Bill > A08775

This bill amends the Private Housing Finance Law to expand veterans' housing preferences in Mitchell-Lama housing projects. Currently, veterans' preference is limited to those who served during wartime, but this legislation removes that restriction, allowing all veterans to receive housing preference regardless of whether they served during a war. Specifically, the bill modifies existing law to ensure that veterans and their surviving spouses can receive priority admission to housing projects with open waiting lists, as determined by the housing commissioner or supervising agency. This means that veterans who served during peacetime will now have the same housing admission advantages as those who served during wartime. The preference requires that the number of veterans admitted be publicly posted alongside housing applications, and the change applies to both mutual companies and urban rental companies, including the New York State Housing Finance Agency. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment, providing an immediate expansion of housing opportunities for all veterans.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8775