2023-2024 session: change session
Housing bills
Bills on rent regulation, tenant protections, housing construction, homeownership programs and property taxation. They go through the Senate Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee and the Assembly Housing and Real Property Taxation Committees.
Highest impact
Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score
Require EV Chargers in Construction
This bill requires most new buildings with off-street parking in New York to include electric vehicle charging stations and EV-ready parking spaces, with exceptions for affordable housing.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into lawStrengthen Rent Regulation Rules
This bill strengthens rent regulation and tenant protections in New York by clarifying rules on apartment combinations, fraud, and registration enforcement.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into lawInvest in Affordable, Efficient Housing
This bill expands and updates New York’s housing laws to allow grants, climate resiliency improvements, and greater flexibility in affordable housing financing and oversight.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into lawProtect Victims of Deed Theft
This bill strengthens protections for victims of real property theft by allowing court stays and easier voiding of fraudulent property transfers.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into lawStrengthen Tenant Rent Protections
This bill amends rent stabilization laws to change how rents are set for combined or altered units, update substantial rehabilitation rules, and clarify the fraud exception for deregulation cases.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into lawRegulate Short-Term Rentals
This bill creates statewide regulations, registration, and tax requirements for short-term residential rentals and booking services in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into lawIncrease Housing Bond Limit
This bill increases the New York State Housing Finance Agency's bonding authority from $31.28 billion to $34.38 billion.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0%Fix Rent Record Rules
This bill applies the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019's rent calculation and recordkeeping standards retroactively and prospectively to rent stabilized apartments, clarifying how…
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0%Regulate Short-Term Rentals
This bill creates statewide rules requiring the registration, regulation, tax collection, and data sharing for short-term residential rental units and booking services in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·Companion signed
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeCompanion signedLimit Smart Entry Data Use
This bill regulates the use, data collection, privacy, and security requirements for smart access entry systems in New York residential buildings.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0%
Most likely to pass
Bills not yet signed or vetoed, by Passage score.
Increase Housing Bond Limit
This bill increases the New York State Housing Finance Agency's bonding authority from $31.28 billion to $34.38 billion.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0%Fix Rent Record Rules
This bill applies the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019's rent calculation and recordkeeping standards retroactively and prospectively to rent stabilized apartments, clarifying how…
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0%Limit Smart Entry Data Use
This bill regulates the use, data collection, privacy, and security requirements for smart access entry systems in New York residential buildings.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0%Protect Homeowners from Foreclosure
This bill establishes the Homeowner Protection Program to fund free legal and housing counseling services for New York homeowners facing threats to homeownership.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0%Increase Penalties for Landlords
This bill increases penalties for landlords who overcharge rent-stabilized tenants, raising fines to five times the overcharge for a first offense and ten times for subsequent offenses.
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0%Cap Delinquent Tax Interest Rates
This bill caps the interest rate on delinquent residential property tax payments at the prime rate, with a 2-16% per annum range, starting in 2025.
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0%- A2192Assembly
Ban Reporting Late Rent
This bill prohibits landlords from reporting late rent payments to consumer reporting agencies in New York State.
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0% Increase Housing Bond Limit
This bill increases the New York State Housing Finance Agency's bonding authority from $31.2 billion to $34.3 billion.
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0%
Recently signed or vetoed
Add Farm Voice to Code Council
This bill adds a representative for agricultural producers to the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawErie Fiber Optic Tax Break
This bill exempts municipal fiber optic broadband infrastructure in Erie County from property taxes for two years and sets workplace standards for related projects.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Vetoed
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeVetoedProperty Tax Break for Rescuers
This bill allows East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad members to qualify for a real property tax exemption.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawReplace Old Mobile Homes
This bill creates a program to fund the replacement of old, dilapidated mobile and manufactured homes in New York with new, energy-efficient homes for low- to moderate-income residents.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Vetoed
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeVetoedProperty Tax Relief After Disasters
The Climate Change Property Tax Relief Act allows local governments to offer property tax abatements to homeowners whose properties are damaged by major or local disasters.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into lawRequire EV Chargers in Construction
This bill requires most new buildings with off-street parking in New York to include electric vehicle charging stations and EV-ready parking spaces, with exceptions for affordable housing.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into lawOnline Training for Inspectors
This bill requires code enforcement training programs to offer online, flexible, self-paced options for code enforcement personnel.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawTax Break for Ocean Rescuers
This bill allows enrolled members of Southampton Village Ocean Rescue to qualify for real property tax exemptions, pending local approval.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law