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Annual Public Housing Inspections Accountability Act
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.
Summary
- Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Comptroller General to conduct a joint study on public housing inspections.
- Directs the study to identify how many required public housing inspections remain incomplete in a 1-year period.
- Directs the study to determine how many inspectors are needed to ensure all required public housing inspections can be completed each year.
- Requires the study report to be submitted to Congress within 1 year of enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/L000599.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Lawler, Michael (R-NY) [#17]
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Michael Lawler’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BLACKSTONE $30,317
- Employer not reported $21,373
- CEO $20,320
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $16,500
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $16,500
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Michael Lawler → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Feb 25, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Feb 25, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2026
Mr. Lawler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
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. <all>
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