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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S10503 Summary: BILL NO S10503 &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR BOTTCHER &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add Art 28 §§1240 - 1247, Priv Hous Fin L &nbsp Establishes the pro-housing communities incentive fund to provide incentive payments to municipalities based on the number of eligible new housing units produced within such municipality.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

10503

IN SENATE

May 15, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to estab- lishing the pro-housing communities incentive fund; and making an appropriation therefor

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new 2 article 28 to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 28 4 PRO-HOUSING COMMUNITIES INCENTIVE FUND 5 Section 1240. Definitions. 6 1241. Establishment of fund. 7 1242. Incentive payments. 8 1243. Permitted uses of funds. 9 1244. Certification and reporting. 10 1245. Anti-displacement and anti-gaming provisions. 11 1246. Bonus for certified pro-housing communities. 12 1247. Annual report. 13 § 1240. Definitions. For the purposes of this article: 14 1. "Corporation" means the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corpo- 15 ration. 16 2. "Municipality" means any city, town, or village. 17 3. "Net new housing unit" means a dwelling unit that: 18 (a) receives a certificate of occupancy, temporary certificate of 19 occupancy, or equivalent local authorization on or after the effective 20 date of this article; 21 (b) increases the total number of lawful dwelling units within the 22 municipality; and 23 (c) does not merely replace a dwelling unit that was demolished, 24 converted, or otherwise eliminated, except as otherwise provided for 25 deeply affordable, supportive, or public housing replacement. 26 4. "Eligible housing unit" means a net new housing unit, including but 27 not limited to:

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15840-01-6

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1 (a) rental housing; 2 (b) homeownership housing; 3 (c) affordable housing; 4 (d) supportive housing; 5 (e) senior housing; 6 (f) accessory dwelling units; 7 (g) conversions from nonresidential to residential use; 8 (h) mixed-use development containing residential units; and 9 (i) public housing, Mitchell-Lama housing, or other publicly assisted 10 housing. 11 § 1241. Establishment of fund. There is hereby established the pro- 12 housing communities incentive fund, to be administered by the corpo- 13 ration. Subject to appropriation, the fund shall provide incentive 14 payments to municipalities based on the number of eligible net new hous- 15 ing units produced within such municipality. 16 § 1242. Incentive payments. 1. For each eligible net new housing unit, 17 the corporation shall provide the municipality with an incentive payment 18 of: 19 (a) ten thousand dollars per net new housing unit; 20 (b) fifteen thousand dollars per net new affordable housing unit 21 affordable to households earning up to eighty percent of area median 22 income; 23 (c) twenty thousand dollars per net new deeply affordable, supportive, 24 public housing, or formerly homeless housing unit; 25 (d) five thousand dollars per net new accessory dwelling unit. 26 2. The corporation may adjust such amounts annually based on available 27 appropriations and regional housing need. 28 § 1243. Permitted uses of funds. 1. Funds awarded under this article 29 may be used by a municipality for any lawful municipal purpose, includ- 30 ing but not limited to: 31 (a) sewer, water, school, park, street, transit, and public realm 32 infrastructure; 33 (b) planning, zoning, environmental review, and building department 34 staffing; 35 (c) affordable housing preservation or production; 36 (d) code enforcement; 37 (e) public safety and emergency services; 38 (f) climate resilience and green infrastructure; 39 (g) property tax relief; and 40 (h) community facilities. 41 2. Funds shall not be required to be spent directly on the housing 42 development that generated the award. 43 3. If eligible claims exceed available appropriations, the corporation 44 may prorate payments, with priority given to affordable housing, 45 supportive housing, public housing, and municipalities in regions with 46 severe housing shortages. 47 § 1244. Certification and reporting. 1. Each municipality seeking 48 payment shall submit an annual certification to the corporation identi- 49 fying: 50 (a) the number of eligible net new housing units produced; 51 (b) the type and affordability level of such units; 52 (c) the location of such units; 53 (d) the number of dwelling units demolished, converted, or eliminated 54 during the same period; and 55 (e) any local zoning or permitting actions taken to facilitate housing 56 production.

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1 2. The corporation shall verify such certifications using certificates 2 of occupancy, building permit data, local assessment rolls, and any 3 other relevant state or local data. 4 § 1245. Anti-displacement and anti-gaming provisions. 1. No payment 5 shall be made for a housing unit if the corporation determines that the 6 municipality or applicant has artificially created eligibility through: 7 (a) demolition of existing occupied housing without replacement; 8 (b) conversion of rent-regulated, affordable, supportive, Mitchell- 9 Lama, public, or other protected housing into market-rate housing; 10 (c) temporary or sham dwelling unit classifications; or 11 (d) failure to comply with applicable fair housing, environmental, 12 labor, or tenant protection laws. 13 2. Where new housing replaces demolished or converted housing, incen- 14 tive payments shall be made only for the net increase in lawful dwelling 15 units, except where the replacement housing provides greater affordabil- 16 ity or deeper public benefit as determined by the corporation. 17 § 1246. Bonus for certified pro-housing communities. 1. A municipality 18 that has been designated by the state as a pro-housing community shall 19 receive a twenty-five percent bonus on all payments under this article. 20 2. A municipality that fails to submit required housing production 21 data shall be ineligible for payments until such data is submitted. 22 § 1247. Annual report. 1. The corporation shall publish an annual 23 report including: 24 (a) the payments made to each municipality; 25 (b) the number of units produced by municipality; 26 (c) the number of affordable units produced; 27 (d) the number of units demolished or lost; 28 (e) the regional distribution of awards; and 29 (f) the corporation's recommendations for improving the program. 30 2. The report shall be delivered to the governor, the temporary presi- 31 dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of 32 the senate and the minority leader of the assembly by December thirty- 33 first of each year. 34 § 2. Appropriation. The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars 35 ($250,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro- 36 priated to the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation out of any 37 moneys in the state treasury in the general fund not otherwise appropri- 38 ated, and made immediately available, for the purpose of carrying out 39 the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit 40 and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the 41 commissioner of housing and community renewal in the manner prescribed 42 by law. 43 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to housing 44 units receiving a certificate of occupancy on or after January first 45 next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

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