New Section 8 smoke detector requirement

[James Mc Ree]

I had a SFR Section 8 annual inspection today. The inspector told me there is a new smoke detector requirement for Section 8 homes coming January 1:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7981...

https://www.us-hc.com/blogs/new-smoke-detector-requirement-f...

Has anyone heard of this? His mention of it was the first I heard of it. The article referenced above says no implementation date has been set, but the inspector said it was January 1, 2025. It's time to buy stock in smoke detector companies if that is true.

I use 10 year lithium radio connected detectors. Some have sealed batteries and some are replaceable. Most of my detectors, maybe all, do not have a visual indicator for the hearing impaired. I think I will be buying a bunch of detectors, but I don't yet know what "tamper resistant" means for a sealed detector.