More than 1 million people in the U.S. are living in federally-funded housing complexes that inspectors found had fallen short on working smoke detectors, an ABC investigation found.
Every day, seven Americans die from home fires while 36 are injured, according to the Red Cross.
People stand near debris after a fatal fire where six people, including four children, died in a city-owned building in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, May 8, 2019. The Department of Housing and Urban Development rules require owners – whether they are public housing authorities or private landlords who receive federal subsidies -- to install smoke detectors in every home or apartment and perform regular visits to make sure they work. That includes replacing batteries and setting rules to forbid tenants from disabling detectors.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks during an event at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Feb. 13, 2020.
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