# 116-hr-149: Housing Fairness Act of 2020

116-hr-149, Housing Fairness Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 548. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-149
- Congress: 116
- Title: Housing Fairness Act of 2020
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 548.
- Introduced: 2019-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2019 or the Housing Fairness Act of 2019 This bill provides for testing to detect housing discrimination and awards grants to study the causes and effects of such discrimination. Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must conduct a nationwide testing program to (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of prospective renters, homebuyers, or mortgage borrowers; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, homebuyer, or borrower; and (3) measure the prevalence of such discriminatory practices across housing and mortgage lending markets. The bill also increases funding for the fair housing initiative program in FY2020-FY2024. Additionally, HUD shall implement a grant program to assist public and private nonprofit organizations in (1) conducting comprehensive studies 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.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5] (D-FL), 2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2019-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2019-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act
- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act
- 116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act
- 116-hr-865: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019
- 116-hr-737: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019
- 116-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-149 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/149)

## Related
- [116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2420)
- [116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2382)
- [116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1980)
- [116-hr-865: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-865)
- [116-hr-737: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-737)
- [116-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-51)
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