of federally assisted multifamily housing, shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to improve the activities of 
the Real Estate Assessment Center of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development for physical assessment 
and inspection of public housing and federally assisted 
multifamily housing, including developing a detailed proc-
ess to improve planning and preparation for inspections 
of such housing, as follows: 
(1) ADVANCE NOTICE OF OFFLINE UNITS.—The 
Secretary shall require, and provide for, public hous-
ing agencies and owners of federally assisted multi-
family housing to inform the Real Estate Assess-
ment Center an adequate period of time in advance 
of an inspection regarding any dwelling units that 
will be offline during the inspection due to unit re-
pairs, rehabilitation, or damage due to natural disas-
ters. 
(2) SCHEDULING INSPECTIONS.—The Secretary 
shall require the Real Estate Assessment Center, in 
scheduling inspections of public housing and feder-
ally assisted multifamily housing— 
(A) to consult with the public housing 
agency or owner of the housing, as applicable, 
to determine a mutually agreeable date for the 
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inspection that is consistent with the schedule 
of the agency or owner; and 
(B) in the case of public housing agencies 
designated pursuant to section 6(j) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d(j)) as high-performing agencies, to 
schedule regular inspections every three years. 
(3) SELECTION
OF
INSPECTORS.—The Sec-
retary shall provide that a Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspection of public housing or federally as-
sisted multifamily housing shall be conducted by an 
inspector who is selected by the public housing agen-
cy or owner of the housing, as applicable, from a list 
of qualified, participating inspectors developed and 
provided by the Secretary. 
(4) INSPECTIONS.—The Secretary shall provide 
that in carrying out any inspection and assessment 
of public housing or federally assisted multifamily 
housing, the Real Estate Assessment Center shall— 
(A) identify, but not score deficiencies on 
items not owned or controlled by the public 
housing agency, including neighbors’ fences, 
tenants’ extra appliances, and municipal side-
walks and streets; and 
(B) require that— 
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(i) any assessment shall factor the im-
pact, with respect to a public housing 
agency, of any chronic under-funding of 
the Public Housing Operating Fund and 
the Public Housing Capital Fund and any 
detrimental effects that successive years of 
under-funding have had the agency’s abil-
ity to adequately maintain the physical 
condition of public housing; and 
(ii) any final Real Estate Assessment 
Center score is prorated to reflects such 
under-funding. 
(5) RE-INSPECTIONS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide that any public housing agency having a prop-
erty that fails a Real Estate Assessment Center 
physical inspection may request a re-inspection so 
that deficiencies can be cured before establishment 
of a final Real Estate Assessment Center score. 
(6) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall make the 
three-day Real Estate Assessment Center physical 
inspection training for non-inspectors, held in Wash-
ington, DC, available to personnel of all public hous-
ing agencies throughout the Nation, by use of the 
World Wide Web or other electronic means. 
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(7) ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—The Secretary 
shall convene an advisory committee (within the 
meaning given such term in the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) to review and make 
recommendations for revising, as necessary, the Real 
Estate Assessment Center scoring system. 
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