S 4969 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Housing Fairness Act of 2020

Introduced Dec 7, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 7, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 7, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Housing Fairness Act of 2020

This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 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 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 7, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalDec 7, 2020
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalDec 7, 2020
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalDec 7, 2020
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalDec 7, 2020
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalDec 7, 2020
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalDec 7, 2020
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalDec 7, 2020
D-ORRon WydenOriginalDec 7, 2020
D-VATim KaineOriginalDec 7, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 7, 2020Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 7, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

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  1. Dec 7, 2020Introduced in Senate

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