HOPWA Grantees Required to Install Carbon Monoxide Alarms/Detectors
On December 8, HUD issued Notice CPD-22-15, requiring Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) grantees and project sponsors to ensure that all dwelling units under the program have carbon monoxide (CO) alarms or detectors installed. The notice goes into effect on December 27, 2022.
Types of units included
- new construction
- project or tenant-based rental assistance
- short-term rent, mortgage, and utility payments (not subject to HOPWA HQS requirements)
- permanent housing placement (not subject to HOPWA HQS requirements)
- acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease, and repair of facilities
- operating costs
Implementation
For units that are subject to the HOPWA Housing Quality Standards (HQS), grantees and project sponsors should assess for CO alarms or detectors when completing an HQS inspection. Grantees/project sponsors should add a question on their HQS inspection forms as to the presence of functioning CO alarms or detectors and document compliance to be kept in the household’s file.
Units not subject to HOPWA HQS may rely on self-certification by the tenant or owner. Grantees/project sponsors should develop materials or trainings to make sure whomever is conducting a self-certification understands and applies the applicable criteria of all properly installed CO detectors or alarms.
In addition, the notice provides ways to prevent intrusion of the devices and examples of sources that create or emit CO. Resources about CO alarms and information are also provided in the notice.
For more guidance and information in the notice please see here.