Congress rental housing bills

What it would do: Prohibits covered entities from advertising hotel and short-term rental prices without clearly displaying the total services price including all mandatory service fees, and requiring disclosure of taxes and government fees before final purchase. Enforced by the FTC and state attorneys general, effective 450 days after enactment.

What it would do: Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program providing grants to units of general local government to establish or expand pre-filing eviction diversion programs through December 31, 2030, with $300,000,000 authorized annually for fiscal years 2026-2030.

What it would do: Increases housing supply and affordability through expanded tax credits, loan funds, block grants, and gap financing for rental housing construction. Establishes programs to combat homelessness, support tenants through rental assistance and eviction prevention, and creates an interagency council on housing affordability.

What it would do: Requires short-term rental platforms to request that property owners disclose whether they are registered child sex offenders and to display clear public disclosures with links to sex offender registries for such listings. Treats violations as unfair or deceptive practices enforceable by the FTC and state attorneys general.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from requesting nondisclosure agreements from military housing tenants and expands retaliation protections to include reports to the Chief Housing Officer, inspector generals, and members of Congress, with required notification timelines for the Inspector General.

What it would do: Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit public housing agencies from imposing breed, size, or weight restrictions on pets, while allowing reasonable requirements including pet deposits capped at 10 percent of monthly rent, species prohibitions, and individual animal restrictions based on court declarations or state law.

What it would do: Creates an eviction database requiring HUD-assisted housing providers to report annual eviction data, establishes grant programs for legal aid to low-income tenants facing eviction, prohibits eviction records from consumer reports, and requires landlords to provide tenants written information about eviction rights and a HUD hotline.

What it would do: Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to establish a competitive grant program awarding funds to states, tribes, and insular areas that adopt model laws enabling manufactured housing community residents to purchase their communities.

What it would do: Denies interest and depreciation deductions for institutional investors and large owners of residential rental properties, prohibits federally backed mortgage loans to such entities, and directs 80 percent of resulting tax savings to affordable housing programs and 20 percent to down payment assistance for qualified homebuyers.

What it would do: Disallows tax deductions for mortgage interest, insurance, and depreciation on single-family homes owned by investors with over $100 million in assets, imposes an excise tax equal to the sale price when such investors sell these homes, and prohibits Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae from purchasing or guaranteeing mortgages for specified large investors.

What it would do: Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require landlords to count VA educational assistance as income when evaluating servicemembers, veterans, and their spouses or children for residential leases, and provides a 60-day grace period before terminating educational benefits for failing a single program requirement.

What it would do: Prohibits owners of covered dwelling units with federal backing from charging application and tenant screening fees, caps late fees at less than 3 percent of monthly rent after 15 days, and requires disclosure of monthly costs, litigation history, maintenance issues, and prior rent increases.

What it would do: Increases housing supply and affordability through funding for construction loans, block grants, rental assistance, and supportive housing programs, while establishing an interagency council on housing affordability and an office of eviction prevention.

What it would do: Prohibits rental property owners from using coordinators that collect rent data from multiple owners and recommend prices, and prohibits any person from performing such coordinating functions. Violations are treated as per se antitrust violations enforceable by the FTC, Attorney General, state attorneys general, and private parties seeking treble damages.

What it would do: Prohibits rental property owners from using coordinators that collect rental data from multiple owners and recommend prices, and prohibits anyone from performing such coordinating functions. Treats violations as per se antitrust violations enforceable by the FTC, Attorney General, state attorneys general, and private parties seeking treble damages.

What it would do: Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program providing grants to implementing organizations to administer whole-home repairs programs for eligible homeowners and landlords earning at or below 80 percent of area median income, with funding up to $30,000,000 through October 1, 2031.

What it would do: Suspends enforcement of civil liabilities for federal employees and contractors during government shutdowns or debt limit breaches, including protections against eviction, foreclosure, student loan default, tax collection, and insurance lapse for 30 days after shutdown ends.

What it would do: Suspends enforcement of civil liabilities for federal employees and contractors during government shutdowns or debt limit breaches, including protections against eviction, foreclosure, student loan default, tax collection, and insurance lapse for 30 days after shutdown ends.

What it would do: Amends the Violence Against Women Act to prohibit charging fees to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking survivors who voluntarily exit housing leases early under covered housing programs.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from evicting tenants or filing eviction actions for nonpayment of rent during a 120-day period following a declared disaster, and prohibits mortgage servicers from initiating foreclosure proceedings during a 6-month period following a declared disaster.

What it would do: Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to investigate and report on pad site price manipulation and price gouging in manufactured home communities within 270 days, and to monitor purchases of manufactured homes and pad sites to identify excessive purchases by single purchasers exceeding 2,500 units in any market area.

What it would do: Establishes the Eviction Right to Counsel Fund and authorizes $100,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2026-2030 to provide grants to state, local, and tribal governments that enact or implement legislation providing free legal representation to tenants with income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line in eviction proceedings.

What it would do: Establishes the Eviction Right to Counsel Fund and authorizes $100,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2026-2030 to provide grants to state, local, and tribal governments that enact or implement legislation providing free legal representation to tenants with income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line facing eviction.

What it would do: Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit housing providers from using consumer credit reports or investigative consumer reports for tenant screening purposes, even with consumer consent, except when reconsidering a previously denied rental application.