Dignity in Housing Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6640
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2022-02-08
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Dignity in Housing Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to inspect each public housing project with more than 100 units at least every two years to determine whether the project and units are maintained in compliance with federal standards. Inspections must be performed by HUD employees or designees, and may not be performed by officers, employees, or agents of a public housing agency. HUD must make the results of these inspections publicly available online. These inspections are in addition to the annual inspection already required of every public housing project under current law.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6640 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 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 public 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 Dignity in Housing Act of 2022 . 2. Inspections Subsection (f) of section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437d(f) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Large public housing developments (A) Biennial inspections The Secretary shall make inspections of each public housing project consisting of 100 dwelling units or more not less frequently than biennially to determine whether the project is, and units in the project are, maintained in accordance with the requirements under paragraph (1). (B) Inspectors Inspections of a public housing project required under this paragraph shall be— (i) in addition to inspections required by paragraph (3); and (ii) conducted by employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or such other inspectors as may be obtained by the Secretary, but not including any officers or employees or a public housing agency or any agent of a public housing agency. (C) Public availability The Secretary shall make the results of inspections pursuant to this paragraph publicly available online. .