New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter L - Homeless Housing And Assistance Program › Part 800 - Homeless Housing And Assistance Program › Section 800.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Applicant means
		    a municipality, not-for-profit corporation or charitable organization seeking
		    funding for a homeless housing project.
(b) Department means the New York State
		    Department of Social Services.
(c)
		    Commissioner means the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social
		    Services.
(d) Project cost means
		    the cost of any or all undertakings necessary for planning, financing
		    (including downpayment or closing costs), land acquisition, demolition,
		    construction, rehabilitation, equipment and site development.
(e) Not-for-profit corporation and charitable
		    organization shall mean entities established pursuant to the Not-For-Profit
		    Corporation Law or otherwise established pursuant to law.
(f) Subsidiary of a not-for-profit
		    corporation or of a charitable corporation means a corporation established
		    either under the General Business Law or Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, which
		    is wholly owned by a not-for-profit corporation or charitable organization, or
		    a partnership or joint venture with such a corporation as either a sole general
		    partner or owner of a controlling interest.
(g) Public corporation means a municipal
		    corporation, a district corporation, or a public benefit corporation.
(h) Municipality means any county, city, town
		    or village within the State of New York.
(i) Homeless person means an undomiciled
		    person who is unable to secure permanent and stable housing without special
		    assistance, as determined by the commissioner.
(j) Operating plan means a written submission
		    by an applicant documenting sufficient income to meet operating expenses and,
		    where relevant, the costs of support services and the supervision to be
		    provided. The operating plan shall include procedures for tenant outreach,
		    referrals, selection, intake and building management; the homeless
		    population(s) to be served; the type of facility proposed to be established;
		    how the proposal will meet the special needs of population(s) to be served in
		    the project's geographic area; and where relevant, responsibilities of the
		    local municipality and/or social services district in the ongoing operation of
		    the project. The term project plan as used in the statute means operating
		    plan.
(k) Homeless project means a
		    specific facility including lands, buildings and improvements acquired,
		    constructed, renovated or rehabilitated and operated by a municipality,
		    not-for-profit corporation or charitable organization to increase the
		    availability of housing for homeless persons; such a facility may include
		    nonhousing services such as, but not limited to dining, recreation, sanitary,
		    social, medical and mental disability services, as may be deemed by the
		    commissioner to be essential to such projects.
(l) State financial assistance means monies
		    appropriated for use under the Homeless Housing and Assistance Program. The
		    State financial assistance will be in the form of loans, loan guarantees or
		    grants as the commissioner may determine, except that financial assistance
		    provided to a for-profit subsidiary of a not-for-profit corporation or
		    charitable organization must be in for the form of a loan or loan guarantee.
		    Any loan to a for-profit subsidiary or other eligible applicant must be repaid
		    under terms that will protect the financial viability of the project.
(m) Other than project costs means
		    short-term, startup or operating cost subsidies for the purpose of emergency
		    repairs or funding capital replacement reserves related to the project, as
		    further defined and subject to the limitations stated in sections
		    800.6(e)
		 and
		    800.8  of
		    this Part.