Pets Belong With Families Act

Bill: 118-hr-3989
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2023-06-09
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Landlord and tenant

Low- and moderate-income housing

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Pets Belong With Families Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits public housing agencies from imposing breed restrictions on pets owned by residents of public housing units. The bill continues to allow public housing agencies to prohibit ownership of dangerous animals in public housing, but prohibits classification as <i>dangerous</i> by breed and requires that any such classification be based on specific behaviors or actions of the animal.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3989 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2023 Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Crow , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Norton , Ms. Meng , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Davids of Kansas , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Allred , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Torres of New York , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Carson , Ms. Pingree , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Underwood , Ms. Bush , Mrs. Watson Coleman , and Ms. Titus ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To prohibit public housing agencies from imposing breed restrictions on household pets owned by residents of dwelling units in public housing, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pets Belong With Families Act . 2. Prohibition on breed restrictions Section 31 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437z–3 ) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: (b) Reasonable requirements (1) In general The reasonable requirements referred to in subsection (a) may include— (A) limitations on the number of animals in a unit, based on unit size; (B) prohibitions on types of animals that are classified as dangerous, provided that classification is based on specific behaviors or actions by the animal and is not based on the breed of the animal; and (C) restrictions or prohibitions based on size and type of building or project, or other relevant conditions. (2) Limitation The reasonable requirements referred to in subsection (a) may not include prohibitions on breeds of animals. .