Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010
Latest action · Dec 9, 2010 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
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.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 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.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to require that only qualified private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations receive funds under the fair housing initiatives program for investigations of violations of the rights granted under the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015. Specifies amounts for education and outreach programs.
Requires the design of the national education and outreach program to provide for the development and dissemination of websites and other media outlets among its fair housing media products.
Requires private entities that formulate or carry out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices to be nonprofit in order to be eligible for contracts to: (1) establish or support education and outreach programs at the regional and local levels; and (2) support community-based education and outreach activities.
Requires the Secretary to issue regulations that establish minimum standards for the training of testers of organizations funded with any amounts made available under this Act.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to implement a competitive matching grant program to assist public and private nonprofit organizations in: (1) conducting comprehensive studies of specified aspects of the causes and effects of housing discrimination and segregation on education, poverty, and economic development or on veterans and military personnel; and (2) implementing pilot projects that test solutions to help prevent or alleviate housing discrimination and segregation.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015.
(Sec. 6) Prohibits the use of funds made available under this Act for any political activities, political advocacy, or lobbying, or for expenses for travel to engage in political activities or preparation or provision of advice on tax returns.
Cosponsors 69
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2009 to Nov 30, 2010; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 9, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Feb 9, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Feb 9, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Feb 9, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 9, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 25, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Feb 25, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Feb 25, 2009 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Mar 9, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 9, 2009 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 9, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 9, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 3, 2010 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 3, 2010 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 3, 2010 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| R-LA | Anh "Joseph" Cao | Mar 9, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Mar 9, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 15, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Daniel B. Maffei | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 26, 2010 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jul 26, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Jul 26, 2010 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Jul 26, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Nov 30, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2009Markup Jul 28, 2010Reported Dec 9, 2010 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Hearings Jan 20, 2010Referred May 26, 2010Markup May 27, 2010Reported May 27, 2010 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2010Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 111-678.
- Dec 9, 2010Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
- Jul 28, 2010Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 28, 2010Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 27, 2010Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 10, 2010H.R. 476, Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 28, 2010</p>
- Aug 10, 2010H.R. 476, Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 28, 2010
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-96 | H.R. 476, THE HOUSING FAIRNESS ACT OF 2009126 pages | Financial Services Committee | Jan 20, 2010 |
| 111-371 | PREDATORY LENDING AND REVERSE REDLINING: ARE LOW-INCOME, MINORITY AND SENIOR BORROWERS TARGETS FOR HIGHER-COST LOANS?55 pages | Joint Economic Committee | Jun 25, 2009 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Housing Fairness Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing discrimination
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Military personnel and dependents
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2010Reported in House
- Jan 13, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
