A 1791: Requires out-of-state affordable housing owners to maintain an escrow account for the purpose of financing utility costs, property tax obligations, fire services, and regular maintenance costs for affordable housing rental units located in New York state.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1791 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, FALL, SIMON, BURKE, SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to requir- ing certain out-of-state affordable housing owners to maintain an escrow account for affordable housing rental units located in New York state 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 section 615 to read as follows: 3 § 615. Out-of-state affordable housing owner escrow account. 1. For 4 the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow- 5 ing meanings: 6 (a) "HUD" shall mean the federal department of housing and urban 7 development. 8 (b) "Out-of-state affordable housing owner" shall mean an affordable 9 housing development company that: 10 (i) is located outside of New York state; 11 (ii) owns twenty or more affordable housing rental units located in 12 New York state; and 13 (iii) receives federal funding pursuant to a HUD-administered program 14 or initiative. 15 2. (a) Every out-of-state affordable housing owner shall maintain an 16 escrow account, held by a bank or licensed lender, as such terms are 17 defined by section two of the banking law, for the purpose of financing 18 utility costs, tax obligations, fire services, and regular maintenance 19 costs for affordable housing rental units located in New York state. 20 (b) Such escrow account shall contain: 21 (i) fifty percent of such owner's property tax obligations for afford- 22 able housing rental units located in New York state for the prior tax 23 year; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04486-01-5 
 A. 1791 2 1 (ii) fifty percent of utility costs and regular maintenance costs for 2 affordable housing rental units located in New York state for the previ- 3 ous twelve months; and 4 (iii) an amount sufficient to cover any potential fire services, as 5 determined by the commissioner. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 7 have become a law.