Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2026

This bill would add survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and severe forms of trafficking in persons as a protected group under the federal Fair Housing Act. Landlords, sellers, lenders, real estate brokers, and others covered by the Act could not discriminate against a person in renting, selling, financing, or advertising housing because the person is, or is seen as, a survivor. The bill states that housing programs designed to help survivors would still be allowed. It would also add survivor status to federal law against using force, threats, or coercion to interfere with a person's housing rights, and it states that survivors keep their ability to bring other discrimination claims under the Act.

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Sponsors

• Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democrat sponsor
• 49 cosponsors