S. 5580 — Public Housing Fire Safety Act

This section defines terms used in the Act, including automatic sprinkler system, Capital Fund, exempted public housing project, public housing, public housing agency, and Secretary.

This section requires the Secretary to report on the presence or absence of automatic sprinkler systems in public housing during inspections conducted by the Real Estate Assessment Center. It directs submission to Congress, within 3 years of enactment, of a report based on inspections over the following 3 years that includes recommendations to improve fire safety in exempted public housing projects, and specifies that public housing agencies need not install such systems in exempted projects.

This section establishes a competitive grant program under which the Secretary awards grants to public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in exempted public housing projects. It authorizes $25,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to the Capital Fund and prohibits use of funds for rebuilt multifamily properties.