To amend the Fair Housing Act to provide that it is unlawful for any person engaging in a residential real estate-related transaction to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of such a transaction, because all or part of the person's income derives from a source located in Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6209
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-25
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Caribbean area

Housing discrimination

Housing finance and home ownership

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit, in real estate-related transactions, discrimination against an individual&nbsp;on the basis&nbsp;that the individual's&nbsp;income is derived from a source located in Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6209 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2018 Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Fair Housing Act to provide that it is unlawful for any person engaging in a residential real estate-related transaction to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of such a transaction, because all or part of the person’s income derives from a source located in Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Mortgage lenders prohibited from discriminating against individuals with income derived from a source located in Puerto Rico Section 805(a) of the Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3605(a) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , or because all or part of the person’s income derives from a source located in Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States .