(c) (i) The court shall not require the respondent to deposit the
portion of rent or use and occupancy, if any, which is payable by direct
government housing subsidy, any currently effective senior citizen
increase exemption authorized pursuant to sections four hundred
sixty-seven-b and four hundred sixty-seven-c of the real property tax
law, direct payment of rent or a two-party check issued by a social
services district or the office of temporary and disability assistance,
or rental assistance that is payable pursuant to court orders issued in
litigation commenced in nineteen hundred eighty-seven in a proceeding in
which the amount of shelter allowance is at issue on behalf of
recipients of family assistance. In the event the respondent or other
adult member of the respondent's household receives public assistance
pursuant to title three or title ten of article five of the social
services law, the respondent shall, when directed by the court to
deposit rent and use or occupancy, only be required to deposit with the
court the amount of the shelter allowance portion of the public
assistance grant issued by the office of temporary and disability
assistance or a social services district. In the event the respondent
receives a fixed income, including but not limited to, social security
income, supplemental security income pursuant to title sixteen of the
federal social security act and title six of article five of the social
services law, or pension income, the respondent shall not be required to
deposit more than thirty percent of the monthly payments.