Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Wasserman Schultz
Introduced
Summary
Would extend federal housing protections to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and severe forms of trafficking. It would add “survivor” as a protected characteristic in the Fair Housing Act and expand anti‑intimidation language in Title IX to cover coercion and survivor‑based actions.
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- Survivors and families would be protected from discrimination in the sale, rental, terms, or denial of housing based on survivor status. This covers listings, evictions, and housing conditions tied to being a survivor.
- Housing programs, shelters, and other assistance could be designed to help survivors seek, secure, and maintain dwellings. Federal, State, and local programs could target survivors in notices, admissions, and preferences.
- Legal and enforcement tools would be strengthened. Title IX would bar intimidation and coercion tied to survivor status and the bill preserves survivors’ ability to bring other discrimination claims such as those based on gender stereotypes or disparate effects.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Allow survivor-targeted housing help
If enacted, Federal, State, and local housing assistance or preference programs would be allowed to be designed specifically to help survivors find, secure, or keep housing and shelters. Programs could include targeted notices, statements, or ads for dwellings intended to serve survivors. This provision would allow targeted program design but would not itself provide funding.
Ban housing discrimination for survivors
If enacted, housing providers would not be able to refuse to sell or rent, or treat you differently, because you are a survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, or severe trafficking. The bill would add survivor status as a protected characteristic across sale, rental, brokerage, and HUD program rules. Survivors would also keep the right to bring other Fair Housing Act discrimination claims, such as claims about gender stereotypes or policies that disproportionately affect women.
Protect survivors from housing threats
If enacted, the bill would expand anti‑intimidation rules to cover coercion and threats aimed at people because they are survivors. It would also make Title IX use the same survivor definitions as the Fair Housing Act so the protections are consistent. Survivors would have clearer grounds to challenge harassment or threats in housing contexts.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Cosponsors
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Beatty
OH • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Bell
MO • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Bishop
GA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Costa
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Crockett
TX • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Davis (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Dean (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
DeSaulnier
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Dingell
MI • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Evans (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Frankel, Lois
FL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Garcia (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Ivey
MD • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Jackson (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Jayapal
WA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Keating
MA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Kelly (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Lee (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Lieu
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
McClellan
VA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Moore (WI)
WI • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Mrvan
IN • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Ramirez
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Ross
NC • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Tlaib
MI • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Torres (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Wilson (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 3/12/2026
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 3/12/2026
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