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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6899 
To require Federal agencies to develop and provide notice to tenants of 
housing relief provided by Federal actions to respond to the COVID- 
19 pandemic, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2020 
Ms. DEAN (for herself, Ms. WATERS, and Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To require Federal agencies to develop and provide notice 
to tenants of housing relief provided by Federal actions 
to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Know Your Housing 
Rights Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. NOTICES REGARDING RENTER RIGHTS. 
(a) NOTICE.—Not later than the expiration of the 7- 
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, and the Federal National Mortgage Association and 
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, at the di-
rection of the Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency, shall each establish a notice for renters of dwell-
ing units owned by, assisted by, or subject to any mort-
gage held, made, insured, guaranteed, or securitized by 
such agency or enterprise, to inform such renters of any 
rights, relief, and assistance relating to occupancy in such 
dwelling units that is available under statutory, regu-
latory, and other actions in response to the emergency de-
clared on March 13, 2020, by the President under section 
501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191) relating to the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. 
(b) CONTENT.—The notice established pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include a statement— 
(1) explaining the effect of the eviction morato-
rium in section 4024 of the CARES Act (Public 
Law 116–1136; 134 Stat. 492; 15 U.S.C. 9058) and 
the effects of any other moratoria or extensions of 
moratoria provided for, including that— 
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(A) section 4024(b) of the CARES Act 
prohibits landlords of certain rental ‘‘covered 
dwellings’’ from initiating eviction proceedings 
‘‘for nonpayment of rent or other fees or 
charges’’ or from ‘‘charg[ing] fees, penalties, or 
other charges’’ against a tenant relating to non-
payment of rent; and 
(B) such protections apply only during the 
120-day period that began upon enactment of 
the CARES Act (March 27, 2020); 
(2) that the moratorium under the CARES Act 
does not terminate the tenant’s obligation to pay 
rent; 
(3) that tenants will owe any rental arrearages 
that accrue during the moratorium under the 
CARES Act; and 
(4) that tenants are encouraged to contact their 
landlord if they are having trouble paying their rent. 
(c) TERMS.—Each of the Secretaries specified in sub-
section (a) and each of the enterprises specified in such 
paragraph, at the direction of the Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency, shall— 
(1) make the notice established pursuant to 
subsection (a) available on the internet, on a website 
of such agency or enterprise, in a readily available, 
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publicly accessible, and user-friendly manner, not 
later than the expiration of the 7-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(2) develop a version of such notice for public 
housing agencies and owners of rental dwelling units 
described in subsection (a) not later than the expira-
tion of the 7-day period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act to provide to tenants of such 
dwelling units; and 
(3) require such public housing agencies and 
owners to provide such notice to tenants of such 
dwelling units, not later than the expiration of the 
7-day period that begins upon development of such 
notice pursuant to paragraph (2), by electronic mail, 
traditional mail, and posting in common areas of 
multifamily structures containing such dwelling 
units. 
(d) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Any notice established 
or developed pursuant to subsection (a) or (c) of this sec-
tion shall comply with the following requirements: 
(1) ACCESSIBILITY OF NOTICES.—Such notices 
shall inform renters that the notice is accessible, in 
at least all existing languages for which each such 
agency or enterprise currently has translations avail-
able, to individuals with limited English proficiency 
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