HR 8451
Know Your Home Act of 2020
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Bill overview
The Know Your Home Act of 2020 aims to improve transparency in housing regulations by providing federal funding to local governments for digitizing and making publicly available information about housing code violations. It expands eligible activities under the Community Development Block Grant program to include this digitization and online availability. Furthermore, it requires local governments to collect and make this information readily accessible to the public, starting in fiscal year 2026, ensuring residents have access to details about housing violations in their communities.
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Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] Norton
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