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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3652 

To require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install 

temperature sensors in such units, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2024 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install temperature sensors in such units, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Temperature 

5 Safety Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) TEMPERATURE SENSOR.—The term ‘‘tem9 perature sensor’’ means an internet capable tem10 perature reporting device able to measure ambient 


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1 air temperature to the tenth degree Fahrenheit and 

2 Celsius. 

3 (2) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL

4 DWELLING UNIT.—The term ‘‘covered federally as5 sisted rental dwelling unit’’ means a residential 

6 dwelling unit that is made available for rental and 

7 for which assistance is provided, or that is part of 

8 a housing project for which assistance is provided, 

9 under— 

10 (A) the program for project-based rental 

11 assistance under section 8 of the United States 

12 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 

13 (B) the public housing program under the 

14 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1437 et seq.); 

16 (C) the program for supportive housing for 

17 the elderly under section 202 of the Housing 

18 Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 

19 (D) the program for supportive housing for 

20 persons with disabilities under section 811 of 

21 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

22 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013). 

23 (3) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means— 

24 (A) with respect to the program for 

25 project-based rental assistance under section 8 


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1 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

2 U.S.C. 1437f), any private person or entity, in3 cluding a cooperative, an agency of the Federal 

4 Government, or a public housing agency, having 

5 the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling 

6 units; 

7 (B) with respect to the public housing pro8 gram under the United States Housing Act of 

9 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), a public housing 

10 agency or an owner entity (as defined in section 

11 905.108 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula12 tions, or any successor regulation) of public 

13 housing units; 

14 (C) with respect to the program for sup15 portive housing for the elderly under section 

16 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

17 1701q), a private nonprofit organization, as de18 fined in subsection (k)(4) of such section 202; 

19 and 

20 (D) with respect to the program for sup21 portive housing for persons with disabilities 

22 under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

23 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 8013), a private nonprofit organization, as de25 fined in subsection (k)(5) of such section 811. 


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1 (4) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY.—The term 

2 ‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given the 

3 term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 

4 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 

5 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

7 SEC. 3. TEMPERATURE SENSOR PILOT PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

9 temperature sensor 3-year pilot program to provide grants 

10 to public housing agencies and owners of covered federally 

11 assisted rental dwelling units to install and test the effi12 cacy of temperature sensors in covered federally assisted 

13 rental dwelling units to ensure those units remain in com14 pliance with temperature requirements. 

15 (b) APPLICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 

17 eligibility criteria for participation in the pilot program es18 tablished under subsection (a), which shall be designed to 

19 ensure— 

20 (1) the pilot program includes a diverse range 

21 of participants that represent different geographic 

22 regions, climate regions, unit sizes, and types of 

23 housing; and 


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1 (2) the functionality of the temperature sensors 

2 that will be tested, including internet connectivity re3 quirements. 

4 (c) INSTALLATION.—Each public housing agency or 

5 owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit 

6 that receives 1 or more temperature sensors under this 

7 Act shall, after receiving written permission from the resi8 dent of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit, 

9 install the temperature sensor and monitor the data from 

10 the temperature sensor. 

11 (d) COLLECTION OF COMPLAINT RECORDS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing agency 

13 or owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwell14 ing unit that receives 1 or more temperature sensors 

15 under this Act shall collect and retain information 

16 about temperature-related complaints and violations. 

17 (2) DEFINITIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary shall define the terms temperature-related 

20 complaints and temperature-related violations for 

21 the purposes of this Act. 

22 (e) DATA COLLECTION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Data collected from tem24 perature sensors provided to public housing agencies 

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1 ing units under this Act shall be retained until the 

2 Secretary notifies the public housing agency or 

3 owner that the pilot program and the evaluation of 

4 the pilot program established under this Act are 

5 complete. 

6 (2) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA7 TION.—Not later than 180 days after the date of en8 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 

9 standards for the protection of personally identifi10 ably information collected during the pilot program 

11 established under this Act by public housing agen12 cies, owners of covered federally assisted rental 

13 dwelling units, and the Secretary. 

14 (f) PILOT PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 

15 (1) INTERIM EVALUATION.—Not later than 1 

16 year after the establishment of the pilot program 

17 under this Act, the Secretary shall publicly publish 

18 and submit to the Congress a report that— 

19 (A) examines the number of temperature20 related complaints and violations in covered fed21 erally assisted rental dwelling units with tem22 perature sensors, disaggregated by temperature 

23 sensor technology and climate region— 

24 (i) that occurred before the installa25 tion of the sensor, if known; and 


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1 (ii) that occurred after the installation 

2 of the sensor; and 

3 (B) identifies any barriers to full utility of 

4 temperature sensor capabilities, including 

5 broadband internet access and tenant participa6 tion. 

7 (2) FINAL EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 

8 years after the conclusion of the pilot program es9 tablished by the Secretary under this Act, the Sec10 retary shall publicly publish and submit to the Con11 gress a report that— 

12 (A) examines the number of temperature13 related complaints and violations in covered fed14 erally assisted rental dwelling units with tem15 perature sensors, disaggregated by temperature 

16 sensor technology and climate region— 

17 (i) that occurred before the installa18 tion of the sensor, if documented; and 

19 (ii) that occurred after the installation 

20 of the sensor; 

21 (B) identifies any barriers to full utility of 

22 temperature sensor capabilities, including 

23 broadband internet access and tenant participa24 tion; and 


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1 (C) compares the utility of various tem2 perature sensor technologies based on— 

3 (i) climate zones; 

4 (ii) cost; 

5 (iii) features; and 

6 (iv) any other factors identified by the 

7 Secretary. 

8 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— 

10 (1) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec11 retary to provide grants to owners of covered feder12 ally assisted rental dwelling units participating in 

13 the pilot program established under this Act; 

14 (2) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec15 retary to administer the pilot program established 

16 under this Act; and 

17 (3) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec18 retary to provide technical assistance to owners of 

19 covered federally assisted rental dwelling units that 

20 are participating in the pilot program established 

21 under this Act. 

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