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- Signed chap.366
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.212
- Substituted for A6354B
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.5
- Referred to rules
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Relates to preventing housing discrimination against victims of domestic violence; repealer
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5
Title of bill
An act to amend the real property law and the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to prohibiting discrimination in housing based upon domestic violence status and establishing a task force to study the impact of source of income on access to housing
Summary of bill
This bill would amend the Real Property Law to add a new Section 227-d, which would prohibit discrimination against domestic violence victim status in housing. A violation of this prohibition would be a misdemeanor. This bill would also allow for a civil action for a violation of the prohibition. It would also add a new Section 744 to the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law to, in a proceeding to recover possession of a residential unit, provide a defense that such proceeding is unlawfully based on a person's domestic violence victim status. An exemption would exist under both of these sections for a building that is owner occupied with two or fewer units. This bill would also create a task force to study the impact of source of income on access to housing.
Existing law
This bill would added protections that are available under the Real Property Law.
Statement in support
Discrimination against victims of domestic violence is almost always discrimination against women. Of all victims of domestic violence, 85% are women; an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of assault by an intimate partner each year, and about 1 in 4 women will experience intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. This bill would amend the Real Property Law to protect victims of domestic violence from discrimination when they attempt to rent or lease housing and provide victims of domestic violence a defense in eviction proceedings.
Budget implications
This bill has no budget implications for the State.
Effective date
This bill would take effect 90 days after enactment.
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