Sec. 103. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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In this section— the term Department means the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and the term task force means the Housing for Moms Task Force established under subsection (b). The Secretary shall establish within the Department a Housing for Moms Task Force that shall be responsible for ensuring that women in the prenatal and postpartum periods have safe, stable, affordable, and adequate housing for themselves and their other children.
The task force shall— study how the Department can support women in the prenatal and postpartum periods and make recommendations to the Secretary; provide guidance to regional offices of the Department on measures to ensure that local housing infrastructure is supportive to women in the prenatal and postpartum periods, including providing information on— health-promoting housing codes; enforcement of housing codes; proactive rental inspection programs; code enforcement officer training; and partnerships between regional offices of the Department and community organizations to ensure housing laws are understood and violations are discovered; and not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, submit to Congress a report summarizing the activities of the task force.