HUD to provide $5M to install carbon monoxide detectors in public housing; follows an NBCNews investigation that revealed the lack of protections for millions of low-income tenants who live in federally subsidized rental units.
to require detectors, warning that delays could mean more lives lost. But HUD said it would need Congress to pass a new law in order to move faster. The agency is currently helping Menendez and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., to draft a bill.in March, would require carbon monoxide detectors in federally assisted housing and would provide $10 million in funding. The bill has yet to advance in either the Senate or the House.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who introduced that bill, said she was encouraged by HUD’s announcement of funding Monday but stressed that Congress still needs to act to protect families from carbon monoxide poisoning. “Every parent deserves a safe home for them and their children, which is why I’m calling on my colleagues to codify this requirement into law and provide even more funding for public housing units to install these lifesaving devices,” Harris, who is running for president, said in a statement.
The $5 million in HUD funding, drawn from the agency’s emergency safety and security program, is restricted to local housing authorities, which oversee about 1.2 million public housing units across the country, the agency told NBC News. The funding is not available to private landlords who own and operate housing for more than 3.4 million households who receive rental assistance from HUD.
“While we welcome $5 million for the purchase and installation of carbon monoxide detectors, the funding leaves many public housing units unprotected," Menendez said in a statement."All public housing units need carbon monoxide detectors, not just some of them."
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