"The Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020 would provide rental assistance
vouchers to landlords on behalf of tenants who experienced an increase
in rent burden because of a loss of income as a result of the COVOD-19
pandemic through Homes and Community Renewal. The spending cap is up to
$100,000,000 for this program. The coverage period would be April 1
through July 31. A tenant has a rent burden if their rent is more than
30% of the household income. Households would be eligible if they make
up to 80% Area Median Income (AMI) prior to March 7 and at the time of
application; have a rent burden both prior to March 7 and at the time of
application, and they have lost income during the covered period. The
subsidy would be a voucher paid to the landlords for the gap between
their pre-COVID rent burden and their new rent burden, up to 125% Fair
Market Rent (FMR)." (
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s8419)