Housing Fairness Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 4/13/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-13Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-273.
- 2021-03-16Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 2021-03-16Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-16 (00)
Housing Fairness Act of 2021
This bill reauthorizes through FY2032 the Fair Housing Initiatives Program and revises program reporting requirements and organization eligibility requirements. The bill also allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to enter into agreements with certain organizations to test and investigate differential treatment and discriminatory housing practices based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, and familial status. The results of these tests and investigations may be used as the basis for an enforcement action under specified fair housing laws.
Additionally, HUD must establish a grant program for public and private nonprofit organizations to study housing discrimination and implement pilot projects to test solutions.
Cosponsors (13)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing discrimination
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