that a late filing surcharge shall be one hundred dollars; provides that if the state division of housing and community renewal determines such late registration was willful the surcharge shall be one thousand dollars.

Relates to providing housing to eligible homeless families and eligible homeless individuals with a disability in certain housing developments; defines terms; requires owners and agents of certain housing developments to fill at least one of every five vacancies in each building with an eligible homeless family or eligible homeless individual with a disability.

Provides for the declaration of housing emergencies for rental housing accommodations located in buildings owned by certain limited-profit housing companies.

Relates to prohibiting charges or rent increases for the installation of certain air conditioners and other appliances by tenants; prohibits charges, surcharges or rent increases for air conditioners acquired and/or installed by the tenant or for washing machines, dryers, and dishwashers acquired and installed by the tenant; authorizes landlords to charge a one-time de minimis fee for installation of an appliance by him or herself or his or her agent.

Prohibits upon the vacancy of an unsold condominium or cooperative dwelling unit, the rental of such unit unless the original offering plan provided for such rental and a majority of the members of the condominium or cooperative agree thereto; generally requires the sale of such units.

Relates to prohibiting the rent guidelines board from increasing rents on one year leases during a state disaster emergency.

Prohibits the eviction of tenants for using medical marihuana for a certified medical use.

Defines "probable aggregate annual income" for purposes of determining eligibility for limited profit and limited dividend housing companies, as the annual net income after federal, state and municipal income taxes are deducted from gross income of the chief wage earner.

Relates to eliminating the price index of operating costs as a factor in determining rent increases by the rent guidelines board.

Modifies certain eligibility requirements and extends the time period for the payment of arrears for certain taxes.

Provides that tenants shall be offered the option of a one, two, three or four year renewal lease.

Requires that the board of directors or board of managers of a converted cooperative or condominium, as the case may be, must be comprised of a majority of members elected by shareholders or owners in occupancy so that control of the converted cooperative or condominium is turned over to the unit owners as soon as possible; applies only to plans of 20 or more units.

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe for the translation of legal forms and applications in languages other than English, as long as such language is spoken by at least one percent of the population.

Requires the New York city housing authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant domestic violence victims the same preference as granted to any other class of applicants.

Enacts a bill of rights for owners of residential condominium units to provide fair and equitable treatment of all unit owners; directs the attorney general to promulgate a handbook summary of the rights of unit owners vis-a-vis condominium associations and the procedures and processes available to unit owners to enforce such rights.

Relates to certain adjusted rents under the participation loan program; provides that rehabilitated rent control and rent stabilized units shall have adjusted rents determined in accordance with such programs.

Relates to the definition of floor area and what is excluded in the measurement of floor area.

Defines, for purposes of the Mitchell-Lama housing projects, "essential services" which landlords in limited-profit housing companies are obligated to provide and requires that any authorized maximum average monthly rental increase shall be conditioned on the continued maintenance of such defined services.

Requires annual inspections for any increase in rent due to a major capital improvement.

Relates to the permitted voluntary dissolution of a mutual company.

Relates to rent history and rent registration; removes the statute of limitations on certain rent regulation violations.

Eliminates rent increase for major capital improvements.

Relates to the supervision of certain limited profit housing companies.

Relates to information available pertaining to rental histories of rent stabilized units through FOIL applications by the NYS division of housing and community renewal.

Extends the answer time in proceedings before the division of housing and community renewal to 90 days.

Requires a Mitchell-Lama cooperative seeking to dissolve to offer cooperators who may not be able to afford the increased carrying charges the opportunity to sell.

Relates to the installation of radiator covers.

Requires landlords to furnish each tenant either renewing or entering into a lease with a rider describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants; further requires the rider to conform to the intent of section 5-702 of the general obligations law.

Authorizes localities to establish administrative proceedings for the enforcement of state and local housing maintenance codes; permits administratively imposed penalties to be docketed and enforced in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action without further judicial proceedings.

Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not occupy the housing accommodation as his or her primary residence.

Reduces the period of notice required to be given when a written demand for rent is served on a tenant after the tenant has defaulted in the payment of rent and the period of notice to be given serving a warrant issued pursuant to a final judgment of eviction from fourteen days to seven days.

Reregulates units that were illegally deregulated from rent control or rent stabilization.

Requires non-preferential opportunity for use of amenities in certain buildings and apartments.

Relates to voting, election and referendum procedures; requirements regarding mutual housing companies considering dissolution and/or reconstitution; duties of a board of directors of a limited-profit housing company; prohibits certain limited-profit housing companies from voluntarily dissolving during the state disaster emergency declared in response to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Authorizes additional supervision and regulation of limited-profit housing companies relating to requiring members of a board of directors of a limited-profit housing company to complete training regarding the financial oversight, accountability and fiduciary responsibilities of a board member and the powers, functions and duties of a board of directors of a limited-profit housing company.

Relates to establishing an obligation to affirmatively further fair housing by state departments, agencies or offices administering housing laws or housing programs and by any localities receiving state funds to administer programs and activities related to housing.

Provides for including uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces in the definition of "family member" in relation to regulations pertaining to rights of family members to succeed in certain cases to the rights of certain tenants.

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects.

Authorizes the New York city council to oversee the activities of the New York city housing authority.

Relates to the collection of charges for heat-related residential utility service.

Requires owners to provide essential services and habitability for interim multiple dwelling units; allows occupants of interim multiple dwelling units to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Relates to the definition of income for the purposes of the private housing finance law.

Relates to the installation or use of solar power systems within a homeowners' association.

Extends the authority of the local housing agency in New York city to restructure rents in certain residential buildings.

Relates to the management of buildings for which administrators have been appointed.

Extends expiration of authority granted to the department of housing preservation and development of the city of New York to restructure rents of dwelling units in buildings foreclosed upon by the federal government.

Changes the date in calendar year 2022 when the local legislative body of a city having a population of one million or more may determine the continuation of the emergency; provides that to ensure sufficient time to complete the survey in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the date by which such determination shall be made by the local legislative body in calendar year 2022 shall be postponed until July 1, 2022.

Relates to the construction of single-family modular and manufactured housing purchased and sited on land owned by banks.

Establishes an affordable housing five-year capital plan.

Extends the authority of the local housing agency in New York city to restructure rents in certain residential buildings.

Extends the existing authority of the local housing agency in the city of New York, the department of housing preservation and development until June 30, 2024 to restructure rents for housing development fund companies that have purchased and are rehabilitating occupied multiple dwellings.

Extends certain provisions relating to small loans to owners of multiple dwellings to remove substandard or insanitary conditions.

Increases the bonding authority of the New York City housing development corporation.

Relates to establishing an obligation to affirmatively further fair housing by state departments, agencies or offices administering housing laws or housing programs and by any localities receiving state funds to administer programs and activities related to housing.

Relates to affordable housing corporation grants by increasing the amount that can be granted to a high cost project.

Establishes a public housing construction and preservation fund for the city of New York.

Eliminates unreasonable fees levied on tenants for reproductions of keys by preventing landlords from charging tenants more than 110% of the actual cost for the reproduction of such keys.

Relates to the installation or use of solar power systems within a homeowners' association.

Requires notification of tenants for impending conversions and bona fide offers to purchase to include the rights and responsibilities of tenants issued with the original lease.

Requires notification of tenants in their native language of impending conversions and bona fide offers to purchase.