# 119-s-1621: Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by Trump Act of 2025

119-s-1621, Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by Trump Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1621
- Congress: 119
- Title: Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by Trump Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would restore and expand HUD's affirmative fair housing mission** by requiring proactive steps to overcome segregation and by creating new data and reporting rules to catch discrimination, including harms caused by digital tools and artificial intelligence. - Families and renters would see a broader set of HUD-assisted homes covered by fair housing duties. The bill lists many programs by name, including section 202 elderly housing, section 811 disability housing, HOME Investment Partnerships, section 8 vouchers, public housing, McKinney-Vento homelessness programs, and rural housing programs. - Housing providers and program participants would face a strengthened definition of "affirmatively furthering fair housing" that goes beyond anti-discrimination. The bill would repeal a contested interim rule and require meaningful actions to address segregation, disparities in access to opportunity, and concentrated poverty. - Technology platforms and enforcement officials would get new scrutiny and transparency. HUD would be required to review online complaints tied to advertising, tenant screening, mortgage underwriting, pricing, and listings, publish a quarterly complaints database disaggregated by protected class and program type, and provide state-by-state referral and resolution stats. The bill sets deadlines, including 90 days to replace AFFH rules and 180 days to report on online complaints.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More housing covered by HUD rules: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would define a broad set of federally assisted housing as "covered housing" for Fair Housing Act complaints. That would let people who live in or applied for many HUD, VA, rural, and tax-credit projects bring complaints to HUD. Examples named include section 202 elderly housing…
- New HUD rule to further fair housing: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require HUD to repeal the March 3, 2025 interim AFFH rule and issue a new definition within 90 days. The new definition would require HUD and program participants to take meaningful actions beyond anti-discrimination steps to overcome segregation and disparities. It would…
- Public HUD fair housing database: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require HUD to create a public database of fair housing complaints on its website. The database would be updated every quarter, subject to confidentiality rules. It would show complaint counts by protected class and by State, flag VAWA and homelessness-related complaints,…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1621 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1621)

## Related
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1621 (as of 2026-04-21).