Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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 23, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022
This bill prohibits discrimination against individuals based on their source of income, veteran status, or military status in the sale or rental of housing and other related real estate transactions and services.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2022 to Dec 13, 2022; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 23, 2022 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jun 23, 2022 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 23, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 23, 2022 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Dec 13, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 23, 2022 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Jun 23, 2022Introduced in House
- Jun 23, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 107, June 23, 2022, page H5878.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-869 | OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS141 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Jul 19, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2846 | Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 25, 2023 |
| S 4485 | Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022 | Identical bill | Jun 23, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on source of income, veteran status, or military status.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2022Introduced 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.
