Condemning the existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urging States adopt legislation similar to that which was enacted in California to address the issue.
Latest action · Mar 1, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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- IntroducedJan 31, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Declares that the existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents is inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
Commends: (1) California for taking a lead role in removing such covenants from housing documents; and (2) the states of Kansas and Washington, and the Missouri State Senate, for passing legislation to do so too.
Urges the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to: (1) disseminate information regarding the removal of racially restrictive covenants from housing documents; (2) report to Congress on the number of complaints regarding such covenants; and (3) include the number of such covenants in the annual Fair Housing Report of data on each state.
Urges states to enact laws that: (1) will more readily permit property owners to remove racially restrictive covenants from their property documents; and (2) require homeowner associations to strike such covenants from governing documents.
Cosponsors 57
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2007 to Sep 10, 2007, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Feb 12, 2007 |
Actions 3
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- Mar 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Jan 31, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- California
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional tributes
- Consumer complaints
- Contracts
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Homeowners' associations
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing discrimination
- Kansas
- Law
- Minorities
- Missouri
- Racial discrimination
- State laws
- Supreme Court decisions
- Washington State
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- Jan 31, 2007Introduced in House
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