with any other requirements established by the Sec-
retary, the Secretary shall— 
(A) work with the owner for not less than 
30 days to ameliorate any violations; and 
(B) if after 90 days such violations are not 
ameliorated— 
(i) increase the interest rate of the 
loan by not less than 15 percentage points 
above the Federal funds rate; and 
(ii) reduce the term to maturity of the 
loan to not more than 5 years. 
(k) CONDITIONS OF RECEIPT OF GRANT OR LOAN.— 
The Secretary shall establish conditions on the receipt of 
a loan or grant under this section, as follows: 
(1) RECORD; CAPACITY.—The Secretary shall 
take reasonable steps to ensure that the owner or 
purchaser has no significant record of material non-
compliance with applicable program standards and 
has demonstrated capacity to perform the obliga-
tions specified under this section. 
(2) REPAIRS.—The Secretary shall require own-
ers to agree to promptly make all required repairs, 
and when required by the Secretary, to develop a re-
habilitation plan in consultation with the tenants 
and that will be approved by the Secretary, in con-
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junction with appropriate capital needs planning and 
required reserves, to ensure the provision of decent, 
safe, and sanitary housing throughout the full term 
of any extended restrictions and contracts. 
(3) USE RESTRICTIONS.—The Secretary shall 
require owners to agree to a longer use restriction 
of 50 years and to agree to a perpetually required 
renewal of the housing assistance payments contract 
if offered by the Secretary. 
(l) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Of the amounts made 
available pursuant to this section, the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development may transfer up to 0.5 per-
cent to the account for ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Program Offices—Office of Hous-
ing’’ for necessary costs of administering and overseeing 
the obligation and expenditure of amounts made available 
pursuant to this section and such transferred amounts 
shall remain available until September 30, 2028. 
SEC. 9. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, and the heads of any other rel-
evant Federal agencies, as determined by such Adminis-
trator and Secretary, shall jointly develop and carry out 
a public information and education campaign regarding 
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indoor air quality and related issues that provides infor-
mation required under this section on a recurring and an-
nual basis through public outreach. The campaign shall 
commence within 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) TOPICS.—The information and education cam-
paign shall include information on the dangers and pre-
vention of indoor residential moisture and mold, volatile 
organic compounds, dust, smoking, pollution, indoor ori-
gins of smoke, including cooking, and any other health 
risks, as determined by such Administrator and Secretary. 
(c) INDOOR RESIDENTIAL MOLD INFORMATION.— 
The information and education campaign shall include, at 
minimum, the following information regarding indoor resi-
dential mold: 
(1) The conditions that facilitate indoor resi-
dential moisture and mold growth. 
(2) Guidelines for inspecting indoor residential 
mold growth. 
(3) Guidelines for remediating indoor residen-
tial mold growth. 
(4) The dangers and health risks of exposure to 
indoor residential mold growth. 
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(5) The importance of ventilation and methods 
to prevent moisture accumulation in indoor residen-
tial environments. 
(6) Any other information as determined appro-
priate by the heads of the agencies referred to in 
subsection (a). 
(d) TENANT RIGHTS INFORMATION.—The informa-
tion and education campaign shall include providing cov-
ered tenants with information on tenant rights to a safe 
and habitable living environment and other related infor-
mation as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, which shall include information on 
who to contact if a tenant experiences problems or issues 
with building management or ownership, including, in the 
case of housing assisted under a contract for project-based 
assistance how to contact the performance-based contract 
administrator and, in the case of the Housing Choice 
Voucher program how to contact the housing authority. 
(e) MODES OF COMMUNICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The public information and 
education campaign shall provide education and in-
formation through modes of communication that are 
commonly utilized and able to be easily consumed by 
relevant individuals or organizations, which shall in-
clude communication through advertisements on 
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public transit in all 50 States and in territories and 
possessions of the United States, and distribution of 
the pamphlet developed pursuant to subsection (j) as 
required under such subsection. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—All education and informa-
tion that is part of the information and education 
campaign shall be made publicly available on the 
websites of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and any other applicable Federal agencies. 
