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This bill establishes a grant program to support resident assistance in affordable independent senior housing, promoting healthy, independent living for low-income seniors.
Why it matters
Targets seniors with the greatest financial need. by focusing on independent living properties where at least 80% of residents are low-income (household incomes below 60% of area median), ensuring the program serves the most economically vulnerable older adults.
Designs support to extend independence, not replace it. the assistance provided is specifically intended to promote healthy, autonomous living without crossing into care that would require licensing as an adult care or assisted living facility, maintaining residents’ independence and avoiding regulatory complications.
Balances urban and rural needs. by requiring that 60% of grant funds go to urban projects and 40% to rural ones, addressing disparities in access to senior support services across different types of communities.
Requires stakeholder input and transparency. before grants are awarded, mandating the Department of Health to consult with various groups and issue written findings on whether proposed assistance fits within the program’s scope, which could help ensure the program is responsive, appropriate, and avoids unintended regulatory burdens.
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Help for Senior Housing
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Sponsors
10 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Print number 10017a
- Amend and recommit to housing
- Referred to housing
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Help for Senior Housing
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Betty Little
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10017--A
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, ROZIC, SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to establishing an affordable independent senior housing assistance program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new article 29 to read as follows:
ARTICLE XXIX
AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Section 1260. Affordable independent senior housing assistance program.
§ 1260. Affordable independent senior housing assistance program. 1. Establishment. The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, shall develop an affordable independent senior housing assistance program, which shall provide grants within amounts appropriated or otherwise available therefor to affordable independent senior housing properties to establish and operate resident assistance programs. The grants shall be distributed by the commissioner of health.
2. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "affordable independent senior housing property" shall mean apartment buildings or apartment complexes occupied by individuals over sixty years of age, who live independently and at least eighty percent of whom have a total household income that does not exceed sixty percent of the area median income; and
(b) "resident assistance" shall mean support offered to residents of affordable independent senior housing properties to help promote healthy living by extending independence and improving quality of life.
3. Assistance. Resident assistance shall be determined by the commissioner of health; provided however, that the provision of such assistance shall not include any services or assistance that requires the property to be licensed as an adult care facility pursuant to article seven of the social services law or an assisted living residence pursu-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14848-03-8
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ant to article forty-six-B of the public health law. Prior to issuing any grants pursuant to this article, the department of health shall solicit input from various stakeholders to determine what would constitute assistance to ensure that such assistance would not require such licensure. A summary of such input and the determination by the department of health as to whether the assistance provided by the grant applicant would require licensure as an adult care facility or assisted living residence shall be in writing and shared with the various stakeholders prior to the approval of any grants pursuant to this section.
4. Allocation. Sixty percent of the total funds awarded pursuant to this article in any fiscal year shall be allocated to projects located in urban areas of the state, as such term is defined in subdivision four of section twelve hundred thirty-one of this chapter. Forty percent of the total funds awarded pursuant to this article in any fiscal year shall be allocated to projects located in rural areas of the state, as such term is defined in subdivision three of section twelve hundred thirty-one of this chapter. Any funds appropriated or otherwise available therefor for the program may be transferred to the department of health. A portion of any amounts appropriated or otherwise available therefor may be used by the commissioner of health to administer the program.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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