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A 5978: Requires affordable housing funded by the state be used for veterans and people with disabilities, with each group receiving five percent of such affordable housing.
What A 5978 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill requires a certain percentage of affordable housing funded by the state to be used for veterans and people with disabilities. The percentage must be at least five percent of all affordable dwelling units or manufactured home park lots. This means that at least five percent of the affordable housing units must be available for veterans and people with disabilities to use as their primary residence. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to housing (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5978
- What is the current status of A 5978?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 5978 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to housing".
- Did A 5978 pass?
- Not yet. A 5978 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5978, and where is it now?
- A 5978 was authored by Asm. Keith Brown with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 25, 2025 · 327 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5978 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Housing AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring a certain percentage of affordable housing funded by the state be used for veterans and people with disabilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 19-b to read as follows: 3 § 19-b. Affordable housing; veterans and people with disabilities. 1. 4 For purposes of this section: 5 (a) the term "construction project" shall mean construction work 6 involving or including any construction associated with the creation or 7 rehabilitation of residential dwelling units or manufactured home parks 8 done under contract which is paid for in whole or in part out of public 9 funds. 10 (b) the term "paid for in whole or in part out of public funds" shall 11 have the same meaning as defined in section two hundred twenty-four-a of 12 the labor law. 13 (c) the term "veteran" shall have the same meaning as defined in 14 section one of the veterans' services law. 15 2. Any construction project undertaken in this state shall include a 16 minimum of five percent of all affordable dwelling units or manufactured 17 home park lots be the primary residence of a veteran. 18 3. Any construction project undertaken in this state shall include a 19 minimum of five percent of all affordable dwelling units or manufactured 20 home park lots be the primary residence of a person with disabilities. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09584-01-5
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