Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Dignity in Housing Act of 2023”.
Dignity in Housing Act of 2023
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.
Sec. 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.”