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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 7700

Introduced

Annual Public Housing Inspections Accountability Act

Sponsor
RMichael Lawler· New York
Introduced
February 25, 2026
Policy area
Housing and Community Development
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.February 25, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7700 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7700

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the 
Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study with 
respect to public housing inspections and the number of inspectors 
needed to ensure that all inspections are completed annually.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2026

Mr. Lawler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services

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A BILL

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the 
Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study with 
respect to public housing inspections and the number of inspectors 
needed to ensure that all inspections are completed annually.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Annual Public Housing Inspections 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON PUBLIC HOUSING INSPECTIONS.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall, not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, conduct a study and submit a 
report to the Congress that identifies:
(1) how many inspections required to be conducted by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the 1-year period 
are incomplete; and
(2) how many inspectors are needed to ensure that all 
inspections required to be conducted by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development can be completed each year.
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