S. 4969: Housing Fairness Act of 2020
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S. 4969: Housing Fairness Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-12-07 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-12-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Housing Fairness Act of 2020
Plain summary
Housing Fairness Act of 2020 This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 the Fair Housing Initiatives Program and revises program reporting requirements and organization eligibility requirements. The bill also allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to enter into agreements with certain organizations to test and investigate differential treatment and discriminatory housing practices based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, and familial status. The results of these tests and investigations may be used as the basis for an enforcement action under specified fair housing laws. Additionally, HUD must establish a grant program for public and private nonprofit organizations to study housing discrimination and implement pilot projects to test solutions.
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Official text
Housing Fairness Act of 2020
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · 9 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Ballot initiative
- A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4969.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s4969 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116