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S 5194

Requires each town, village, and city to develop a "housing action plan for everyone"

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Robert Jackson and 1 co-sponsor

Requires every town, village, and city to create a housing action plan for everyone to guide local housing policy and expand affordable housing access for all residents.

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Bill Summary · S 5194

Summary of Bill S 5194 – “Housing action plan for everyone”

Overview

Bill S 5194 would require every town, village, and city to develop a housing action plan intended to address housing access and options for all residents. The bill is currently listed as REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, having been introduced on February 19, 2025.

Purpose and intent

  • The core aim appears to be ensuring that all municipalities create a formal plan to address housing needs for everyone within their borders.
  • The title suggests a focus on inclusive housing planning, with the implied goal of improving access to housing across diverse populations.

Key provisions (available information)

  • The available details indicate a statewide requirement for each municipality to develop a “housing action plan for everyone.”
  • Specific contents of the plan (e.g., required components, benchmarks, timelines, funding mechanisms, enforcement, or oversight) are not provided in the information available here.
  • No explicit funding authorizations, compliance deadlines, or penalties are described in the summary.

Note: Because the full text of the bill is not provided in the submission, the exact obligations, submission formats, public review processes, and implementation steps remain unclear from this summary alone.

Affected entities

  • All towns, villages, and cities within the state would be required to develop a housing action plan.
  • Local government entities, including mayors, city/town councils, planning departments, and housing or community development agencies, would likely be involved in creating and implementing the plans.

Legislative status and timeline

  • Introduced: February 19, 2025.
  • Status: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (both the initial referral and a duplicate entry appear in the provided actions).
  • No further actions (e.g., committee hearings, amendments, or floor votes) are listed in the information provided. If advanced, it would typically proceed through committee review, potential amendments, and votes in the Senate, followed by consideration in the Assembly if applicable.

Sponsorship

  • Primary sponsor: Brian Kavanagh.
  • Co-sponsor: Robert Jackson.

Related legislation

  • S 9346 (prior-session) — related Senate measure.
  • A 3446 (companion) — Assembly companion bill (listed twice, suggesting multiple references or duplicate entries in the record).

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Positive potential: A formal housing action plan for all residents could help align municipal housing policies with the needs of diverse communities, potentially improving access to affordable and attainable housing.
  • Administrative impact: Requires municipalities to allocate staff time, data collection, and planning resources to develop and maintain these plans; could entail updated zoning analyses, impact studies, and public outreach.
  • Fiscal considerations: Possible need for state or local funding to develop plans and implement subsequent housing initiatives.
  • Implementation questions (to be clarified in the bill text): specific plan requirements, timelines, reporting, enforcement, and whether plans must be updated on a regular cycle.

Note

This summary reflects the information provided. For a complete understanding of obligations, exceptions, funding, timelines, and enforcement, the full bill text and any fiscal notes or committee reports would need to be reviewed.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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