Senate bill · S3787 (2025-26)

Eliminates rent for homeless shelters; repealer

New York State Senate

Latest action Aug 12, 2026

Sponsor: Zellnor Myrie (State Senator, District 20, Democratic)

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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.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Social Services Law.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill would prevent shelter providers; owners, managers, and employ- ees from taking any form of payment, including rent or a percentage of an individual's workforce stipend, from those residing in a homeless shelter in New York State.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

Committee

Social Services · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Social Services · New York State Senate.

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Cosponsors

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Democratic11
Republican1

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The sponsor's argument

Why Zellnor Myrie says this is needed

Temporary housing assistance is provided to eligible homeless individ- uals and families to meet an immediate need for shelter. Currently, homeless individuals and families are being forced to pay a percentage of their limited income to stay in a homeless shelter. These individ- uals and families are in crisis. Requiring them to pay rent in a shelter is cruel and counter-productive: making it financially more difficult for the homeless to move out of the shelter, while creating an incentive to shelter operators for longer stays in the shelter. Shelter providers, who pay their residents a stipend for work performed, and then take a percentage of the stipend, are essentially doing the same thing, taking money out of the hands of traumatized people in desperate circumstances. This bill prohibits both methods of charging what is essentially rent as a condition of staying in a homeless shel- ter.

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Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Social Services
Senate Social ServicesJan 20, 2026Result: passed
(6) (1) (0) (0)
Vote: Committee vote · Social Services
Senate Social ServicesApr 29, 2025Result: passed
(4) (2) (0) (0)

Full history

Aug 12, 2026
Enacting Clause Stricken
ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
NY Assembly
Jan 20, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
NY Senate
Apr 29, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate

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Jan 30, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
NY Assembly

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