Bill Text: NY A02445 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a housing task force addressing affordable housing for millennials in suburban counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to housing [A02445 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02445-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2445
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Housing
        AN ACT to establish a housing task force addressing  affordable  housing
          for millennials in suburban counties
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. A housing task force  to  address  affordable  housing  for
     2  millennials  in suburban counties is hereby established. The role of the
     3  task force includes, but is not limited to:
     4    (a) facilitating interagency planning and policy;
     5    (b) reviewing specific agency initiatives for affordable  housing  for
     6  millennials ages 25 to 35;
     7    (c)  providing  a  continuing  forum  to  discuss  concerns and issues
     8  related to the formulation of state policy designed to help address this
     9  issue;
    10    (d) developing linkages and partnerships with housing  developers  and
    11  other  appropriate entities to address the problem of lack of affordable
    12  housing for millennials; and
    13    (e) identifying existing state initiatives that would aid in providing
    14  millennials with resources to find affordable housing.
    15    § 2. On or before two years after the effective date of this act,  the
    16  task  force shall issue its findings, any legislative recommendations or
    17  proposed state policy it deems  necessary  to  the  governor,  temporary
    18  president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the
    19  senate, and minority leader of the assembly.
    20    §  3. The task force shall consist of a total of ten members and shall
    21  be appointed as follows: one member shall be appointed by the department
    22  of homes and community renewal; one member shall  be  appointed  by  the
    23  department of economic development; one member shall be appointed joint-
    24  ly  by  the  housing  finance agency and the mortgage agency; one member
    25  shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; one  member
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  shall  be  appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one member shall be
     2  appointed by the senate housing, construction and community  development
     3  committee; one member shall be appointed by the assembly housing commit-
     4  tee;  and three members shall be appointed by the governor.  All members
     5  of the task force shall have experience in or  represent  the  following
     6  areas:  housing  providers  and  associations, real estate providers and
     7  associations, mortgage providers and associations and millennial consum-
     8  ers.
     9    § 4. The county executives from Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk  coun-
    10  ties  shall each select one of the members appointed in section three of
    11  this act, and such members shall constitute a sub-task force to focus on
    12  affordable housing for millennials in Westchester,  Nassau  and  Suffolk
    13  counties.
    14    §  5.  One  of  the appointments by the governor shall serve as chair-
    15  person of the task force.
    16    § 6. The members of the task force shall  serve  without  compensation
    17  and  the  empire  state development corporation shall be responsible for
    18  any expenses incurred by the task force.
    19    § 7. All departments, divisions, bureaus,  commissions,  districts  or
    20  agencies  of  the  state or any political subdivisions thereof shall, at
    21  the request of the chairperson, provide the task force with such facili-
    22  ties, assistance and data as will enable the task force to carry out its
    23  powers and duties.
    24    § 8. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    25  have become a law.