Legislation

Title: Fair Housing Opportunities Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Delegates Lafferty, Boyce, Bridges, Lehman, Love, McIntosh, Stewart, and Wells
Status: In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Expanding the housing policy of the State to include providing for fair housing to all citizens regardless of source of income; stating the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing additional opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in certain neighborhoods; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of source of income; establishing qualifications and limitations on the prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; etc.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0812

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0172 Session: 2017 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2019

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/31/2019 Legislative Date 1/31/2019 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Fair Housing Opportunities Act of 2019 Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/31/2019 Legislative Date 1/31/2019 Action Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/18/2019 Legislative Date 2/18/2019 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2019 Legislative Date 2/25/2019 Action Withdrawn by Sponsor Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/31/2019	1/31/2019	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - Fair Housing Opportunities Act of 2019
House	1/31/2019	1/31/2019	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
House	2/18/2019	2/18/2019	Hearing canceled
			Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation	Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/25/2019	2/25/2019	Withdrawn by Sponsor

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