New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

S3397 — Enacts the faith-based affordable housing act

Last action — In Senate Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

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Summary

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  2. PRINT NUMBER 3397B

  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  4. PRINT NUMBER 3397A

  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  6. REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

housing
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Frequently asked questions

What does S3397 do?
Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.
Who sponsors S3397?
S3397 is sponsored by Andrew Gounardes.
What is the current status of S3397?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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