Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014) |
PBG Public Housing |
Article 2. DIVISION OF HOUSING |
Section 20. Annual reports
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The commissioner shall, on or before October first in each year, beginning in nineteen hundred ninety, submit one or more reports to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and minority leader of the assembly on the activity and implementation of the state housing assistance programs for the previous fiscal year. In addition, the commissioner shall, on or before February first in each year, beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-one, submit an interim report which contains, in tabular format only, the non-narrative data compiled through November thirtieth of each year. The commissioner shall submit on or before February first, nineteen hundred ninety a report for the fiscal year commencing April first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and the most up to date non-narrative data, in tabular format only, but in no event less than the data compiled through September thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. All such reports shall include, but not be limited to the low income housing trust fund program, the affordable home ownership development program, the urban initiatives program, the rural area revitalization program, the rural rental assistance program, the homeless housing and assistance program, the housing opportunities program for the elderly, the state of New York mortgage agency forward commitment and mortgage insurance programs, the housing finance agency secured loan rental program, the turnkey/enhanced housing trust fund program, the special needs housing program, the permanent housing for the homeless program, the infrastructure development demonstration program and the mobile home cooperative fund program. For the purpose of producing such report or reports, the commissioner shall be authorized to rely on information provided by each administering agency or authority. Such report or reports shall, to the extent applicable to a specific program, include but not be limited to: (i) a narrative for each program reported describing the program purpose, eligible applicants, eligible areas, income population to be served, and limitations on funding; (ii) for each eligible applicant receiving funding under the Housing Trust Fund or the Affordable Home Ownership Development programs during the year specified herein, such applicant's name and address, a description of the applicant's contract amount, a narrative description of the specific activities performed by such applicant, and the income levels of the occupants to be served by the units all as proposed by the applicant at the time the contract is awarded; (iii) a description of the distribution of funds for each category of project funded under each program; (iv) the number of units or beds under award, under contract, under construction and completed based on a change in project status during the year for each program; (v) the number of units or beds assisted during the year under each program; (vi) the amount and type of assistance provided for such units or beds placed under contract; (vii) based on total project costs, the number of units or beds under contract and assisted through new construction, substantial rehabilitation, moderate rehabilitation, improvements to existing units or beds, and through acquisition only for each program; (viii) for the number of units or beds under contract assisted through new construction, substantial rehabilitation, moderate rehabilitation, improvements to existing units or beds, and through acquisition only, the level of state assistance expressed as a percentage of total project cost; (ix) for those units and beds under contract a calculation of the amount of non-state funds provided expressed as a percentage of total project cost; (x) the number of units or beds completed and under award, under contract and under construction for each program based on the current program pipeline; (xi) for units or beds for which mortgage assistance was provided by the state of New York mortgage agency, the number of existing and newly constructed units; and (xii) a list, by program, of units or beds assisted within each county. To the extent that any law establishing or appropriating funds for any of the aforementioned programs requires the commissioner to produce a report containing data substantially similar to that required herein, this report shall be deemed to satisfy such other requirements.