Committee on General Welfare meeting
September 22, 2026, 1:00 PM
The General Welfare Committee takes up four bills aimed at speeding up the CityFHEPS rental voucher program. The measures would set response-time requirements for applications (Int 0101-2026), require the city to report how long vouchers take to lease up (Int 0100-2026), and tighten rules on habitability checks and when the social services agency must act (Int 0098-2026, Int 0641-2026).
Agenda
4 items
- Int 0098-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the procedure for determining that a dwelling unit is habitable for the purposes of the CityFHEPS program
- Int 0100-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring reporting of lease-up times for housing vouchers
- Int 0101-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to CityFHEPS application response times
- Int 0641-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to when the department of social services is required to make CityFHEPS rental assistance payments