Housing Fairness Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 28, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8707-8708)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 28, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Housing Fairness Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct, and report to Congress on, a nationwide testing program to: (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, home buyer, or borrower; and (3) measure the prevalence of such discriminatory practices across housing and mortgage lending markets.
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to reauthorize the fair housing initiatives program.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should: (1) fully comply with such Act's requirements to establish, design, and maintain a national education and outreach program for the development and dissemination of the fair housing rights of individuals who seek to rent, purchase, sell, or facilitate the sale of a home; (2) use all amounts appropriated for such program; and (3) promulgate regulations on the fair housing obligations of each recipient of federal housing funds to affirmatively further fair housing.
Directs the Secretary to implement a competitive matching grant program to assist private nonprofit organizations in: (1) conducting comprehensive studies of specified aspects of the causes and effects of housing discrimination and segregation; and (2) implementing pilot projects that test solutions to help prevent or alleviate housing discrimination and segregation.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2007 to Jan 23, 2008, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jun 28, 2007 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jun 28, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jun 28, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Jul 9, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jan 23, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jun 28, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8707-8708)
- Jun 28, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8707)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2926 | Housing Fairness Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Jun 28, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Administrative procedure
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to housing
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing discrimination
- Law
- Mortgages
- Nonprofit organizations
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2007Introduced in Senate
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