I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5443 
To amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on source 
of income, veteran status, or military status. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
GARCIA of California, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. 
MCCLELLAN, Mr. MCGARVEY, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Ms. CRAIG, and Mr. THANEDAR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination 
based on source of income, veteran status, or military status. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Housing Improve-
ment Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED 
ON SOURCE OF INCOME, VETERAN STATUS, 
OR MILITARY STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
3601 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 802 (42 U.S.C. 3602), by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) ‘Military status’ means the status of a person 
as a member of the uniformed services, as defined in sec-
tion 101 of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(q) ‘Source of income’ includes— 
‘‘(1) a housing voucher under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) and any form of Federal, State, or local 
housing assistance provided to a person or family or 
provided to a housing owner on behalf of a person 
or family, including— 
‘‘(A) rental vouchers; 
‘‘(B) rental assistance; 
‘‘(C) rental subsidies from nongovern-
mental organizations; and 
‘‘(D) homeownership subsidies; 
‘‘(2) income received as a monthly benefit 
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
401 et seq.), as a supplemental security income ben-
efit under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 
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U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), or as a benefit under the Rail-
road Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et 
seq.), including any such benefit to which the indi-
vidual is entitled for which payment is made to a 
representative payee; 
‘‘(3) income received by court order, including 
spousal support and child support; 
‘‘(4) any payment from a trust, guardian, con-
servator, cosigner, or relative; and 
‘‘(5) any other lawful source of income or 
funds, including savings accounts and investments. 
‘‘(r) ‘Veteran status’ means the status of a person 
as a former member of the Armed Forces.’’; 
(2) in section 804 (42 U.S.C. 3604)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘source of income, veteran 
status, military status,’’ after ‘‘familial status,’’ 
each place that term appears; and 
(B) in subsection (f), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(10) Nothing in this title shall be construed to pro-
hibit any entity from providing or otherwise making avail-
able any services or other assistance to individuals receiv-
ing Federal, State or local housing assistance.’’; 
(3) in section 805 (42 U.S.C. 3605)— 
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(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘source 
of income, veteran status, military status,’’ 
after ‘‘familial status,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘source 
of income, veteran status, military status,’’ 
after ‘‘handicap,’’; 
(4) in section 806 (42 U.S.C. 3606), by insert-
ing ‘‘source of income, veteran status, military sta-
tus,’’ after ‘‘familial status,’’; 
(5) in section 808(e)(6) (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)(6)), 
by inserting ‘‘source of income, veteran status, mili-
tary status,’’ after ‘‘handicap,’’; and 
(6) in section 810(f) (42 U.S.C. 3610(f)), by 
striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) During the period beginning on the date of en-
actment of the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2025 
and ending on the date that is 40 months after such date 
of enactment, each agency certified for purposes of this 
title on the day before such date of enactment shall, for 
purposes of this subsection, be considered certified under 
this subsection with respect to those matters for which the 
agency was certified on that date. If the Secretary deter-
mines in an individual case that an agency has not been 
able to meet the certification requirements within this 40- 
month period due to exceptional circumstances, such as 
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