# 119-hr-3696: Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2025

119-hr-3696, Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-26).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3696
- Congress: 119
- Title: Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 52
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-26

## Summary

**Expands 'sex' protections to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity.** This bill would amend the Fair Housing Act and related language in the Civil Rights Act of 1968 so that references to sex read to include sexual orientation and gender identity, and it would add clear definitions for those terms. - LGBTQ people and their households would be able to bring Fair Housing complaints if denied rental, sale, or mortgage services because of sexual orientation or gender identity. - Landlords, sellers, brokers, and lenders would be barred from treating people differently in housing transactions based on sexual orientation or gender identity. - The bill defines "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" and protects perceived characteristics and associations, making those categories explicit for enforcement under the Fair Housing Act and Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

## Cosponsors (52)

- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Friedman, Laura [D-CA-30] (D-CA), 2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Menefee, Christian D. [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More housing protections for LGBTQ people: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would expand Fair Housing Act protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity. It would add sexual orientation and gender identity wherever the law now says "sex" in several housing rules. It would also add a parenthetical to the Civil Rights Act of 1968 saying "sex…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act
- 119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act
- 119-hr-18: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3696 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3696)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17)
- [119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1810)
- [119-hr-18: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-18)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3696 (as of 2026-09-26).