“To reform the requirements regarding the safety and security of families living in public and federally assisted housing in high-crime areas.”
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This section directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish safety and security standards—considering property-specific needs and potentially including security cameras, locks, lighting, or other measures—for public housing projects and project-based Section 8 rental assistance structures (i.e., tenant-based rental assistance attached to specific units) located in high-crime areas (defined as neighborhoods or small geographic areas with high violent crime incidence, per HUD using State, local, or other crime data). It requires public housing agencies to ensure compliance through inspections and to establish anonymous hotlines for tenants to report suspicious activity and crimes in such areas. Deadlines include HUD's initial high-crime area determinations within 90 days of enactment and standards establishment within one year of enactment.
This section directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to prioritize Capital Fund grants for safety and security measures in public housing projects located in high-crime areas (as defined in section 6(f)(2)(B) of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937). (As background, the Capital Fund provides formula-based assistance to public housing agencies for capital and management activities, including development, modernization, vacancy reduction, deferred maintenance, and management improvements.)