H.R. 5909

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5909 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5909

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 
procedures for reporting of condemned Federally assisted rental housing 
and to authorize penalties related to such condemned housing, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 4, 2025

Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Financial Services

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A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 
procedures for reporting of condemned Federally assisted rental housing 
and to authorize penalties related to such condemned housing, and for 
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORTING AND PENALTIES FOR CONDEMNED FEDERALLY ASSISTED 
RENTAL HOUSING.

(a) Notification System.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall establish procedures for tenants of Federally 
assisted rental housing to report to the Secretary if such housing has 
been condemned by a city, county, State, or Federal agency.
(b) Civil Penalty.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 on any owner of 
Federally assisted rental housing which has been condemned by a city, 
county, State, or Federal agency.
(c) Federally Assisted Rental Housing Defined.--In this Act, the 
term ``Federally assisted rental housing'' means a residential dwelling 
unit that is made available for rental and for which assistance is 
provided, or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is 
provided, under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development or the Secretary of Agriculture, including--
(1) the low-income housing credit under section 42 of title 
26, Internal Revenue Code;
(2) the program for transitional housing assistance for 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking under section 40299 of the Safe Homes for Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12351);
(3) the program for financial assistance for supportive 
services for very low-income veteran families in permanent 
housing under section 2044 of title 38, United States Code;
(4) the program for transitional housing assistance for 
homeless veterans under section 2011 of title 38, United States 
Code;
(5) the program for homeless veterans with special needs 
under section 2061 of title 38, United States Code;
(6) the program for rental and cooperative housing for 
lower income families under section 236 of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1);
(7) the program for housing for moderate income and 
displaced families under section 221 of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 17151(d)(3));
(8) the public housing program under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.);
(9) the program for rental assistance under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
(10) the HOME Investment Partnership program under title II 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 12721 et seq.);
(11) title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.);
(12) the Housing Trust Fund program under section 1338 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
4568);
(13) the program for supportive housing for the elderly 
under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
(14) the program for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013);
(15) the AIDS Housing Opportunities program under subtitle 
D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.);
(16) the program for Native American housing under the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.);
(17) the program for housing assistance for Native 
Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 
et seq.);
(18) the programs for assistance for rural rental housing 
under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et 
seq.); and
(19) any other Federal housing program providing affordable 
housing to low and moderate income persons by means of 
restricted rents or rental assistance, or more generally 
providing affordable housing opportunities.
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