What's happening
This bill requires New York State to reimburse domestic violence shelters for the extra cost of housing single adults in double rooms due to lack of shelter capacity.
Why it matters
Addresses a shelter gap for single adults. By ensuring reimbursement when single adults are placed in double rooms, the bill recognizes and responds to capacity shortages that can leave vulnerable individuals without safe shelter.
Helps shelters remain financially stable. Domestic violence shelters often operate on tight budgets; this reimbursement prevents them from absorbing extra costs, allowing them to maintain services and avoid financial strain when forced to use rooms less efficiently.
Supports more flexible shelter placements. The measure encourages shelters to house eligible single adults even when only double-occupancy rooms are available, potentially reducing wait times and homelessness among survivors.
Signals state prioritization of domestic violence survivors. By mandating state reimbursement, New York demonstrates a policy commitment to meeting the needs of all survivors, not just families, promoting more equitable access to shelter resources.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
9078
IN ASSEMBLY
January 18, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to state reimbursement for payment differentials for housing eligible single adults at domestic violence shelters
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-130.1 to read as follows:
§ 21-130.1 Shelter reimbursement for housing eligible single adults. Any residential program for victims of domestic violence, as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law, which provides temporary housing assistance to a single individual who meets such program's necessary eligibility requirements, shall be reimbursed by the state for any payment differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy in order to address a system-wide lack of shelter capacity for single adults.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13419-02-7
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