(f) TARGETED GROUPS.—The public information and 
education campaign shall be designed to reach tenants, 
tenant organizations working directly with tenants in 
project-based rental assistance and other types of feder-
ally-assisted housing, resident groups, landlords, health 
professionals, the general public, homeowners, prospective 
homeowners, the real estate industry, the home construc-
tion and renovation industries, the health, property and 
casualty, and life insurance industries, technical and voca-
tional schools and colleges, and other academic institu-
tions. 
(g) INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO HEALTH PROFES-
SIONS.—The public information and education campaign 
shall include information about warning signs of mold and 
other indoor air exposure pollutants and shall include edu-
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tion and education campaign is provided to covered 
tenants upon signing and any renewal of a lease for 
the dwelling unit of assisted housing that the cov-
ered tenant resides in. 
(2) COVERED TENANTS.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘covered tenant’’ means a tenant 
who resides in a rental dwelling unit that is assisted, 
through tenant-based or project-based assistance, 
under a housing assistance program administered by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or 
the Secretary of Agriculture or who receives rental 
housing assistance under a program administered by 
either such Secretary, including the following pro-
grams: 
(A) The program under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), in-
cluding the direct loan program under such sec-
tion. 
(B) The program under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013). 
(C) The program under subtitle D of title 
VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.). 
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(D) The programs under title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11360 et seq.). 
(E) The program under subtitle A of title 
II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.). 
(F) The program under paragraph (3) of 
section 221(d) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715l(d)) that bears interest at a rate 
determined under the proviso under paragraph 
(5) of such section 221(d). 
(G) The program under section 236 of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1). 
(H) The programs under sections 6 and 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437d, 1437f). 
(I) The programs for rural housing assist-
ance provided under sections 514, 515, 516, 
533, 538, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485, 1486, 1490m, 1490p– 
2, 1490r). 
(J) The low-income housing tax credit pro-
gram under section 42 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986. 
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(K) The provision of assistance from the 
Housing Trust Fund established under section 
1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi-
nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 4568). 
(L) The provision of assistance for housing 
under the Comprehensive Service Programs for 
Homeless Veterans program under subchapter 
II of chapter 20 of title 38. 
(M) The provision of assistance for hous-
ing and facilities under the grant program for 
homeless veterans with special needs under sec-
tion 2061 of title 38, United States Code. 
(N) The provision of assistance for perma-
nent housing under the program for financial 
assistance for supportive services for very low- 
income veteran families in permanent housing 
under section 2044 of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(O) The provision of transitional housing 
assistance for victims of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking under 
the grant program under chapter 11 of subtitle 
B of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(34 U.S.C. 12351 et seq.). 
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(P) The Low Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Program and any other program adminis-
tered by the Department of Energy that pro-
vides residential home rehabilitation or energy 
efficiency assistance. 
(Q) Any other Federal housing programs 
providing affordable housing to low- and mod-
erate-income persons by means of restricted 
rents or rental assistance, or more generally 
providing affordable housing opportunities, as 
identified by the appropriate agency through 
regulations, notices, or any other means. 
(k) PAMPHLET.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, in consultation with the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and the heads of any other agencies the 
Secretary considers appropriate, shall develop, pub-
lish, and revise, not less frequently than every 5 
years, a pamphlet regarding indoor residential mold 
hazards. 
