I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5034 
To reform the requirements regarding the safety and security of families 
living in public and federally assisted housing in high-crime areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 22, 2025 
Ms. WILSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To reform the requirements regarding the safety and security 
of families living in public and federally assisted housing 
in high-crime areas. 
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 ‘‘Liberty City Rising 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SAFETY STANDARDS FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED 
HOUSING IN HIGH-CRIME AREAS. 
(a) PUBLIC HOUSING.—Section 6(f)(2) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(f)(2)) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) SAFE
AND
HABITABLE.—The Sec-
retary shall’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) HIGH-CRIME AREAS.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘high-crime area’ means a 
neighborhood or other small geographic 
area that the Secretary determines has a 
high incidence of violent crime, based on 
the most recent violent crime data avail-
able from a State, unit of local govern-
ment, or other source determined appro-
priate by the Secretary, that lists the types 
of crimes and number of offenses com-
mitted in the area. 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL SAFETY AND SECU-
RITY
STANDARDS.—In addition to the 
standards under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall establish standards to en-
sure the safety and security of dwellings 
located in a high-crime area. 
‘‘(iii) CONTENTS.—The standards es-
tablished under clause (ii)— 
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‘‘(I) shall require a public hous-
ing agency to consider security meas-
ures that meet the specific needs of a 
property or building; and 
‘‘(II) may include requirements 
related to security cameras, locks, 
lighting, or other security measures. 
‘‘(iv) ANONYMOUS HOTLINE.—A pub-
lic housing agency that operates a public 
housing project in a high-crime area shall 
establish an anonymous hotline for tenants 
to report suspicious activity and crimes 
that occur in the community in which the 
public housing project is located.’’. 
(b) PROJECT-BASED ASSISTED HOUSING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(P) SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDARDS 
FOR HIGH-CRIME AREAS.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘high-crime area’ means a 
neighborhood or other small geographic 
area that the Secretary determines has a 
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