The New York City Council - File #: Int 1020-2018

• File #: Int 1020-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Requiring the Dept of Homeless Services and the Human Resources Administration to track and report certain data regarding rental assistance programs.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Filed (End of Session)
• File created: 7/18/2018
• In control: Committee on General Welfare
• On agenda: 7/18/2018
• Final action: 12/31/2021
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the Department of Homeless Services and the Human Resources Administration to track and report certain data regarding rental assistance programs.
• Sponsors: Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Helen K. Rosenthal, Adrienne E. Adams
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/31/2021	*	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
12/31/2021	*	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
9/15/2020	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Laid Over by Committee
9/15/2020	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Laid Over by Committee
9/15/2020	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Hearing Held by Committee
9/15/2020	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Hearing Held by Committee
9/15/2020	*	Committee on General Welfare	Laid Over by Committee
9/15/2020	*	Committee on General Welfare	Laid Over by Committee
9/15/2020	*	Committee on General Welfare	Hearing Held by Committee
9/15/2020	*	Committee on General Welfare	Hearing Held by Committee
7/18/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
7/18/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
7/18/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
7/18/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1020

By Council Members Ampry-Samuel, Rosenthal and Adams

title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the Department of Homeless Services and the Human Resources Administration to track and report certain data regarding rental assistance programs.
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-323 to read as follows:
?21-323. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "Family Homelessness & Eviction Prevention Supplement (FHEPS)" shall mean the housing subsidy that is provided to eligible homeless families who are facing eviction for non-payment of rent.
2. "Household" shall mean a single individual or family, including couples
without dependent children who, or which, are eligible to receive transitional housing or services from the department of homeless services or the human resources administration pursuant to federal, state and local laws and such rules and regulations as may be promulgated pursuant thereto.
b. Quarterly Reports Regarding Rental Assistance Programs. Beginning no later than January 1, 2019 and no later than the last day of the month following each calendar quarter thereafter, the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the human resources administration/department of social services, shall submit to the speaker of the city council, and shall make available on its website, a machine-readable report that includes, at a minimum, the following information, disaggregated by families, families with children, adult families, and single adults:
1. Family Homelessness & Eviction Prevention Supplement. The following information regarding the FHEPS program shall be included in the quarterly report:
(a) the number of households that are currently enrolled in th...