(2) CONTENT.—The pamphlet required under 
this subsection shall— 
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(A) contain information regarding the 
health risks associated with exposure to indoor 
residential mold growth; 
(B) provide information on the hazards of 
indoor residential mold growth in federally-as-
sisted and federally-owned housing; 
(C) describe the risks of indoor residential 
mold exposure for persons residing in a dwelling 
with toxigenic mold; 
(D) provide information on approved meth-
ods for evaluating and reducing indoor residen-
tial mold growth and their effectiveness in iden-
tifying, reducing, eliminating, or preventing in-
door residential mold growth; 
(E) provide advice on how to obtain a list 
of persons certified to inspect or remediate in-
door residential mold growth in the area in 
which the pamphlet is to be used; 
(F) include a statement that a risk assess-
ment or inspection for indoor residential mold 
growth is recommended prior to the purchase, 
lease, or renovation of target housing; 
(G) include a statement that certain State 
and local laws impose additional requirements 
related to indoor residential mold growth in 
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housing and provide a listing of Federal, State, 
and local agencies in each State, including ad-
dress, telephone number, and electronic mail 
address, if available, that can provide informa-
tion about applicable laws and available govern-
mental and private assistance and financing; 
(H) provide information considered by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to be appropriate or necessary to pro-
mote awareness of the hazards posed by indoor 
residential mold; 
(I) include information on indoor air qual-
ity safety generally, including best practices 
when cooking, taking a shower or bath, and 
smoking cessation; 
(J) be publicly available on the websites of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
and other applicable Federal agencies; and 
(K) include any other information consid-
ered by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to be appropriate or nec-
essary. 
(3) TENANTS IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED HOUS-
ING.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
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opment and the Secretary of Agriculture shall en-
sure that a copy of the pamphlet required under this 
section is provided annually to all covered tenants 
mail by a hard copy left at the tenant address, by 
United States mail sent to the tenant, or by elec-
tronic mail sent to the tenant. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 10. EMPOWERING TENANTS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION TO TENANTS OF INSPECTION RE-
SULTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall provide direct notifica-
tion of the results of any inspection of covered prop-
erty to the tenants and resident organizations, as 
provided in this subsection. 
(2) METHOD.—Notification shall be provided to 
tenants in easy-to-understand language in the form 
of a written hard-copy document provided through 
United States mail or through electronic mail, or 
both, with one copy provided for the tenants of each 
building in the covered property, and shall include 
the inspection score and a detailed description of the 
inspection results, including any health and safety 
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violations found and the timeline for their remedi-
ation, while ensuring tenant privacy. 
(3) POSTING.—The owner or manager of the 
covered property shall post a hard copy of the notifi-
cation of the inspection results in at least one cen-
trally located and easily-identifiable location each 
building of the covered property that is accessible to 
all tenants, which may include next to the front 
door, in communal space, or next to the mailboxes 
for tenants. 
(4) TIMING.—Notification shall be provided— 
(A) in the case of any inspection that 
found no severe health or safety issues, no later 
than 30 days after completion of the inspection; 
or 
(B) in the case of any inspection that 
found severe health and safety issues, as soon 
as the score is final. 
(5) OPPORTUNITY FOR TENANT QUESTIONS.— 
The notification shall include contact information, 
including electronic mail address, phone number, 
and mailing address, of the appropriate person or 
entity to contact should tenants have questions 
about the results of the inspection. Owners who fail 
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to post the notice shall be subject to a Management 
and Occupancy Review. 
(b) REQUEST FOR SECOND INSPECTION.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Pursuant to a request 
made to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, the Secretary shall carry out a subsequent 
inspection for a covered property that has passed a 
previous inspection, if the following requirements are 
met: 
(A) SCORE.—The passing test score for 
the previous inspection for the covered property 
did not exceed the minimum score required to 
pass inspection by more than 15 percent or the 
most recent score for an inspection for the cov-
ered property is 15 percent or more less than 
any other score for the property for an inspec-
tion of the property conducted during the pre-
ceding 10-year period. 
(B) TENANT VOTE.—A vote of tenants of 
the covered property was conducted on the 
proposition of whether the property should have 
passed the most recent inspection, which vote— 
(i) was administered by the tenant as-
sociation for the property or an inde-
pendent third party; 
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(ii) utilizes the democratic process and 
may have utilized an anonymous voting 
platform, either electronically or through 
paper ballots, for casting votes; and 
(iii) resulted in 51 percent or more of 
the tenants residing in the property voting 
against the proposition that the property 
should have passed the most recent inspec-
tion. 
