What's happening
This bill gives preference in the affordable home ownership development program to service-related disabled veterans in New York.
Why it matters
Expands eligibility for affordable housing assistance. to include service-related disabled veterans, not just the lowest income households, potentially broadening the reach of the program to a distinct group with significant needs.
Defines "service related disabled veteran" with clear criteria. , ensuring that only those with at least a 40% disability rating (from the VA or Department of Defense) and honorable military service qualify, which adds specificity and prevents misuse.
May improve home ownership opportunities for veterans facing barriers. due to disabilities acquired during service, addressing both economic and social reintegration challenges many disabled veterans experience.
Signals a policy shift that recognizes military service and sacrifice. as a factor in public housing priorities, which could set a precedent for other areas of veteran support in New York.
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Who cares
Service-related disabled veterans buying homes
The bill would extend an affordable home ownership development program preference to households whose buyer meets its service and honorable-discharge requirements and has a line-of-duty disability rating of at least 40 percent.
Lowest-income households
The bill would add qualifying disabled-veteran households as an alternative to serving the region’s lowest-income households under the amended preference criterion.
Affordable home ownership developers
Projects serving qualifying disabled-veteran home buyers could satisfy the amended preference criterion without meeting its lowest-income and long-term affordability conditions.
State housing program administrators
The division would have to issue rules governing documentation of qualifying veterans’ service-related disabilities.
Headline styles
Prioritize Disabled Veterans for Homes
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Held for consideration in housing
- Print number 4598a
- Amend and recommit to housing
- 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.
Prioritize Disabled Veterans Housing
In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor Michael H. Ranzenhofer
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4598--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, WALSH, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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 preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for service related disabled veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the private housing finance law, as amended by chapter 898 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Serve the lowest income households in the applicable region and is designed to continue to be affordable to such households for a substantial period of time[.] or serve households in which the home buyer is a service related disabled veteran.
For purposes of this section, "service related disabled veteran" shall mean a person (i) who served in the active military, naval, or air service, or who was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal, marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism expeditionary medal, and who was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, (ii) has been awarded a disability rating of forty percent or higher from the federal veteran's administration or from the United States department of defense, where that disability was incurred in line of duty in the active military, naval or air service, as documented according to rules and regulations to be promulgated by the division.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01743-03-0
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