To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permanently authorize the emergency safety and security grant program, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill amends the public housing Capital Fund statute to make HUD run an emergency safety and security grant program for public housing agencies. Grants can pay for security systems, cameras, fencing, lighting, alarms, window bars, deadbolt locks, doors, carbon-monoxide alarms, smoke and heat detectors, and extreme-temperature or minimum-heating compliance work. Each public housing agency generally can receive up to $250,000 per fiscal year, with higher awards allowed for extra-large agencies or agencies with more than 5,000 units.
Who Benefits and How
Public housing residents benefit from upgraded crime prevention, fire safety, carbon-monoxide protection, and heating or extreme-temperature safeguards. Public housing agencies benefit from a recurring federal grant program for capital improvements that may be hard to finance from operating budgets, and large PHAs can seek awards above the normal cap when scale justifies it.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HUD must administer a separate application process, decide eligible uses, manage the Capital Fund set-aside, and award the newly authorized $225 million annual appropriation. Public housing agencies must apply separately for each use, document safety needs, manage procurement and installation, and maintain funded equipment. Federal taxpayers bear the annual appropriation cost.
Key Provisions
- Establishes a permanent HUD emergency safety and security grant program for public housing agencies.
- Authorizes grants for security systems, cameras, fencing, lighting, alarms, window bars, doors, locks, smoke detectors, heat detectors, carbon-monoxide equipment, and heating or extreme-temperature compliance.
- Limits most public housing agencies to $250,000 per fiscal year while allowing larger awards for extra-large agencies or agencies with more than 5,000 units.
- Appropriates $225 million annually in addition to amounts set aside from the public housing Capital Fund.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Permanently authorizes a HUD emergency safety and security grant program for public housing agencies and funds it at $225 million per year plus a Capital Fund set-aside.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Public Safety
Primary Purpose
Permanently authorizes a HUD emergency safety and security grant program for public housing agencies and funds it at $225 million per year plus a Capital Fund set-aside.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Public housing residents
- Public housing agencies
- HUD
- Large public housing agencies
Identified Costs
- HUD
- Public housing agencies
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Mr. Goldman of New York introduced the following bill; which …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Large public housing agencies, Public housing agencies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → HUD Secretary
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