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To provide for a comfortable and safe temperature level in dwelling units receiving certain Federal housing assistance, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require owners of dwelling units receiving project-based housing assistance to maintain a comfortable and safe temperature level between 71 and 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Authorizes the Secretary to use funds from the Capital Fund or Operating Fund to ensure that public housing dwelling units maintain a comfortable and safe temperature level between 71 and 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Authorizes the Secretary to require owners of housing assisted under the elderly supportive housing program to maintain units at a comfortable and safe temperature level between 71 and 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
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![Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/W000808.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. (D-FL) [#24]
Actions (2)
- Aug 22, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Aug 22, 2025 Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 22, 2025
Ms. Wilson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To provide for a comfortable and safe temperature level in dwelling units receiving certain Federal housing assistance, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Temperature Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. COMFORTABLE AND SAFE TEMPERATURE LEVEL IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.
(a) Public Housing and Project-Based Assistance.—The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)), by adding at the end the following:
“(P) Maintaining temperature level in units.—The Secretary may require the owner of a dwelling unit receiving assistance under a housing assistance payment under this paragraph to ensure that the dwelling unit maintains a comfortable and safe temperature level ranging from 71 degrees to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.”; and
(2) in section 9 (42 U.S.C. 1437g), by adding at the end the following:
“(p) Use of Funds To Maintain Temperate Level in Units.—With respect to a public housing dwelling unit, the Secretary may use amounts in the Capital Fund or the Operating Fund to ensure that the dwelling unit maintains a comfortable and safe temperature level ranging from 71 degrees to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.”.
(b) Supportive Housing for the Elderly.—Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) is amended by striking the last two subsections (each designated as subsection (m)) and inserting the following:
“(m) Maintaining Temperature in Units.—The Secretary may require the owner of housing assisted under this section to ensure that each unit in that housing maintains a comfortable and safe temperature level ranging from 71 degrees to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.”. <all>
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