Source: http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S681A-2011
Timestamp: 2015-02-28 06:53:17
Document Index: 167059394

Matched Legal Cases: ['§31', 'Art 13', '§268', 'Art 12', '§320', '§261', '§7', '§20']

S681A-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Creates council on affordable housing within executive department and requires comprehensive planning and construction of low and moderate income housing - New York State Senate
Bill S681A-2011
Creates council on affordable housing within executive department and requires comprehensive planning and construction of low and moderate income housing
Creates a fair sharing housing act and a council on affordable housing within the executive department; provides for planning and construction of low and moderate income housing in accordance with regional considerations; provides that no municipality may enact any zoning regulation that would inhibit or make economically infeasible the development of affordable housing.
S681-2011 S681A-2011 Sponsor:PERALTA
Law: Amd §31, add Art 13-B §268, Exec L; add Art 12-A §§320 - 343, Pub Hous L; amd §§261, 263, 282, Town L; amd §§7-700, 7-704 & 7-740, Vil L; amd §20, Gen City L
Dec 16, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 681A
Dec 16, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
BILL NUMBER:S681ATITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, the public housing law, the town law, the village law and the general city law, in relation to creation of a fair share housing actSUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill provides for the:-Creation of a Council on Affordable Housing within the Executive Department and provides for the organization and duties thereof-Submission of a fair share housing plan by each municipality.-Transfer of up to 25% of a municipality's fair share obligation with another municipality within a housing region, via a regional contribution agreement.-Mediation and review by the Council, including the jurisdiction of litigation and presumption of validity.-Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, the State of New York Mortgage Agency, the Urban Development Corporation, and the Department of Social Services to the extent practicable and consistent with existing statutes and regulations, seek to award grants, loans, payments or subsidies to those municipalities whose housing elements have received substantive certification, or who have an approved regional contribution agreement.-Phase-in of fair share housing elements.-Annual reports by the Council.This bill also provides that no municipality may enact any zoning regulation which would inhibit or make economically infeasible the development of affordable housing, and provides that such regulations be enacted with regard to the general welfare of the regional community.EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER: Amends section 31 of the Executive Law by adding a new subdivision 11. Such law is further amended by adding a new article 12-A. Amends the Public Housing Law by further adding a new article XII, amends sections 261, 263, and 282 of the Town Law, sections 7-700, 704, & 740 of the Village Law, and subdivision 24 and 25 of section 20 of the General City Law.JUSTIFICATION: Throughout New York State, tens of thousands of families and senior citizens (of low and moderate incomes), are on waiting lists for affordable housing. Yet many private housing developers cannot meet their needs because excessive government regulations by many towns and villages have made such housing development unprofitable. Hence, many urban municipalities have had to provide a disproportionate and unfair share of such housing for the people in their greater metropolitan housing regions. Further, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has, in some cases, insisted that funding for such housing only be appropriated for suburban and exurban development.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2009-2010: S.4454 2007-2008: A.792FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Limited to administrative costs.EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect 180 days after it shall have become a law.
681--A
AN ACT to amend the executive law, the public housing law, the town law,
the village law and the general city law, in relation to creation of a
fair share housing act
Section 1. Section 31 of the executive law is amended by adding a  new
11. COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 13-B to read
SECTION 268. COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
S  268.  COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COUNCIL
ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF  ARTICLE
TWELVE-A  OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, SHALL BE THE HEAD OF THE COUNCIL ON
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SHALL HAVE AND EXERCISE ALL THE FUNCTIONS, POWERS
AND DUTIES VESTED IN HIM OR HER BY THAT OR ANY  OTHER  LAW.  THE  CHAIR-
PERSON OF THE COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHALL RECEIVE A SALARY TO BE
FIXED BY THE GOVERNOR WITHIN THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED THEREFOR.
S 3. The public housing law is amended by adding a new article 12-A to
SECTION 320. SHORT TITLE.
321. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
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322. LEGISLATIVE DECLARATIONS AND INTENTION.
