ยง 131-w. Limitations in the payment of rent arrears. Districts shall
not provide assistance to pay rent arrears, property taxes or mortgage
arrears for persons not eligible for home relief, aid to dependent
children, emergency assistance to needy families with children or
emergency assistance for aged, blind and disabled persons, except to
persons who are without income or resources immediately available to
meet the emergency need, whose gross household income does not exceed
one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty
line and who sign a repayment agreement agreeing to repay the assistance
in a period not to exceed twelve months. The districts shall enforce
the repayment agreements by any legal method available to a creditor, in
addition to any rights it has pursuant to this chapter. The department
shall promulgate regulations to implement this section which shall,
among other things, establish standards for the contents of repayment
agreements and establish standards to ensure that assistance is provided
only in emergency circumstances.
Structure New York Laws
Article 5 - Assistance and Care
131 - Assistance, Care and Services to Be Given.
131-A - Monthly Grants and Allowances of Public Assistance.
131-AA - Monthly Statistical Reports.
131-AAA - Availability of Adverse Childhood Experiences Services.
131-BB - Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement Program.
131-C - Inclusion of Parents and Siblings of a Minor in the Public Assistance Household.
131-D - Substance Abuse Rehabilitative and Preventive Services.
131-E - Family Planning Services.
131-F - Retroactive Social Security Benefit Increases.
131-G - Authority to Accept Public and Private Gifts.
131-H - Authority to Operate Family Homes for Adults.
131-I - Social Services Districts; Agreements.
131-I*2 - Family Loan Program.
131-J - Certain Utility Deposits.
131-K - Undocumented Noncitizens.
131-L - Exclusion of Agent Orange Benefits.
131-M - Information on Resource Referral Services.
131-N - Exemption of Income and Resources.
131-O - Personal Allowances Accounts.
131-P - Group Health Insurance Benefits; Condition of Eligibility.
131-Q - Electronic Payment File Transfer System Pilot Project.
131-R - Liability for Reimbursement of Public Assistance Benefits.
131-U - Domestic Violence Services.
131-V - Temporary Emergency Shelter.
131-W - Limitations in the Payment of Rent Arrears.
131-X - Reverse Mortgage Loans.
131-Z - Child Assistance Program.
131-ZZ - Child Poverty Reduction.
132 - Investigation of Applications.
132-A - Children Born Out of Wedlock; Special Provisions.
133 - Temporary Preinvestigation Emergency Needs Assistance or Care.
133-A - Contracts for Distribution of Public Assistance Grants.
134-A - Conduct of Investigation.
134-B - Front End Detection System.
134-C - Requirement to Publicly Post Information.
135 - Cooperation of Public Welfare Officials.
136 - Protection of Public Welfare Records.
136-A - Information From State Tax Commission and the Comptroller.
137 - Exemption From Levy and Execution.
138-A - Responsibility of the Department for Recipients in Family Care.
139-A - Special Provisions to Avoid Abuse of Assistance and Care.
142 - Exclusiveness of Eligibility Requirements.
143-B - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Checks.
143-C - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Security Deposits.
144-A - Information to Be Given to Officials of the Department and of Social Services Districts.
145-B - False Statements; Actions for Treble Damages.
146 - Penalty for the Sale or Exchange of Assistance Supplies.
148 - Penalty for Unlawfully Bringing a Needy Person Into a Public Welfare District.
149 - Penalty for Bringing a Needy Person Into the State.
150 - Penalty for Neglect to Report or for Making False Report.
152-A - Burial Reserves for Certain Recipients of Public Assistance or Care From Assigned Assets.
152-B - Surplus After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care; Unclaimed Funds.