Dignity in Housing Act of 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Dignity in Housing Act of 2025."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dignity in Housing Act of 2025 .
2: Inspections
This section would add a new paragraph to section 6(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 covering large public housing developments. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development would have to inspect each public housing project that has 100 or more dwelling units at least once every two years, to determine whether the project and its individual units are being maintained in accordance with the existing maintenance requirements in that law. These biennial inspections would be required in addition to the inspections already required under existing law, not in place of them. The inspections would have to be carried out by employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or by other inspectors the Secretary obtains, but could not be carried out by any officer or employee of a public housing agency or by any agent of a public housing agency. The Secretary would also have to make the results of these inspections publicly available online.
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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. .