Title: Safe Housing for Families Act
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:

Safe Housing for Families Act
This bill requires the installation of at least one carbon monoxide detector per floor in each unit of specified federally assisted housing. Specifically, the requirement applies to (1) supportive housing for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, (2) public housing, and (3) rental housing for which the owner receives low-income voucher assistance.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 755 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 755

  To require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally assisted 
                    housing, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2019

  Ms. Harris introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally assisted 
                    housing, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Housing for Families Act''.

SEC. 2. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.

    (a) Supportive Housing for the Elderly.--Section 202(j) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(j)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
            ``(9) Carbon monoxide detectors.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each owner of a dwelling unit 
                assisted under this section shall ensure that not less 
                than 1 carbon monoxide detector is installed per floor 
                in the dwelling unit in accordance with standards and 
                criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the protection 
                of occupants in the dwelling unit.
                    ``(B) Rehabilitation.--Each owner of a dwelling 
                unit assisted under this section that is located in a 
                property that is undergoing or planning a substantial 
                rehabilitation project shall ensure that, during that 
                rehabilitation, not less than 1 carbon monoxide 
                detector is installed per floor in the dwelling unit in 
                accordance with standards and criteria acceptable to 
                the Secretary for the protection of occupants in the 
                dwelling unit.''.
    (b) Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities.--Section 
811(j) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Carbon monoxide detectors.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each dwelling unit assisted 
                under this section shall contain not less than 1 carbon 
                monoxide detector installed per floor of the dwelling 
                unit in accordance with standards and criteria 
                acceptable to the Secretary for the protection of 
                occupants in the dwelling unit.
                    ``(B) Rehabilitation.--Each dwelling unit assisted 
                under this section that is located in a property that 
                is undergoing or planning a substantial rehabilitation 
                project shall, during that rehabilitation, have 
                installed not less than 1 carbon monoxide detector per 
                floor of the dwelling unit in accordance with standards 
                and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the 
                protection of occupants in the dwelling unit.''.
    (c) Public and Section 8 Housing.--The United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 3(a) (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)), by adding at the 
        end the following:
            ``(8) Carbon monoxide detectors.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each public housing agency shall 
                ensure, for each dwelling unit in public housing owned 
                or operated by the public housing agency, that not less 
                than 1 carbon monoxide detector is installed per floor 
                in the dwelling unit in accordance with standards and 
                criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the protection 
                of occupants in the dwelling unit.
                    ``(B) Rehabilitation.--With respect to public 
                housing for which a public housing agency is undergoing 
                or planning a substantial rehabilitation project, the 
                public housing agency shall ensure that, during that 
                rehabilitation, not less than 1 carbon monoxide 
                detector is installed per floor in each dwelling unit 
                located in that public housing in accordance with 
                standards and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for 
                the protection of occupants in the dwelling unit.''; 
                and
            (2) in section 8(o) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), by adding at the 
        end the following:
            ``(21) Carbon monoxide detectors.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each owner of a dwelling unit 
                receiving tenant-based assistance or project-based 
                assistance under this subsection shall ensure that not 
                less than 1 carbon monoxide detector is installed per 
                floor in the dwelling unit in accordance with standards 
                and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the 
                protection of occupants in the dwelling unit.
                    ``(B) Rehabilitation.--With respect to a property 
                receiving tenant-based assistance or project-based 
                assistance for which the owner is undergoing or 
                planning a substantial rehabilitation project, the 
                owner shall ensure that, during that rehabilitation, 
                not less than 1 carbon monoxide detector is installed 
                per floor in each dwelling unit assisted in that 
                property in accordance with standards and criteria 
                acceptable to the Secretary for the protection of 
                occupants in the dwelling unit.''.
    (d) Additional Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out the amendments made by this Act $1,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2029.
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