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HR 7856
Recent Bills/HR 7856

Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2026

IntroducedMarch 5, 2026
Introduced5 months ago
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House
Senate
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Housing and Community Development
Why This Matters

This bill expands the Fair Housing Act to protect people who survive domestic violence, sexual assault, and severe forms of trafficking from discrimination in housing. It adds these survivors as a protected group and bars threats or intimidation when they seek housing.

Who this affects
Survivors · Landlords · Property managers · Lenders
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1Adds survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and serious trafficking to the groups that housing providers cannot refuse to rent, sell, or finance.
  2. 2Uses existing federal definitions from the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to define key terms like domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and coercion.
  3. 3Prohibits landlords, sellers, lenders, and others from denying or ending housing, advertising, financing, or services based on survivor status.
  4. 4Extends protections against threats, coercion, or intimidation in fair housing disputes to cover survivors.
  5. 5Allows federal, state, and local housing programs to design special assistance and priority for survivors.
  6. 6Clarifies that survivors can still bring other discrimination claims, such as gender-based claims, under the Fair Housing Act.
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Intro
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Senate
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IntroducedCurrentMar 5

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Senate
President

The President

Donald Trump
President
Awaiting Vote
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