1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Accountability Act of 2017 . 2. Standards for physical condition and management of housing receiving assistance payments Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ) is amended by inserting after subsection (v) the following: (w) Standards for physical condition and management of housing receiving assistance payments (1) Standards for physical condition and management of housing Any entity receiving assistance payments under this section shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined by the Secretary, for any structure covered under a housing assistance payment contract. (2) Survey of tenants The Secretary shall develop a process by which a Performance-Based Contract Administrator shall, on a semiannual basis, conduct a survey of the tenants of each structure covered under a housing assistance payment contract for the purpose of identifying consistent or persistent problems with the physical condition of the structure or performance of the manager of the structure. (3) Remediation A structure covered under a housing assistance payment contract shall be referred to the Secretary for remediation if a Performance-Based Contract Administrator identifies a consistent or persistent problem with the structure or the management of the structure based on— (A) a survey conducted under paragraph (2); or (B) any other observation made by the Performance-Based Contract Administrator during the normal course of business. (4) Penalty for failure to uphold standards (A) In general The Secretary may impose a penalty on any owner of a structure covered under a housing assistance payment contract if the Secretary finds that the structure or manager of the structure— (i) did not satisfactorily meet the requirements under paragraph (1)