(C) NOTIFICATION.— 
(i) TO HUD.—The chief executive offi-
cer of the tenants association notifies the 
Secretary, the project-based contract ad-
ministrator for the covered property, and 
the owner or management of the property 
of the results of the vote and requests a 
second inspection for the covered property, 
which notification and request— 
(I) includes a copy of the tally of 
the vote; 
(II) does not, in verifying the 51 
percent majority vote, disclose person-
ally identifiable information of the 
tenants, including by their signatures; 
and 
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(III) is transmitted, both by elec-
tronic mail and by mailing a hard 
copy, not later than 60 days after re-
ceipt of the notification under sub-
section (a) regarding the passing re-
sult of the previous inspection for the 
covered property. 
(ii) NOTIFICATION
OF
SECOND
IN-
SPECTION SCORE.—Tenants shall be noti-
fied of the score of the second inspection 
using the same notification criteria as 
apply to the first inspection and shall be 
provided with the contact information of 
the person or entity that they can contact 
with any questions about the second in-
spection. 
(2) MEDIATION.—If a second inspection is con-
ducted pursuant to a vote under paragraph (1) and 
the covered property is assessed a passing score for 
such second inspection, and if another vote is taken 
that complies with the same requirements applicable 
under such paragraph to the first inspection, and 
such vote results in 51 percent or more of the ten-
ants residing in the property voting against the 
proposition that the property should have passed the 
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second inspection, the Secretary shall provide a ten-
ant association representative an opportunity for 
mediation with the building owner and the project- 
based contractor administrator regarding continuing 
issues and inspection findings and the process for a 
Management and Occupancy Review shall begin con-
currently. The mediation shall be conducted within 
180 days of the second inspection. 
(c) TENANT HOTLINE.—Commencing not later 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall— 
(1) undertake ongoing activities to advertise the 
availability and telephone number of the Multifamily 
Housing Complaint Line of the Multifamily Housing 
Clearinghouse; 
(2) periodically provide tenants of covered prop-
erty, through the website of the Department and 
otherwise, as the Secretary considers appropriate, 
with information about what happens when they call 
the complaint line; 
(3) provide sufficient staff for the complaint 
line to ensure that the complaint line is sufficiently 
staffed for a minimum of 12 hours each day and so 
that the waiting time to speak live to an employee 
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of the Department does not exceed 15 minutes on 
average as measured over a given one-week period; 
(4) ensure that the complaint line offers ten-
ants of covered properties intake for health and safe-
ty issues at such properties; 
(5) ensure that upon calling the complaint line, 
a tenant of a covered property is first informed of 
how to contact the project-based contract adminis-
trator for the property to discuss the issue the ten-
ant called about, and if the tenant has previously 
contacted such administrator or does not wish to in-
volve such administrator, the person answering the 
call on the complaint line is capable of providing as-
sistance for the tenant directly or can intake tenant 
information to assist with the request; 
(6) ensure that if the complaint line has re-
ceived calls within any 60-day period from tenants 
of a covered property representing 15 percent or 
more of the dwelling units in the property, the ap-
propriate regional office of the Department shall be 
notified; 
(7) ensure that if within three months after the 
notification of the appropriate regional office of the 
Department, the tenant hotline has received any ad-
ditional calls from tenants of the same covered prop-
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erty, the headquarters office of the Department shall 
be notified; and 
(8) provide availability of translation services 
for the complaint line. 
(d) COVERED PROPERTY.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered property’’ means a multifamily 
housing property that is subject to inspection by the Real 
Estate Assessment Center of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development. 
(e) ADVANCE NOTICE TO TENANTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall up-
date inspection procedures and requirements to ensure 
that tenants of covered properties have at least 7 days 
of advance notice of when their building will be inspected. 
In the advance notice of inspection, tenants shall be pro-
vided the opportunity to inform the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development or inspectors, or both, of spe-
cific issues regarding the unit or building. 
SEC. 11. HEALTHY HOMES INCENTIVE FOR REQUIRING IN-
DOOR RESIDENTIAL MOLD AND OTHER HAZ-
ARD DISCLOSURE. 
