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Housing Regulatory Clarity Act of 2026

To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from considering disparate impact in carrying out any actions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Introduced May 20, 2026

Latest action (May 20, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Referred to
Financial Services Committee
Policy area
Housing and Community Development
Issues
Housing

Summary

HR 8944 prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from considering disparate impact in carrying out the Department's actions and regulations. Disparate impact analysis examines whether policies that appear neutral have a disproportionate effect on certain groups. Under this bill, HUD would no longer be able to use disparate impact as a basis for its departmental decisions and regulatory enforcement.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. May 20, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
  2. May 20, 2026 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 20, 2026

Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Collins, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Rulli, and Mr. Van Epps) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from considering disparate impact in carrying out any actions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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 “Housing Regulatory Clarity Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERATION OF DISPARATE IMPACT.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not consider disparate impact in carrying out any actions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. <all>

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