Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Timothy Kaine
Introduced
Summary
Expands federal fair housing protections to bar discrimination based on someone’s source of income, veteran status, or military status. It adds clear definitions for those terms and folds them into major Fair Housing Act provisions and a related Civil Rights Act section.
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- Families and low‑income households: Bans housing discrimination against people who use housing vouchers or other housing assistance and explicitly covers incomes from Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Railroad Retirement, court‑ordered support, trusts, and savings.
- Veterans and service members: Prohibits denying housing because a person is a veteran or is currently in the uniformed services.
- Agencies and enforcement: Updates several Fair Housing Act sections to include the new protections and creates a transitional certification rule that deems agencies certified for 40 months after enactment, with an optional 6‑month extension in exceptional cases.
*Codifies these changes as the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2025 and inserts the new terms into Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New housing protections for renters and veterans
If enacted, the bill would ban housing discrimination based on source of income, veteran status, or military status. Source of income would include vouchers, Social Security or SSI, Railroad benefits, court-ordered support, trusts, and savings. The bill would also extend anti-intimidation protections to these groups.
Allow services for people with housing help
If enacted, the bill would clarify that nothing in the Fair Housing Act stops entities from providing services to people who receive federal, state, or local housing help. This change would take effect on enactment and would not appropriate new money. The bill would also let HUD treat agencies certified the day before enactment as certified for 40 months, and HUD may extend that period up to 6 months for exceptional cases.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Timothy Kaine
VA • D
Cosponsors
Adam Schiff
CA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Alex Padilla
CA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Chris Van Hollen
MD • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Tina Smith
MN • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Christopher Murphy
CT • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Jeff Merkley
OR • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Michael Bennet
CO • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Bernie Sanders
VT • I
Sponsored 9/17/2025
John Fetterman
PA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Patty Murray
WA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Ron Wyden
OR • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 10/23/2025
Tammy Duckworth
IL • D
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Roll Call Votes
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