(a) SUPPLEMENTAL HEALTHY HOMES FUNDING.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for use under the 
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Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 
502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 
(12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 and 1701z–2), and for related activi-
ties and assistance, $80,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for financial awards under this sec-
tion. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall 
supplement, but not supplant, amounts otherwise appro-
priated. 
(b) FINANCIAL AWARDS.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall provide financial awards 
under this section for a fiscal year to each State, Indian 
tribe, county, unit of local government, and other unit of 
government that requires, to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary, that during such fiscal year sellers of residential 
properties containing not more than 4 dwelling units shall 
complete and provide to the purchaser a disclosure form 
indicating the presence of all environmental hazards, in-
cluding radon, carbon monoxide, formaldeyde, lead, asbes-
tos, and indoor residential mold, that are known to the 
seller. Such a disclosure form shall be its own conspicuous 
form that includes information regarding health and dan-
gers about such environmental hazards. 
(c) USE.—Amounts provided as financial awards pur-
suant to this section shall be used only for activities that 
make health-related improvements to housing units that 
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serve primarily low-income persons and are located within 
the jurisdiction of the State, Indian tribe, county, local 
government, or other unit of government that is awarded 
such assistance. 
SEC. 12. UNIFORM PHYSICAL INSPECTION SAMPLING. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall revise the regulations of the Secretary under subpart 
G of part 5 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations (relat-
ing to physical condition standards and inspection require-
ments), as follows: 
(1) ANNUAL INSPECTIONS.—In section 5.705, 
as amended by the final rule for National Standards 
for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (88 Fed. 
Reg. 30442), to provide that physical inspections are 
conducted annually without exception. 
(2) SAMPLING OF UNITS.—To provide that, in 
carrying out uniform physical inspection require-
ments under an annual inspection, the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall ensure 
that any units in HUD housing that were not in-
spected during the previous two annual inspections 
shall be inspected during the next occurring annual 
inspection. 
(3) INCLUSION OF PRIORITY UNITS IN SCORE.— 
In carrying out uniform physical inspection require-
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ments under an annual inspection, the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall ensure 
that any and all individual units requested to be in-
spected by tenants are included as part of the com-
posite score of the property. 
SEC. 13. DENIAL OF DEPRECIATION DEDUCTION FOR PROP-
ERTIES WITH FAILED NSPIRE INSPECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 167 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 
(i) as subsection (j) and by inserting after subsection (h) 
the following: 
‘‘(i) DISALLOWANCE OF DEPRECIATION DEDUCTION 
FOR PROPERTY WHICH FAILS NATIONAL STANDARDS 
FOR THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF REAL ESTATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no depreciation deduction shall be allowed 
under this section (and no depreciation or amortiza-
tion deduction shall be allowed under any other pro-
vision of this subtitle) to the taxpayer for the taxable 
year with respect to any property described in sec-
tion 168(e)(2)(A)(i) which fails an NSPIRE inspec-
tion during the taxable year. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No deduction shall be 
denied under paragraph (1) in the case of a 
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health or safety violation which causes a prop-
erty to fail an NSPIRE inspection if either— 
‘‘(i) such violation is cured within 90 
days of the date of a failed inspection, or 
‘‘(ii) the inspector finds sufficient evi-
dence that such violation was caused by 
the tenant and not by the owner or man-
agement of the property. 
‘‘(B) EXTENSION OF TIME TO CURE.—The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
provide 30-day extensions of the 90-day period 
described in subparagraph (A)(i) on a case-by- 
case basis and communicate such extensions to 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(3) 
NSPIRE 
INSPECTION.—The 
term 
‘NSPIRE inspection’ means any housing inspection 
required under the National Standards for the Phys-
ical Inspection of Real Estate of the Real Estate As-
sessment Center of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
‘‘(4) INCREASED
DURATION
FOR
DISALLOW-
ANCE IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLE FAILED INSPEC-
TIONS.—In the case of a property which fails two 
consecutive NSPIRE inspections, paragraph (1) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘for the taxable year, 
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and for the immediately succeeding taxable year,’ for 
‘for the taxable year’. 
