S2707 - DHCR Housing Development Funding Portal Bill

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      S2707

2025-2026 Legislative Session Requires DHCR to develop a common application and web portal for certain funding, tax credits, loans, and grants for housing development

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Rachel May

(D, WF) 48th Senate District

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Robert Jackson

(D, WF) 31st Senate District

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Law Section: Public Housing Law Laws Affected: Add §14-a, Pub Hous L Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session: S7869

2025-S2707

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          - Summary

Requires DHCR to develop a common application and web portal for certain funding, tax credits, loans, and grants for housing; requires such application to be available upon request from relevant state agencies; requires such web portal to be manageable by relevant state agencies; makes relevant provisions.

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        - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER: S2707

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the
commissioner of housing and community renewal to develop a common appli-
cation and web portal for certain funding, tax credits, loans, and
grants for housing development

 
PURPOSE:

To streamline the housing assistance application process through the
creation of a shared web portal

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes that the commissioner will create a common appli-
cation for housing assistance in collaboration with other state agencies
the commissioner deems necessary

Section 2 establishes the effective date of the bill
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      - Bill Text [download pdf](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/s2707)

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K

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                               2707

                    2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                         I N  S E N A T E

                         January 22, 2025
                            ___________

Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development

AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the
commissioner of housing and community renewal to develop a common
application and web portal for certain funding, tax credits, loans,
and grants for housing development

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
14-a to read as follows:
§ 14-A. HOUSING ASSISTANCE APPLICATION AND WEB PORTAL. 1. THE COMMIS-
SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY THAT THE COMMISSION-
ER DEEMS NECESSARY, SHALL CAUSE TO BE DEVELOPED A COMMON APPLICATION AND
WEB PORTAL WITH WHICH A BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION MAY APPLY FOR AND
MANAGE ANY FUNDING, TAX CREDIT, LOAN, OR GRANT FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
THAT SUCH BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE STATE, AND THAT IS CAPABLE OF MEETING ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SECTION.
2. (A) THE COMMON APPLICATION DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
BE MADE AVAILABLE TO A BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION UPON REQUEST FROM A
STATE AGENCY THAT GRANTS FUNDING, TAX CREDITS, LOANS, OR GRANTS FOR
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF BEING
COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED BY AN APPLICANT ON THE WEB PORTAL CREATED PURSU-
ANT TO THIS SECTION.
(B) THE WEB PORTAL REQUIRED TO BE DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE BY ANY STATE AGENCY REQUIRED TO ADMINISTER ANY FUND-
ING, TAX CREDIT, LOAN, OR GRANT FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED OF SUCH
STATE AGENCY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE, AND ANY SUCH FUNDING, TAX
CREDIT, LOAN, OR GRANT FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE MADE CAPABLE OF
ADMINISTRATION THROUGH SUCH WEB PORTAL.

EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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