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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5909 
To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 
procedures for reporting of condemned Federally assisted rental housing 
and to authorize penalties related to such condemned housing, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to establish procedures for reporting of condemned Fed-
erally assisted rental housing and to authorize penalties 
related to such condemned housing, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPORTING AND PENALTIES FOR CONDEMNED 
FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING. 
(a) NOTIFICATION
SYSTEM.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall estab-
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lish procedures for tenants of Federally assisted rental 
housing to report to the Secretary if such housing has 
been condemned by a city, county, State, or Federal agen-
cy. 
(b) CIVIL PENALTY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may impose a civil penalty of not 
more than $50,000 on any owner of Federally assisted 
rental housing which has been condemned by a city, coun-
ty, State, or Federal agency. 
(c) FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING DE-
FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Federally assisted rental 
housing’’ means a residential dwelling unit that is made 
available for rental and for which assistance is provided, 
or that is part of a housing project for which assistance 
is provided, under any program administered by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, including— 
(1) the low-income housing credit under section 
42 of title 26, Internal Revenue Code; 
(2) the program for transitional housing assist-
ance for victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking under section 
40299 of the Safe Homes for Women Act of 1994 
(34 U.S.C. 12351); 
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(3) the program for financial assistance for 
supportive services for very low-income veteran fami-
lies in permanent housing under section 2044 of title 
38, United States Code; 
(4) the program for transitional housing assist-
ance for homeless veterans under section 2011 of 
title 38, United States Code; 
(5) the program for homeless veterans with spe-
cial needs under section 2061 of title 38, United 
States Code; 
(6) the program for rental and cooperative 
housing for lower income families under section 236 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 
(7) the program for housing for moderate in-
come and displaced families under section 221 of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 17151(d)(3)); 
(8) the public housing program under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.); 
(9) the program for rental assistance under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f); 
(10) the HOME Investment Partnership pro-
gram under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
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tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 
seq.); 
(11) title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.); 
(12) the Housing Trust Fund program under 
section 1338 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568); 
(13) the program for supportive housing for the 
elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 
(14) the program for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013); 
(15) the AIDS Housing Opportunities program 
under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.); 
(16) the program for Native American housing 
under the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 
seq.); 
(17) the program for housing assistance for Na-
tive Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native Amer-
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ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.); 
(18) the programs for assistance for rural rent-
al housing under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.); and 
(19) any other Federal housing program pro-
viding affordable housing to low and moderate in-
come persons by means of restricted rents or rental 
assistance, or more generally providing affordable 
housing opportunities. 
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