9 NYCRR Part 2815 - Executive Department

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9 NYCRR 2815.1 - Contracts

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021

(a)Rural preservation program contracts shall:

(1)be for a period of one year, but may be renewed or extended at the discretion of the commissioner;

(2)define the region or portion thereof within which the housing preservation and community renewal activities shall be performed; and

(3)include the following items:

(i)general goals in effecting rural preservation, stabilization or improvement;

(ii)quantified, measurable objectives to be accomplished by the completion of the activities proposed in the work plan;

(iii)financial plan including budget specifying the use of funds from the division, other financial resources, including the one-third match requirement and staffing pattern;

(iv)a plan for securing funds from other sources, for administrative and planning costs.

(b)Contracts shall be limited in amount to the sum of $100,000 in a single year and to the aggregate sum of $650,000 for a single rural preservation company, provided that in any year in which the aggregate sum of $3,000 shall have been reached and all succeeding years, the annual contract shall be subject to a limit of $65,000 per year.

9 NYCRR 2815.2 - Program funds

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021

(a)The program funds shall be for administrative and planning expenses related to housing preservation and community renewal activities conducted by the company, including:

(1)payment of salaries and wages to employees engaged in housing preservation and community renewal activities;

(2)fees to consultants retained for housing preservation and community renewal activities; and

(3)other costs and expenses directly related to such employees and consultants, including office rentals, office equipment, fringe benefits and office expenses.

(b)In no event shall contract funds be used to defray the costs of construction, repair, renovation, rehabilitation, operation, demolition, clearance or sealing of any buildings or other structures, except that such funds may be used for planning any such activity and for preparing, furnishing, equipping and operating an office facility to be used in connection with the housing preservation and community renewal activities of the company. In such instances, the company shall, to the greatest extent possible, make every effort to provide contracting and purchasing opportunities to minority- and women-owned business enterprises as defined under article 9 of Executive Order No. 21, issued August 4, 1983.

(c)The company shall establish and maintain a checking account with a bank or credit union to be used exclusively for the deposit and withdrawal of funds received pursuant to its contract with the commissioner. All withdrawals from such account must be authorized by the signature of at least two individuals designated by the company for such purposes, at least one of whom shall be a company officer. Copies of all authorized company signature cards for this account and any subsequent changes to those cards must be promptly filed with the division.

(d)The company shall not expend any program funds in activities engaged in for the purpose of attempting to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by either house of the State Legislature. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, nothing shall prohibit the company from expending program funds for the following activities:

(1)the preparation or submission of response to requests for information or comments by the State Legislature concerning the company's activities, or the condition, population or needs of the company's region, as such terms are defined in Part 2812 of this Title; or

(2)the preparation and dissemination of housing information to the general public.

(e)The company shall not enter into any contract, lease or other agreement whose terms or effect commit the use of program funds for a period of time in excess of the term of the program funding contract.

(f)Payments shall be made by the division to the company no less frequently than quarterly to compensate such company for administering the housing preservation and community renewal activities. Prior to payment, however, the division shall have received all financial statements, progress reports and other documentation as may be required. The division may withhold payments, if said documentation is not acceptable; the division may continue to withhold payments until such documentation is deemed to be acceptable.

(g)The company shall maintain accurate records of all financial transactions which relate to the performance of the contract, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and make these records available to the division on request.

9 NYCRR 2815.3 - Low income housing fund and affordable home ownership development program

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021

A company performing rehabilitation or home improvement activities or new construction under the low income housing trust fund program or the affordable home ownership development program shall receive assistance equal to three percent of the amount payable to such company by the housing trust fund corporation of the affordable housing corporation. This assistance shall be for administrative or new construction. It shall not be subject to the limitation on the amount of funds a company may receive annually or in the aggregate under the rural preservation companies program, but shall be limited to a maximum of $40,000 for each project under the low income housing trust fund program or the affordable home ownership development program.

9 NYCRR 2815.4 - Rural aging services program

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021

Housing preservation and community renewal activities which are or have been funded under the rural aging services program operated jointly by the Division of the Office for the Aging shall not be subject to the limitations on the amount of funds a company may receive annually or in the aggregate under the rural preservation companies program.

9 NYCRR 2815.5 - Rural home ownership assistance program

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021

A company assisting persons of low income in the acquisition and financing of one- to four-unit family homes and the maintenance and repair of such housing owned by persons of low income under the rural home ownership assistance program shall not be subject to the limitation on the amount of funds a company may receive annually or in the aggregate under the rural preservation companies program, but shall be limited to a maximum of $30,000 for each company entering into a contract under the rural home ownership assistance program.

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