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Whole-home repairs cover access, safety, and energy and water use

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 202, Sec. 202. Written by .

Whole-home repairs cover access, safety, and energy and water use

The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 202 in the PDF
What the document says

“(B) habitability and safety concerns, such as repairs needed to ensure residential units are fit for human habitation and free from defective conditions or health and safety hazards; or (C) energy and water efficiency, resilience, and weatherization.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 202

The section defines whole-home repairs as changes, repairs, or updates to owner or renter occupied units addressing physical and sensory accessibility for people with disabilities and older adults, habitability and safety, or energy and water efficiency, resilience, and weatherization.

What the document actually says

“(B) habitability and safety concerns, such as repairs needed to ensure residential units are fit for human habitation and free from defective conditions or health and safety hazards; or (C) energy and water efficiency, resilience, and weatherization.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 202
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One kind of repair makes a home fit to live in. It fixes broken things and things that are unsafe. Another kind cuts the energy and water a home uses.

What this is about

The third kind is about getting around the home. It covers grab bars, ramps, and wider doors. Those help older people and people with disabilities.

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  1. The document itself

    Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 202, 140 Stat. 860 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm

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    “Whole-home repairs cover access, safety, and energy and water use,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 202, Sec. 202. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec202-whole-home-repairs/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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