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Official title: To create a database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid, and limit use of housing court-related records in consumer reports, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 2, 2026 by Ayanna Pressley · Last progress April 2, 2026
The bill substantially increases tenant protections—funding legal representation, removing eviction records from consumer reports, and improving tenant outreach and notice—while shifting costs onto federal budgets, imposing new compliance burdens on landlords and reporting agencies, and risking some unintended screening or housing‑cost consequences for renters and owners.
Low-income renters gain access to no‑cost legal representation and coverage of court fees in eviction cases, increasing ability to contest evictions and avoid homelessness.
Renters (especially low-income) will no longer have evictions or rent/utility arrears automatically appear on consumer reports, improving chances to obtain housing and fair credit decisions.
Tenants in covered federally assisted units receive annual and move/notice‑time written information, reasons on eviction notices, and access to a multilingual, accessible tenant hotline, improving timely access to legal aid and local services.
The bill authorizes open‑ended “such sums as needed” appropriations to support legal aid and related services, increasing potential federal spending and taxpayer exposure.
Limiting Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) funds to tenant legal aid and court fees reduces flexibility to use those dollars for other homeless prevention services at the local level.
Removing eviction and rent/utility arrears from consumer reports reduces landlords' access to payment history, which may lead landlords and creditors to use alternative screening (higher deposits, stricter income checks) and could raise upfront housing costs for renters.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Requires HUD eviction data reporting, funds no-cost tenant legal counsel, bans eviction and rent-arrears on credit reports, and mandates tenant notices and an eviction hotline.
Requires HUD-funded and federally backed rental programs to collect and report detailed eviction data to a HUD database, creates a competitive grant program to fund no-cost legal representation for low-income tenants facing eviction, bans eviction and rent/utility arrears information from consumer credit reports, and requires owners of covered assisted units to provide tenants with written eviction information and access to an eviction assistance hotline. Defines covered programs, units, and terms and directs HUD rulemaking and privacy protections for collected data.