323. DEFINITIONS.
324. COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING; CREATION.
325. COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING; ORGANIZATION.
326. COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING; DUTIES.
327. PROCEDURAL RULES.
328. NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUBMIT FAIR SHARE HOUSING PLAN.
329. HOUSING ELEMENT OF MUNICIPALITY.
330. HOUSING ELEMENT; PROVISION OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUS-
331. REGIONAL CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT.
332. CERTIFICATION OF HOUSING ELEMENT.
333. REVIEW OF PETITION.
334. MEDIATION AND REVIEW PROCESS BY COUNCIL.
335. JURISDICTION OF LITIGATION.
336. PRESUMPTION OF VALIDITY OF APPROVED HOUSING ELEMENT.
337. OBLIGATION TO EXHAUST REMEDIES.
338. FAILURE  OF  COUNCIL  TO  COMPLETE REVIEW PROCESS IN TIMELY
339. STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS.
340. MUNICIPALITY WITH SETTLEMENT IN EXCLUSIONARY  ZONING  LITI-
341. PHASE-IN  OF  OBLIGATION FOR FAIR SHARE OF LOW AND MODERATE
INCOME HOUSING; ORDER OF COURT.
342. PURCHASE, LEASE OR ACQUISITION BY GIFT OF REAL PROPERTY.
343. ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNCIL.
S 320. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE  CITED  AND
REFERRED TO AS THE "FAIR SHARE HOUSING ACT".
S  321. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS IT TO BE IN
THE INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE REGIONAL COMMUNITIES OF  NEW
YORK  STATE  TO INCREASE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE AND FEASIBLE THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO SECURE, CONSISTENT WITH THEIR  CHOICE
AND  MEANS,  ADEQUATE  HOUSING IN A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, WITHIN
CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THEIR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AND TO NECESSARY  COMMU-
NITY FACILITIES.
THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  THAT  DISCRIMINATORY  AND EXCLUSIONARY ZONING
REGULATIONS ENFORCED IN MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE  DENY  LARGE
NUMBERS  OF CITIZENS OF THIS STATE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE AND DECENT HOUSING
ACCOMMODATIONS. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS THAT  SUCH  ZONING  ABUSES
HINDER  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  RATIONAL  REGIONAL  PLANNING  AND  GROWTH;
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PERSONS OF MODERATE AND  LOW  INCOME;  INHIBIT  THE
ECONOMIC  OPPORTUNITIES OF PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BY DIRECTLY MAKING UNPROF-
ITABLE THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING;  AND  CREATE
AN  INEQUITABLE  DISTRIBUTION  OF  COSTS  TO  LOCAL  AREAS FOR PROVIDING
SERVICES TO CITIZENS OF THIS STATE.
THE LEGISLATURE THEREFORE DECLARES IT TO BE THE OBJECTIVE  AND  POLICY
OF  THE STATE TO PROHIBIT LOCAL ZONING REGULATIONS WHICH ARE DISCRIMINA-
TORY OR EXCLUSIONARY IN PURPOSE OR EFFECT, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE GREATER
DIVERSITY AND A BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES  THROUGHOUT
S   322.  LEGISLATIVE  DECLARATIONS  AND  INTENTION.  THE  LEGISLATURE
DECLARES THAT THE STATUTORY SCHEME SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE IS  IN  THE
PUBLIC INTEREST IN THAT IT COMPREHENDS A LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
PLANNING  MECHANISM IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND SOUND
PLANNING CONCEPTS. THE LEGISLATURE DECLARES THAT THE STATE'S  PREFERENCE
FOR  RESOLUTION  OF  EXISTING AND FUTURE DISPUTES INVOLVING EXCLUSIONARY
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ZONING IS THE MEDIATION AND REVIEW PROCESS CREATED IN THIS  ARTICLE  AND
NOT  LITIGATION, AND THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROVIDE
A LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION FOR ACHIEVING FAIR SHARE HOUSING.
