Pawling, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 55 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 55-8

A. Use limitations. The owner or occupant of an affordable housing unit may not lease or sublet the unit without the prior authorization of the Affordable Housing Board. The Affordable Housing Board shall not permit affordable housing to be leased or sublet unless the following conditions are met: (1) The owner or occupant intends in good faith to use the unit as his principal residence but is temporarily prevented from doing so because of illness, illness of a family member, requirements of employment or other appropriate reason. (2) The lessee or sublessee meets the conditions established herein for initial occupancy of affordable housing. (3) The rent charged is in accordance with the provisions and intent of this chapter. (4) Any lease or sublease shall not exceed six months. B. Deed restrictions. (1) Ownership units. The title to affordable housing shall be restricted so that, in the event of resale by the owner or any successor, the resale provisions set forth in § 55-8C below will apply. (2) Rental units. The title to a development containing affordable housing rental units shall be restricted so that, in the event of resale by the owner, the purchaser will maintain the provisions of the rent regulation agreement in accordance with § 55-8D below. C. Resale. (1) The resale price of affordable housing shall be the original purchase price paid by the owner increased by a percentage equivalent to the increase in the current underlying income of the affordability index from the date of the original purchase to the date of the sale, plus the costs of purchasing and selling the unit. (2) Resale procedure. The owner of affordable housing shall first offer to sell the unit to the Affordable Housing Board, or its designee. Upon notification of the owner's intent to sell, the Affordable Housing Board shall calculate the resale price as set forth in § 55-8C(1) above, taking into consideration, in its discretion, any significant improvements made to the property. Any resale of affordable housing must be subject to the deed restriction as set forth in § 55-8B above. D. Rent regulation and lease renewal. (1) A rent regulation agreement shall be entered into by and between the Affordable Housing Board and the owner of a development containing rental affordable housing. This agreement shall establish the amount of initial rents, procedures for determining rent increases for leases of various terms using reliable indexes, procedures for leasing to eligible tenants, procedures for renewing leases, subletting and other conditions necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (2) Continued eligibility. An occupant of an affordable housing rental unit remains eligible for the renewal of a lease if the occupant's aggregate income at the time of the lease renewal does not exceed four times the current rental ceiling rate for the occupant's unit. E. Improvements restriction. An owner of an affordable housing unit shall not make any internal or external structural improvements and/or changes to an affordable housing unit without the approval of the Affordable Housing Board and, before making any improvements and/or changes, shall obtain the appropriate approvals and permits necessary.