Respectable Housing Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6740
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2022-02-15
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Respectable Housing Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to insist that each owner of a housing project with 100 dwelling units or more receiving section 8 assistance maintain the project and associated dwelling units in a condition that complies with existing public housing law. The bill further requires HUD to make biennial inspections of housing projects to determine whether the projects are being maintained in accordance with this requirement.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6740 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2022 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to inspect certain low-income housing developments to ensure compliance with housing quality and safety standards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Respectable Housing Act of 2022 . 2. Inspections (a) Housing quality requirements The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall require each owner of a housing project that contains 100 dwelling units or more for which project-based rental assistance is provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ) to maintain the project, and assisted dwelling units in the project, in a condition that complies with standards which meet or exceed the housing quality standards established under section 6(f) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1437d(f) ) with respect to public housing. (b) Biennial inspections The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make inspections of each housing project described in subsection (a) not less frequently than biennially to determine whether the project is, and such dwelling units in the project are, maintained in accordance with the housing quality requirements applicable under subsection (a). (c) Inspectors Inspections of a public housing project required under this paragraph shall be conducted by employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or such other inspectors as may be obtained by the Secretary. (d) Public availability The Secretary shall make the results of inspections pursuant to this section publicly available online.