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119-hr-68119th CongressWALLET

Housing Fairness Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Green, Al [D-TX-9]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a nationwide HUD testing program to detect and document housing discrimination. It would also fund enforcement, research, and local pilot projects aimed at discrimination that affects veterans, women, families with children, people with disabilities, and communities of color.

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  • Families, renters, homebuyers, and mortgage applicants would get more systematic testing and data collection to expose differential treatment by race, sex, familial status, disability, or national origin.
  • Fair housing enforcement groups would receive bigger, targeted funding through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program with $42.5 million authorized per year and most of that money reserved for private enforcement work.
  • Public and private nonprofit organizations could get matching grants (50 percent non‑Federal match) to study causes and effects of discrimination and run pilot solutions, with $5.0 million authorized per year for those grants; grantees may not use funds for political advocacy.

*This bill would authorize about $62.5 million per year for FY2024–2028 and thus increase federal spending by roughly that amount annually.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

More enforcement money for fair housing

If enacted, the government would provide $42.5 million each year for FY2024 through FY2028 to the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). At least 75% of each year’s money would have to fund qualified private nonprofit enforcement work and no more than 10% could pay for education and outreach. HUD would add minimum tester training rules for FHIP-funded groups within 180 days of enactment and would expand outreach channels to include websites and other media. The funds would remain available until spent.

Nationwide testing for housing and lending

If enacted, HUD would run a nationwide testing program to find and document discrimination in renting, buying, and mortgage lending based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability, or national origin. The program would get $15 million per year for FY2024 through FY2028. HUD would be required to adopt minimum tester training rules within 180 days of enactment and to report testing outcomes to Congress every two years, plus an annual summary of hotline and website messages. Test results could be used to support investigations or enforcement by HUD, other agencies, state or local governments, and qualified nonprofit partners.

New grants to study housing discrimination

If enacted, HUD would run a competitive matching grant program with $5 million each year for FY2024 through FY2028 to fund studies and pilot projects on causes and effects of housing discrimination, including impacts on veterans. Grant applicants would have to provide a 50% non‑Federal match (cash or in‑kind) and be qualified fair housing enforcement organizations or subcontract with one. HUD would submit a biennial report to Congress summarizing results and recommendations.

Limits on political uses of funds

If enacted, the bill would bar any funds made available under this Act from being used for political activities, political advocacy, or lobbying as defined by OMB Circular A‑122. Recipients could not use funds for travel to engage in political activities or for preparing or advising on tax returns. The restriction would apply to all recipients of funds provided under the Act.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Green, Al [D-TX-9]

TX • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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