The Public Housing Fire Safety Act establishes a $25 million annual grant program for the next decade to help public housing agencies install automatic sprinkler systems in older public housing buildings that aren't currently required to have them. The legislation directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to track sprinkler systems during routine inspections and report back to Congress within three years on how many public housing units lack this fire safety equipment, along with recommendations for improvement. The grants are specifically targeted at "exempted" public housing projects—older multifamily buildings that were constructed before modern fire safety codes mandated sprinklers—while excluding certain rebuilt properties from eligibility. This bill affects low-income residents living in public housing across the country by investing in their fire safety, though participation remains voluntary for individual housing agencies and no agency is required to install sprinklers to receive other federal funding.
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