# 119-s-2827: Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2025

119-s-2827, Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2827
- Congress: 119
- Title: Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-17
- Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.*

## Cosponsors (16)

- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New housing protections for renters and veterans: benefit, high. 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 protectio…
- Allow services for people with housing help: benefit, medium. 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 cert…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2827 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2827)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2295)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2827 (as of 2026-04-21).