HR7108-119

What This Bill Does

The Improving Public Housing Agency Accountability Act creates recurring notice and oversight tools for public housing agencies under an administrative or judicial receiver or federal monitor. Each covered agency must notify HUD each year whether a receiver or monitor remains appointed as of October 1, when the appointment began, the projected termination date if known, and the current receiver or monitor. If the House Financial Services Committee or Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee sends a written request, the HUD Inspector General must provide an analysis within 180 days. That analysis must cover the agency's compliance with HUD agreements, specific deficiencies and progress, receiver or monitor actions, gaps in oversight, physical housing conditions, health and safety compliance, allegations of waste, fraud, abuse or federal-law violations by employees or contractors, and recommendations to improve compliance or oversight.

Who Benefits and How

Public housing residents, tenant organizations, HUD oversight officials, the House Financial Services Committee, and the Senate Banking Committee benefit from annual visibility into receiverships and monitorships and a mechanism for deeper Inspector General review. Residents benefit if oversight identifies unsafe conditions, health and safety gaps, or monitor failures that need correction.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Covered public housing agencies, receivers, federal monitors, HUD staff, HUD Inspector General analysts, public housing contractors, and agency employees face annual notice, document collection, condition review, compliance analysis, and possible public scrutiny. Agencies with weak compliance or poor physical conditions may face recommendations for stronger HUD action or tighter monitor oversight.

Key Provisions

• Requires covered public housing agencies to notify HUD annually about active receivers or federal monitors.
• Requires notices to identify appointment dates, projected termination dates, and current receivers or monitors.
• Requires HUD Inspector General analysis within 180 days of a written request from House or Senate housing committees.
• Requires analysis of compliance agreements, monitor oversight, physical conditions, health and safety requirements, waste, fraud, abuse, and federal-law violations.
• Requires recommendations to improve compliance or strengthen receiver or monitor oversight.