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- Signed chap.414
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.493
- Substituted for A7473
- Referred to housing
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.172
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- Referred to housing, construction and community development
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Extends certain provisions of law relating to rent regulated properties owned by the federal government
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Vito Lopez
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Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 253 of the laws of 2004, amending the private housing finance law relating to rehabilitated multiple dwellings acquired and reconveyed by the federal government, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
Summary of provisions
Chapter 253 of the Laws of 2004 granted a department of housing preservation and development in a city having a population of one million or more the authority to restructure the rents of dwelling units in buildings acquired by the federal government as the result of foreclosure of a mortgage loan insured or held by the federal government. The restructuring authority was conditioned upon the properties being rehabilitated, and is scheduled to expire on July 27, 2009. This bill extends this authority to June 30, 2014.
Reasons for support
The federal 203(k) home mortgage scandal left approximately 500 small homes, tenements and brownstones in New York City facing foreclosure because the properties were bought and resold at inflated prices with owners in many instances pocketing the money that was intended for necessary repairs.
The Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) have been undertaking a joint effort to rehabilitate and transfer these buildings to qualified owners. HUD has agreed to contribute $130 million in federal money toward the rehabilitation cost.
The ability to restructure rents following the rehabilitation of a building is necessary for the operation of an affordable housing development. It is essential that sufficient building income exist to pay the maintenance, operating costs and debt service of a multiple dwelling or small home. Rent restructuring authority currently exists in every rehabilitation statute found in the New York State Private Housing Finance Law. Such authority is conditioned however, upon the rehabilitation being financed by City capital funding. In the instance of the 203(k) properties, the rehabilitation financing is Federal. This legislation would extend the ability to restructure rents for 203(k) properties to June 30, 2014.
Permitting these troubled properties to be eligible for rent restructuring is essential in order for these buildings to be a source of affordable housing for the residents of the City of New York.
Accordingly, the Mayor urges the earliest possible favorable consideration of this proposal by the Legislature.
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