3.0.0 1733 2023-01-12T17:52:44Z 2023-01-12T17:52:44Z Senate S S 2007-06-28 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-28T22:28:35Z Housing Fairness Act of 2007 110 2926 HR 2007-06-28 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Identical bill CRS 2007-06-28 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8707-8708) IntroReferral 2007-06-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8707) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-06-28 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-06-28 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-06-28 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-07-09 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-10-01 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-01-23 False Housing and Community Development Administrative procedure Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Housing and Urban Development Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to housing Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Housing discrimination Law Mortgages Nonprofit organizations Social Welfare Housing and Community Development 00 2007-06-28 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-13T19:12:48Z Housing Fairness Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct, and report to Congress on, a nationwide testing program to: (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, home buyer, or borrower; and (3) measure the prevalence of such discriminatory practices across housing and mortgage lending markets.

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to reauthorize the fair housing initiatives program.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should: (1) fully comply with such Act's requirements to establish, design, and maintain a national education and outreach program for the development and dissemination of the fair housing rights of individuals who seek to rent, purchase, sell, or facilitate the sale of a home; (2) use all amounts appropriated for such program; and (3) promulgate regulations on the fair housing obligations of each recipient of federal housing funds to affirmatively further fair housing.

Directs the Secretary to implement a competitive matching grant program to assist private nonprofit organizations in: (1) conducting comprehensive studies of specified aspects of the causes and effects of housing discrimination and segregation; and (2) implementing pilot projects that test solutions to help prevent or alleviate housing discrimination and segregation.

]]> Housing Fairness Act of 2007 Display Title Housing Fairness Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Housing Fairness Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1733is/xml/BILLS-110s1733is.xml 2007-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8707-8708) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.