Sponsors (6)
The bill eliminates citizenship-based state and local bans on property purchases and creates federal remedies and enforcement to protect noncitizen buyers, trading increased federal uniform protections and faster relief for reduced local control and a higher chance of federal litigation and politicized enforcement.
Immigrants and other noncitizen buyers can purchase real property in states, DC, and territories without being blocked by citizenship-based bans, preserving housing and investment access for these groups.
Individuals harmed by attempted enforcement of citizenship-based property restrictions can seek prompt federal injunctive relief, enabling quicker court orders to stop discriminatory enforcement.
Creates a federal enforcement role for the Attorney General to uniformly challenge and stop state, DC, and territorial citizenship-based property restrictions, providing nationwide consistency in protection against such rules.
States, DC, and territories lose the ability to impose citizenship-based restrictions on property purchases, reducing local control over land-use and housing policy decisions.
Allowing federal lawsuits and injunctive relief may increase litigation against states and territories in federal court, raising legal costs and administrative burdens for local governments.
Centralizing enforcement with the Attorney General risks politicizing federal involvement in local property and land-use disputes, which could lead to perceived or actual partisan enforcement choices.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prevents states, D.C., and territories from banning or limiting property purchases based on a buyer's citizenship and allows AG enforcement and private injunction suits.
Introduced January 14, 2026 by Al Green · Last progress January 14, 2026
Preempts any State, District of Columbia, or territorial law that forbids or limits a person from buying real property because of their citizenship. The measure lets the U.S. Attorney General enforce this federal rule and gives individuals the right to sue a state, district, or territory in federal court if those governments try to enforce such a law; courts may issue injunctions to stop enforcement.