IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 337 
Promoting and supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair Housing Act 
and recognizing April 2023 as ‘‘Fair Housing Month’’, which includes 
bringing attention to the discrimination faced by everyday Americans 
in the United States in housing and housing-related transactions on 
the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender 
identity, familial status, disability, and religion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2023 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. WATERS, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. BROWN, Mr. POCAN, Ms. 
CROCKETT, Mr. CARSON, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Mr. EVANS) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Promoting and supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair 
Housing Act and recognizing April 2023 as ‘‘Fair Hous-
ing Month’’, which includes bringing attention to the 
discrimination faced by everyday Americans in the 
United States in housing and housing-related trans-
actions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, 
sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, dis-
ability, and religion. 
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•HRES 337 IH 
Whereas April 11, 2023, marks the 55th anniversary of the 
date of enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, title 
VIII of which (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is commonly 
known as the Fair Housing Act; 
Whereas the Chicago Freedom Movement, led by the Rev-
erend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., expanded the 
fight for civil rights from the South to the North, raised 
the national consciousness about housing discrimination, 
and shaped the debate that led to the landmark Fair 
Housing Act; 
Whereas the National Advisory Commission on Civil Dis-
orders, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and 
commonly known as the Kerner Commission, found on 
February 29, 1968, that ‘‘our nation is moving toward 
two societies, one black and one white—separate and un-
equal’’; 
Whereas Congress passed the Fair Housing Act as part of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and President Lyndon B. 
Johnson signed the Act into law on April 11, 1968, one 
week after the assassination of the Reverend Doctor Mar-
tin Luther King, Jr.; 
Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cul-
tural Rights recognize adequate housing as a human 
right; 
Whereas the original Fair Housing Act prohibited discrimina-
tion in housing and housing-related transactions on the 
basis of race, color, national origin, and religion; 
Whereas the mission statement of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development (HUD) reflects a commit-
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ment to ‘‘build inclusive and sustainable communities free 
from discrimination’’; 
Whereas, in section 808 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–383), Congress 
amended the Fair Housing Act to include protection on 
the basis of sex, including gender identity and sexual ori-
entation; 
Whereas September 13, 2023, will mark the 35th anniversary 
of the congressional passage of the Fair Housing Amend-
ments Act of 1988; 
Whereas the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, passed 
by overwhelming margins in Congress, included protec-
tion on the basis of familial status and disability, created 
an important enforcement mechanism, and expanded the 
definition of ‘‘discriminatory housing practices’’ to in-
clude interference and intimidation, requiring HUD to 
issue regulations to implement and interpret the Fair 
Housing Act and report annually to Congress on the na-
ture and extent of housing discrimination; 
Whereas the intent of Congress in passing the Fair Housing 
Act was broad and inclusive, to advance equal oppor-
tunity in housing and achieve racial integration for the 
benefit of all people in the United States; 
Whereas the intent of Congress in passing the Fair Housing 
Act was to prohibit discrimination in all housing and 
housing-related transactions, including policies or prac-
tices that appear superficially neutral, but have a dis-
criminatory effect on protected classes; 
Whereas the Supreme Court has reaffirmed the use of the 
disparate impact doctrine to challenge policies or prac-
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tices that have a discriminatory effect on protected class-
es; 
Whereas the majority of large metropolitan areas in the 
United States are more racially segregated today than in 
1990; 
Whereas research shows that, in some cases, the placement 
of housing funded through the Low-Income Housing Tax 
Credit program, which is the single largest source of Fed-
eral funding for the creation of affordable housing in the 
United States, further entrenches racial residential seg-
regation, despite the Fair Housing Act requiring that 
Federal housing funds be used to affirmatively undo pat-
terns of residential segregation; 
Whereas fair housing testing has revealed that discrimination 
on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity ex-
ists and that fair housing protections must be extended 
to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer 
(LGBTQ+) community; 
Whereas same-sex couples are 73 percent more likely to be 
denied a home mortgage compared to heterosexual cou-
ples, and when same-sex couples are approved, they pay 
an average of $86,000,000 more in combined annual in-
terest and fees; 
Whereas fair housing testing has revealed that discrimination 
exists against people who use public housing assistance, 
including support from the Housing Choice Voucher and 
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing programs and other 
sources of income, and that fair housing protections 
against source-of-income discrimination must be provided 
to all people; 
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