A 7755: Relates to preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for veterans with service-related disabilities; defines "veteran with a service-related disability".
What A 7755 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to provide preferences under the Affordable Home Ownership Development Program for veterans with service-related disabilities. A veteran with a service-related disability is defined as someone who has been awarded a disability rating of 40% or higher from the federal government and has served in the military with honorable conditions. This program is designed to serve the lowest income households in the applicable region or provide affordable housing for veterans with service-related disabilities. The bill takes effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
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Last action: referred to housing (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7755
- What is the current status of A 7755?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7755 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 7755 pass?
- Not yet. A 7755 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7755, and where is it now?
- A 7755 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing. It is filed under PVH, alongside 7 other New York PVH bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 8, 2025 · 355 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7755 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to prefer- ences under the affordable home ownership development program for veterans with service-related disabilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1111 of the private housing finance law is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. "Veteran with a service-related disability" shall mean a person (i) 4 who served in the active military, naval, or air service, or who was a 5 recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary 6 medal, marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism 7 expeditionary medal, and who was discharged or released therefrom under 8 honorable conditions, (ii) has been awarded a disability rating of forty 9 percent or higher from the federal veteran's administration or from the 10 United States department of defense, where that disability was incurred 11 in the line of duty in the active military, naval or air service, as 12 documented according to rules and regulations to be promulgated by the 13 division of housing and community renewal. 14 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the private 15 housing finance law, as amended by chapter 898 of the laws of 1986, is 16 amended to read as follows: 17 (a) Serve the lowest income households in the applicable region and is 18 designed to continue to be affordable to such households for a substan- 19 tial period of time or serve households in which the home buyer is a 20 veteran with a service-related disability. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 22 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07287-01-5
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