What's happening
The bill excludes certain income earned by children and full-time students from household income calculations for public housing eligibility.
Why it matters
Makes it easier for families with working children or full-time student members to qualify for public housing. by not counting most of that income toward eligibility, helping more families access affordable housing.
Encourages youth and students in public housing households to work or pursue education. without jeopardizing their family's housing eligibility, supporting both economic mobility and educational attainment.
Reduces financial pressure on low-income families. by allowing them to retain more of their children’s or student members’ earnings, potentially improving household stability and well-being.
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Ignore Kids’ Wages for Rent
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Sponsors
29 Co-sponsors
- Aravella Simotas
- Jo Anne Simon
- Michael Blake
- Erik Dilan
- Linda Rosenthal
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
- Deborah Glick
- Alicia Hyndman
- Carmen De La Rosa
- Richard Gottfried
- Anthony D'Urso
- Rebecca Seawright
- Phil Steck
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Monica P. Wallace
- Tremaine Wright
- Ron Castorina Jr.
- Inez E. Dickens
- Earlene Hooper
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- William Colton
- Clifford Crouch
- Charles Lavine
- Joseph Errigo
- Jose Rivera
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- N. Nick Perry
History
- Referred to housing
- Referred to housing
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Don’t Count Kids’ Income
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor David Carlucci
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STATE OF NEW YORK
269
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 5, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE, SIMOTAS, SIMON, BLAKE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to income from employment of children
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 156 of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
a. for persons or families of low income whose probable aggregate annual income during the period of occupancy does not exceed six times the rental (including the value or cost to them of heat, light, water and cooking fuel) of the dwellings to be furnished such persons or families, except that in the case of persons or families with four or more dependents, such ratio shall not exceed seven to one; in calculating annual income, social security payments and income received from pension funds by any person sixty-two years of age or more shall be excluded up to a total maximum amount of seventy-five dollars per month; income from employment of children, including foster children, under the age of eighteen years and income from each full-time student eighteen years of age or older, excluding the head of household and spouse, earning in excess of four hundred eighty dollars per month shall be excluded in calculating household income;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00577-01-7
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