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Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2025
To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2025 amends the Fair Housing Act to explicitly extend fair housing protections to persons experiencing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill defines "sexual orientation" as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality, and "gender identity" as the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, regardless of designated sex at birth. The amendments apply these expanded protections across all relevant sections of the Fair Housing Act, including those addressing housing discrimination in rentals, sales, financing, and advertising. The bill also expands the scope of protected characteristics to include discrimination based on association with someone of a protected class or based on perception or belief, even if inaccurate, about a person's protected class status. Additionally, the bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to extend intimidation protections in fair housing cases to include those based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Sponsor (1)
49 cosponsors
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA)
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH)
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA)
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA)
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL)
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA)
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN)
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA)
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL)
- Rep. Friedman, Laura [D-CA-30] (D-CA)
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA)
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA)
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA)
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY)
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY)
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Menefee, Christian D. [D-TX-18] (D-TX)
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD)
- Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2] (D-MD)
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN)
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA)
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL)
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA)
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA)
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL)
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA)
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL)
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA)
- Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Bradley Scott Schneider’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- MESIROW FINANCIAL $16,950
- NULL $16,300
- PARAGON BIOSCIENCES $12,600
- KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $11,900
- VERNON & PARK CAPITAL $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Jun 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 3, 2025
Mr. Schneider (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Keating, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Vargas, and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. HOUSING.
(a) Fair Housing Act.—The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 802, by adding at the end the following:
“(p) ‘Race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘sex’ (including sexual orientation and gender identity), ‘handicap’, ‘familial status’, or ‘national origin’, used with respect to an individual, includes—
“(1) the race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), handicap, familial status, or national origin, respectively, of another person with whom the individual is associated or has been associated; and
“(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, concerning the race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), handicap, familial status, or national origin, respectively, of the individual.
“(q) ‘Gender identity’ means the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, without regard to the individual’s designated sex at birth.
“(r) ‘Sexual orientation’ means homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.”;
(2) in section 804, by inserting “(including sexual orientation and gender identity)” after “sex” each place that term appears;
(3) in section 805, by inserting “(including sexual orientation and gender identity)” after “sex” each place that term appears;
(4) in section 806, by inserting “(including sexual orientation and gender identity)” after “sex” each place that term appears; and
(5) in section 808(e)(6), by inserting “(including sexual orientation and gender identity)” after “sex”.
(b) Prevention of Intimidation in Fair Housing Cases.—Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by inserting “(including sexual orientation (as such term is defined in section 802 of this Act) and gender identity (as such term is defined in section 802 of this Act))” after “sex” each place that term appears. <all>
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