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Mapping Housing Discrimination Act (S. 5534)

Original title: Mapping Housing Discrimination Act

Record date · December 16, 2024

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What This Bill Would Do

This bill creates a federal grant program for colleges and universities to find, digitize, and map historical records of housing discrimination dating back to 1850. The collected data would be used to build a free, public national database managed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Why it matters

If passed, this bill would provide $5.75 million annually through 2033 to help educational institutions and local governments uncover and publish historical patterns of housing inequality, potentially impacting how local property records are accessed and understood.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Institutions of higher education

These institutions are eligible to apply for competitive grants to conduct research and digitization projects.

Directly affected

Local governments

Local governments may partner with educational institutions to digitize records and are required to provide free public access to records if they receive grant compensation.

Directly affected

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The agency is tasked with administering the grant program, setting data standards, and maintaining a national database.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who can apply for these grants?
Institutions of higher education, including s, are eligible to apply.
Will the public be able to see this data?
Yes, the bill requires HUD to create a national database of these records and make it publicly available for free on their website.
Can local governments charge for access to the digitized records?
No, if a local government receives compensation from a grant project to digitize records, they must make those records available to the public at no cost.

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Where This Stands

Currently filed. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Committee.

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Lobbying Activity

AARP

$4,110,000

2026

HEALTH ISSUESMEDICARE/MEDICAIDLAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME/CRIMINAL JUSTICEPHARMACY

“P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology”

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Full breakdown

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Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Focus on Historical Data Transparency

The bill represents a shift toward using federal grant funding to systematically uncover and digitize historical housing discrimination patterns on a national scale.

Connected Entities

Ron Wyden, Klobuchar, Warren and 11 more
PersonRon Wyden“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
PersonKlobuchar“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
PersonWarren“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
OrganizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development“The Office of Policy Development and Research and the Office of Fair Housing and”Map →
PersonBrown“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
PersonSanders“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
PersonVan Hollen“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
PersonHeinrich“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
otherHigher Education Act of 1965“Defines 'institution of higher education' and 'minority-serving institution'.”Map →
PersonWelch“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
PersonBlumenthal“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
PersonSmith“Lead sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
PersonMurphy“Co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate.”Map →
otherFair Housing Act“Governs housing discrimination.”Map →

Sources

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www.congress.gov

Analysis Score

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  • Controversy40
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  • Entertainment10
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