‘‘(5) DISALLOWED
DEPRECIATION
AMOUNTS 
MAY NOT BE TAKEN IN FUTURE YEAR.—The depre-
ciation deduction allowed with respect to the prop-
erty described in paragraph (1) with respect to any 
future taxable year shall be determined without re-
gard to the amount denied for any year for which 
such deduction was denied. 
‘‘(6) BASIS
ADJUSTMENTS.—If, but for this 
subsection, a depreciation or amortization deduction 
would be allowable to the taxpayer with respect to 
any property— 
‘‘(A) the taxpayer’s basis in such property 
shall be reduced by any depreciation or amorti-
zation deductions disallowed under this sub-
section, and 
‘‘(B) the basis of the remainder interest in 
such property shall be increased by the amount 
of such disallowed deductions. 
‘‘(7) REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, shall prescribe such regu-
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lations as may be necessary or appropriate to 
carry out the purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) HUD SECRETARY.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall prescribe regulations 
to establish a mechanism for providing informa-
tion to the Secretary detailing which properties 
have failed an NSPIRE inspection during the 
taxable year and which properties have received 
extensions of time to cure. In creating this 
mechanism, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall ensure that the Sec-
retary of the Treasury receives information 
about failing properties at least once per cal-
endar quarter.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date that is one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 14. SUPPORTING LANDLORDS TO RECEIVE TIMELY 
VOUCHER PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding and other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall allow public housing agencies to approve a ten-
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ancy using a voucher provided under section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 
and make a payment under such voucher before inspection 
of the dwelling unit if the inspection will be conducted 
more than 14 days after receiving a tenancy package. 
(b) FAILED INSPECTIONS.—If the unit fails inspec-
tion and is not brought into compliance within 14 days, 
the owner of the unit shall repay the payment received 
from the public housing agency within the following 14 
days and shall not hold the tenant responsible for payment 
and shall not evict or terminate the tenant on such basis. 
If the tenant is in the unit at the time the payment is 
issued but the unit does not pass inspection, the public 
housing agency shall be responsible for relocating the ten-
ant and providing additional assistance. 
(c) ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES.—Within 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall establish addi-
tional incentives for public housing agencies to perform 
expedited inspection of dwelling units. 
SEC. 15. PROJECT-BASED CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall require, not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, that project-based contract ad-
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ministrators shall submit to the Secretary data on projects 
and project owners covering the previous 180 days, includ-
ing an analysis of any trends identified over the previous 
180 days on housing conditions, tenant complaints, tenant 
hospitalizations brought to the attention of the contract 
administrator, and any other information as required by 
the Secretary. 
SEC. 16. COORDINATION BETWEEN USDA AND HUD. 
Within 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure, to the 
greatest extent practicable, that the minimum require-
ments and physical quality standards for housing prop-
erties assisted by the Department of Agriculture meet or 
exceed the standards established by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development pursuant to section 4 
of this Act. 
SEC. 17. GAO STUDY ON HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS 
IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED HOUSING. 
Not later than the expiration of the 3-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a 
report to the Congress analyzing and assessing the com-
munication, as applicable, between public housing agen-
cies, landlords, and tenants over resolving problems with 
the health, safety, or other issues of dwelling units that 
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are federally subsidized and inspected through subpart G 
of part 5 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, landlord 
responsiveness regarding such issues, opportunities for im-
provement in such communications, and how tenants un-
derstand their rights and how they are responded to when 
issues arise, including protocols for responding to tenant 
complaints and tenant understanding of such processes. 
The report shall include recommendations for how to im-
prove such communications and the physical quality of the 
housing stock for which such assistance is provided. 
SEC. 18. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the Departments 
of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development 
should work together cooperatively, including through de-
velopment of a Memorandum of Understanding if appro-
priate, to ensure that implementation of this Act is con-
sistent with the provisions of the Fair Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). 
SEC. 19. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development— 
(1) $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for costs to the Department of im-
plementing this Act and the amendments made by 
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this Act, including costs of providing staff to carry 
out this Act and such amendments; and 
(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
and 2026 for continuing costs of carrying out this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
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