Housing FIRST Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8588 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8588 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies that furnish consumer reports for tenant screening purposes from providing certain information, to establish duties of users of consumer reports for housing purposes, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2026 Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Simon, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Frost, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Omar, Mr. Casar, and Mr. Gomez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies that furnish consumer reports for tenant screening purposes from providing certain information, to establish duties of users of consumer reports for housing purposes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Housing for Formerly Incarcerated Reentry and Stable Tenancy Act'' or the ``Housing FIRST Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF TENANT SCREENING PURPOSES. (a) Definition of Tenant Screening Purposes.--Section 603(h) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(h)) is amended-- (1) by inserting ``Employment Purposes and Tenant Screening Purposes.--'' before ``The term''; (2) by striking ``The term'' and inserting the following: ``(1) Employment purposes.--The term''; and (3) by adding a