The Mitchell-Lama Housing Program is a non-subsidy governmental housing guarantee in the state of New York. It was sponsored by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell and Assemblyman Alfred Lama. It was signed into law in 1955 as "The Limited-Profit Housing Companies Act" (officially contained in the "Private Housing Finance" law, article II titled "Limited-Profit Housing Companies" and referring to not-for-profit corp., whereas article IV titled "Limited Dividend Housing Companies" refers to non-Mitchell-Lama affordable housing organized as business corp., partnerships or trusts from 1927 on).