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HR 5704 115th Congress House

Know Your Home Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide additional funding under the Community Development Block Grant program for units of gener… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide additional funding under the Community Development Block Grant program for units of general local government to digitize and make available online information regarding violations of housing construction, building, and safety codes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 8, 2018 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Digital mediaGovernment information and archivesHousing and community development fundingHousing industry and standardsState and local government operations
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
May 8, 2018
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Know Your Home Act of 2018

This bill expands eligible activities under the Community Development Block Grant program to include payment of costs incurred by a local government in digitizing, and publishing online, information regarding violations of laws and regulations related to housing construction and safety. The bill also requires a local government, as a condition of grant eligibility in FY2024 or later, to collect and make publicly available such information upon request.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5704: Know Your Home Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5704/
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"H.R. 5704: Know Your Home Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5704/.
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H.R. 5704, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5704/.
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