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A01481 Summary:

BILL NOA01481
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01766
 
SPONSORHunter
 
COSPNSRConrad
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal to require housing quality standards inspections of Section 8 housing when a tenant moves out or vacates.
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A01481 Actions:

BILL NOA01481
 
01/17/2023referred to housing
01/03/2024referred to housing
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A01481 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)




 
BILL NUMBER: A1481
 
SPONSOR: Hunter

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act directing the commissioner of housing and community renewal to
require certain housing quality standards inspections of Section 8 hous-
ing
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
This legislation will direct the commissioner of housing and community
renewal to require local administrators to conduct housing quality stan-
dards inspections after a tenant moves out of or vacates a unit.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1. Directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal to
require local administrators to conduct housing quality standards
inspections after a tenant moves out of or vacates a unit.
 
Section 2. Effective Date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Currently, section 8 housing units are mandated for inspection prior to
the tenant moving in. This legislation would increase quality control
and fairness for both landlords and tenants by mandating quality stand-
ards inspections after a tenant vacates a unit.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2021-22: A9752
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
 
TBD
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately
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A01481 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1481
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Housing
 
        AN  ACT  directing  the commissioner of housing and community renewal to
          require certain housing quality standards  inspections  of  Section  8
          housing
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Within ninety days of the effective date of this  act,  the
     2  commissioner of housing and community renewal shall amend the department
     3  of  housing  and  community  renewal's  Section 8 administrative plan to
     4  require a Section 8 local administrator to  conduct  a  housing  quality
     5  standards  inspection  of  a dwelling unit when a tenant moves out of or
     6  vacates such unit. Such inspection shall be in  addition  to  any  other
     7  required housing quality standards inspections.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05742-01-3
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