To reform the requirements regarding the safety and security of families living in public and federally assisted housing in high-crime areas.
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Summary
What This Bill Does: The Liberty City Rising Act requires HUD to identify high-crime neighborhoods and set enhanced safety standards for public housing and federally assisted housing in those areas. Housing agencies must install security measures such as cameras, locks, and lighting, and establish anonymous hotlines for tenants to report crimes. Public housing agencies in high-crime areas also receive priority for Capital Fund safety grants.
Who Benefits: Tenants living in public and federally assisted housing in high-crime areas gain new safety protections. Security equipment manufacturers and installers benefit from increased demand for cameras, locks, and lighting systems.
Who Bears the Burden: Public housing agencies and owners of assisted structures must comply with new safety standards and fund security improvements. HUD must designate high-crime areas within 90 days and publish safety standards within one year.
Key Provisions: (1) Defines "high-crime area" based on violent crime data from state or local sources. (2) Requires HUD to establish safety and security standards for dwellings in those areas. (3) Mandates anonymous crime-reporting hotlines for tenants. (4) Gives grant priority under the Capital Fund to public housing projects in high-crime areas.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish enhanced safety and security standards for public housing and federally assisted housing located in high-crime areas, including security cameras, lighting, locks, and anonymous crime-reporting hotlines for tenants.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Public Safety
Primary Purpose
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish enhanced safety and security standards for public housing and federally assisted housing located in high-crime areas, including security cameras, lighting, locks, and anonymous crime-reporting hotlines for tenants.
Policy Domains
Whole Bill — Housing Safety in High-Crime Areas
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Public housing tenants in high-crime areas
- Families in federally assisted housing
- Security equipment manufacturers and installers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Public housing agencies
- Owners of project-based assisted structures
- HUD (Secretary must establish standards and designate areas within 90 days/1 year)
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Wilson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Public housing agencies in high-crime areas, Public housing tenants in high-crime areas
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A neighborhood or small geographic area that the Secretary determines has a high incidence of violent crime, based on the most recent violent crime data available from State, local government, or other sources.
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