Public Housing Fire Safety Act

This bill establishes a competitive grant program, administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to provide funding to public housing agencies. The primary purpose of this program is to enable these agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in existing exempted public housing projects, which are not already subject to federal sprinkler requirements for new or rebuilt properties. To support this initiative, the bill authorizes an appropriation of $25,000,000 annually to the Capital Fund for fiscal years 2025 through 2034.

Furthermore, the legislation mandates that the Secretary conduct inspections of public housing to report on the presence or absence of automatic sprinkler systems, with a particular focus on exempted projects. Within three years of enactment, the Secretary must submit a comprehensive report to Congress detailing these findings and offering recommendations to enhance fire safety in such housing. It is explicitly stated that this reporting requirement does not obligate public housing agencies to install sprinkler systems.