Public display of tenant’s rights and complaint line

(a) Required display An owner of a multifamily housing project which qualifies for assistance within the jurisdiction of the Department (as such term is defined in section 102(m) of the Department of Housing and Urban Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545 (m)) shall display, at all times and in clear and conspicuous location on each floor of such project that contains any dwelling unit, a written notice that includes— (1) a statement describing the rights under Federal law afforded to tenants of the project; (2) the phone number for the Multifamily Housing Complaint Line established and operated by the Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse; and (3) the phone number for a regional or local office of the Department which can provide tenants additional information regarding State and local resources for tenants. (b) Language Availability The notice required under subparagraph (a) shall be made available to tenants in English and in Spanish, as well as any additional languages the owner may feel necessary. (c) Civil money penalty Any person who is found by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, after notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance with section 554 of title 5, United States Code, to have failed to make a good faith effort to display notice complying with subsection (a) may be assessed a civil money penalty by the Secretary in the amount of $500 for each day of each such failure, except that the Secretary shall waive such penalty in any case in which an owner cures such violation within the 5-day period beginning upon notice by the Secretary of such violation. (d) Model notice (1) Development Not later than the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and publish in the Federal Register a model notice that fulfills the requirements under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2). (2) Availability The Secretary shall make copies of the notice developed pursuant to paragraph (1) available, upon request, to owners of multifamily housing projects. (e) Applicability Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply beginning upon the expiration of the 60-day period that begins on the date that the Secretary publishes notice in the Federal Register pursuant to subsection (c)(1). (f) Regulations Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this section.