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H.R. 68

Housing Fairness Act of 2025

In Plain Language

This bill requires the government to test whether renters, homebuyers, and mortgage borrowers face different treatment based on race, religion, disability, family status, sex, or national origin. It also funds organizations that help victims of housing discrimination and supports research and pilot projects aimed at understanding and reducing housing discrimination.

Official Congressional Research Service summary

Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2025 or the Housing Fairness Act of 2025This bill expands efforts to detect and address housing discrimination.Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must conduct a nationwide testing program to (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of prospective renters, homebuyers, or mortgage borrowers; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, homebuyer, or borrower; and (3) measure the prevalence of such discriminatory practices across housing and mortgage lending markets.The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, which supports organizations that provide direct assistance to individuals who have been victims of housing discrimination.Additionally, HUD must implement a grant program to assist public and private nonprofit organizations in (1) conducting comprehensive studies on the causes or effects of housing discrimination and segregation, and (2) implementing pilot projects that test solutions to help prevent or alleviate housing discrimination and segregation.

Sponsor

Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]

Cosponsors

Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]

Latest action

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Jan 3, 2025

Official source

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Action history

Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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