The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. The term "commissioner" means the state commissioner of housing and community renewal. Reference in this chapter or in any other general, special or local law to state commissioner of housing shall be deemed to mean and refer to the state commissioner of housing and community renewal which is hereby made the new title of such office.
It is hereby declared that in certain areas of cities, towns and villages of the state there exist insanitary and substandard housing conditions owing to overcrowding and concentration of the population, improper planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air and space, insanitary design and arrangement, or lack of proper sanitary facilities; that these conditions are chiefly in areas where low rent dwellings prevail and that such conditions and dwellings are a menace to the health
1. An authority shall have the following powers in addition to other powers granted in this chapter: n(a) investigate into living conditions in the municipality and into the means of improving such conditions; (b) determine where insanitary or substandard housing conditions exist; (c) publish and disseminate information; (d) prepare or arrange for preparation of plans for, carry out and operate projects; (e) construct, reconstruct, improve, alter or repair or provide for the construction, reconstruction
The New York City Housing Authority is hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic with all the powers, rights and duties set forth in article five of the former state housing law. N.Y. Pub. Hous. Law § 401
Subject to the terms of any loan or subsidy contract with a government, an authority shall have the power to select tenants for its projects. It shall observe the following standards with respect thereto: 1. The dwellings in the project shall be available solely a. for persons or families of low income whose probable aggregate annual income during the period of occupancy does not exceed six times the rental (including the value or cost to them of heat, light, water and cooking fuel) of the dwellings
(a)Selection policies, generally. (1) The PHA shall establish and adopt written policies for admission of tenants. (2) These policies shall provide for and include the following: (i) Targeting admissions to extremely low income families as provided in paragraph (b) of this section. (ii) Deconcentration of poverty and income-mixing in accordance with the PHA Plan regulations (see 24 CFR part 903 ). (iii) Precluding admission of applicants whose habits and practices reasonably may be expected to have
(a) General. An object of income projection is to determine anticipated income for coming 12 months, current rate of pay per stated unit (i.e., hour, day, week, month) shall be multiplied by number of stated units in coming 12 months; this total shall be modified by any conditions which past experience indicates are likely to occur during 12 month projected period. Such projection will apply to both fixed and nonfixed income when possible. Under interim rent adjustment policy, projections for non-fixed