HR 206In committeeHousinghouse

Landlord Accountability Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez

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Latest action · Jan 3, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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What it does

This bill prohibits housing discrimination based on income, provides protections to tenants of certain federally assisted housing, and establishes a low-income housing maintenance tax credit for eligible landlords.

Specifically, the bill prohibits discrimination in rental housing and residential real estate transactions based on an individual's source of income and provides for penalties. Protected income sources include

housing vouchers and rental assistance,

rental and homeownership subsidies,

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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