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H.R. 1146: Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act

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H.R. 1146: Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-16 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act

Plain summary

Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Office of Community Planning and Development to carry out a program to make grants to organizations to provide legal services and other related supportive services on behalf of low-income families (including individuals and victims of domestic violence) who reside in a rental dwelling unit and have an income that does not exceed 80% of the median income for the area in which the family resides. The following organizations may receive such grants: nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to persons or families of limited income, including organizations that receive funding from the Legal Services Corporation; legal clinics sponsored by law schools or other organizations; and such other entities as HUD considers appropriate. These grants may be used only to provide legal services and other related supportive services in connection with: (1) an eviction of such a family, (2) the prevention of such eviction, (3) a dispute between the landlord and a tenant who is a family member, or (4) enforcing the family's legal rights regarding tenancy or fair housing. Funds for such program shall be derived from revenues resulting from amendments by this bill to the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the limitation on the mortgage interest deduction for the acquisition indebtedness of certain taxpayers.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] · 18 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), James E. Clyburn (D-SC)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1146 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115