A 745

New York Assembly bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: failed. Latest action: August 12, 2026.

Eliminates rent for homeless shelters; repealer.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-A-745

Session 2025-2026

Status failed

Committee Social Services

Assembly failed 2026-08-12

Housing

Summary

Relates to eliminating rent for homeless shelters; provides that a homeless individual or family applying for or receiving temporary housing assistance shall not be required to pay to any local or state government or agency or any provider, room and board or contribute any earned or unearned income, available benefits or resources to eliminate their need for temporary housing assistance or as a condition to receive temporary housing assistance from such provider.

Sponsor

Andrew Hevesi

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2025-01-06	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-08-12	Status	failed
2026-08-12	Latest Action	Stricken

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