S  323.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE THE FOLLOWING
WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS, UNLESS A  DIFFERENT
1.  "CONVERSION"  MEANS  THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL, INDUS-
TRIAL OR RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES FOR  LOW  AND  MODERATE  INCOME  HOUSING
PURPOSES  WHERE  A  SUBSTANTIAL  PERCENTAGE  OF  THE  HOUSING  UNITS ARE
PROVIDED FOR A REASONABLE INCOME RANGE OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSE-
2. "COUNCIL" MEANS THE COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  ESTABLISHED  IN
SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS ARTICLE, WHICH SHALL HAVE
PRIMARY JURISDICTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF  HOUSING  OBLIGATIONS  IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SOUND REGIONAL PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS WITHIN THE STATE.
3.  "DEVELOPMENT"  MEANS  ANY  DEVELOPMENT  OF REAL PROPERTY FOR WHICH
PERMISSION MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO LOCAL ZONING ORDINANCES.
4. "DIVISION" MEANS THE DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL
CREATED BY SECTION TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
5.  "EXCLUSIONARY  ZONING  LITIGATION"  MEANS  ACTIONS  OR PROCEEDINGS
BROUGHT IN A COURT  OF  COMPETENT  JURISDICTION  CHALLENGING  A  MUNICI-
PALITY'S  ZONING  AND  LAND  USE ORDINANCES ON THE BASIS THAT SUCH ORDI-
NANCES DO NOT MAKE REALISTICALLY POSSIBLE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN  APPRO-
PRIATE VARIETY AND CHOICE OF HOUSING FOR ALL CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE LIVING
WITHIN  THE  MUNICIPALITY'S  HOUSING  REGION, INCLUDING THOSE OF LOW AND
MODERATE INCOME, WHO MAY DESIRE TO LIVE IN THE MUNICIPALITY.
6. "HOUSING REGION" MEANS A GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF NOT LESS THAN  TWO  NOR
MORE  THAN  FIVE  CONTIGUOUS,  WHOLE  COUNTIES WHICH EXHIBIT SIGNIFICANT
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND INCOME SIMILARITIES, AND WHICH  CONSTITUTE  TO  THE
GREATEST  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE THE PRIMARY METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS
AS LAST DEFINED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU PRIOR TO  THE  EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
7.  "INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT" MEANS A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
IN WHICH A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF HOUSING UNITS ARE  PROVIDED  FOR  A
REASONABLE INCOME RANGE OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
8. "LOW INCOME HOUSING" MEANS HOUSING WHICH IS AFFORDABLE ACCORDING TO
THE  FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER RECOG-
NIZED STANDARDS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AND  RENTAL  COSTS  AND  OCCUPIED  OR
RESERVED FOR OCCUPANCY BY HOUSEHOLDS WITH A GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME EQUAL
TO FIFTY PERCENT OR LESS OF THE MEDIAN GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR HOUSE-
HOLDS OF THE SAME SIZE WITHIN THE HOUSING REGION IN WHICH THE HOUSING IS
9. "MODERATE INCOME HOUSING" MEANS HOUSING WHICH IS AFFORDABLE ACCORD-
ING  TO THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER
RECOGNIZED STANDARDS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL COSTS AND OCCUPIED OR
TO MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT BUT LESS THAN EIGHTY PERCENT  OF  THE  MEDIAN
GROSS  HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR HOUSEHOLDS OF THE SAME SIZE WITHIN THE HOUS-
ING REGION IN WHICH THE HOUSING IS LOCATED.
10. "PROSPECTIVE NEED" MEANS A PROJECTION OF HOUSING  NEEDS  BASED  ON
DEVELOPMENT  AND  GROWTH WHICH IS REASONABLY LIKELY TO OCCUR IN A REGION
OR MUNICIPALITY AS A  RESULT  OF  ACTUAL  DETERMINATION  OF  PUBLIC  AND
PRIVATE  ENTITIES.  IN DETERMINING PROSPECTIVE NEED, CONSIDERATION SHALL
BE GIVEN TO APPROVALS OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, REAL PROPERTY  TRANS-
FERS AND ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS.
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11.  "RESOLUTION  OF  PARTICIPATION"  MEANS  A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY A
MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE MUNICIPALITY PREPARES A FAIR  SHARE  PLAN  AND
HOUSING ELEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
S  324.  COUNCIL  ON  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING; CREATION. 1. THERE SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,  A  COUNCIL  ON  AFFORDABLE
HOUSING  TO  CONSIST  OF NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR; OF WHOM
FOUR SHALL BE ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS REPRESENTING  INTERESTS  OF  LOCAL
GOVERNMENT,    ONE  OF  WHOM SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF AN URBAN MUNICI-
PALITY HAVING A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF  SEVENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  PERSONS
AND  A POPULATION DENSITY IN EXCESS OF THREE THOUSAND PERSONS PER SQUARE
MILE, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF  THE  INTERESTS  OF  COUNTY
GOVERNMENT, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERESTS OF TOWN
GOVERNMENT,  AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERESTS OF
VILLAGE GOVERNMENT; FOUR SHALL REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF HOUSEHOLDS  IN
NEED  OF  LOW  AND  MODERATE  INCOME HOUSING, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL
REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE BUILDERS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUS-
ING, AND SHALL HAVE AN EXPERTISE  IN  LAND  USE  PRACTICES  AND  HOUSING
ISSUES;  AND  ONE  SHALL  BE  THE  COMMISSIONER, SERVING EX OFFICIO. THE
MEMBERSHIP SHALL BE BALANCED TO THE GREATEST  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE  AMONG
THE VARIOUS HOUSING REGIONS OF THE STATE.
2.  THE MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR TERMS OF SIX YEARS, EXCEPT THAT OF THE
MEMBERS FIRST APPOINTED, THREE SHALL SERVE  FOR  TERMS  OF  FOUR  YEARS,
THREE  FOR  TERMS  OF  FIVE YEARS, AND THREE FOR TERMS OF SIX YEARS. ALL
MEMBERS SHALL SERVE UNTIL THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED  AND
SHALL  HAVE  QUALIFIED.  VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS
THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS, BUT FOR THE REMAINDERS OF THE UNEXPIRED TERMS
3. THE MEMBERS, EXCLUDING THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL BE COMPENSATED AT  A
RATE  TO  BE  DETERMINED  BY THE GOVERNOR AND ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE REIM-
BURSED FOR ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN  THE  DISCHARGE  OF  THEIR
4.  THE  GOVERNOR SHALL NOMINATE THE MEMBERS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL DESIGNATE A MEMBER TO SERVE  AS
CHAIRPERSON  THROUGHOUT THE MEMBER'S TERM OF OFFICE AND UNTIL HIS OR HER
SUCCESSOR SHALL HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED.
5. ANY MEMBER MAY BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY THE GOVERNOR  FOR  MISCON-
DUCT  IN  OFFICE,  WILLFUL  NEGLECT OF DUTY, OR OTHER CONDUCT EVIDENCING
UNFITNESS FOR THE OFFICE, OR FOR INCOMPETENCE. A MEMBER OR  EMPLOYEE  OF
THE  COUNCIL  SHALL  AUTOMATICALLY FORFEIT HIS OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT UPON
S 325. COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING; ORGANIZATION. 1. THE COUNCIL MAY
ESTABLISH, AND FROM TIME TO TIME ALTER, SUCH PLAN OF ORGANIZATION AS  IT
MAY  DEEM  EXPEDIENT,  AND MAY INCUR EXPENSES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF FUNDS
2. THE COUNCIL SHALL ELECT ANNUALLY BY A MAJORITY OF ITS  MEMBERS  ONE
OF ITS MEMBERS, OTHER THAN THE CHAIRPERSON, TO SERVE AS VICE-CHAIRPERSON
FOR  A  TERM  OF ONE YEAR AND UNTIL HIS OR HER SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED. THE
VICE-CHAIRPERSON SHALL CARRY OUT ALL  OF  THE  RESPONSIBILITIES  OF  THE
CHAIRPERSON  A