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The bill increases access to voter-registration information for renters and mortgage applicants through timely, multilingual, standardized materials—strengthening voting rights and clarity—while imposing modest administrative, translation, and compliance costs on housing providers, lenders, and public programs.
Renters in federally assisted housing, mortgage applicants, homeowners applying for loans, and immigrants will receive timely, clear, multilingual written voter-registration information so they better understand how to register and their voting rights.
Voter-registration materials will use a standardized, tested format vetted with the Election Assistance Commission, improving accuracy, readability, and usability of the information provided to recipients.
Property owners, public housing agencies, and mortgage lenders will face added administrative tasks and translation/printing costs to prepare and distribute the required statements.
Taxpayers or federal housing programs could incur modest additional costs for printing, translation, and oversight to implement and monitor compliance.
Mandated distribution and translation requirements may create compliance burdens and risk of penalties or administrative disputes for agencies or owners unfamiliar with election-material rules.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires CFPB to create a multilingual voter-registration/rights statement and mandates its distribution by federal housing programs, mortgage creditors, and owners of federally backed multifamily properties.
Official title: To require the inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications, and for other purposes.
Introduced August 5, 2025 by Nikema Williams · Last progress August 5, 2025
Requires the CFPB, after consulting the Election Assistance Commission, to create a multilingual, plain-language voter registration and rights statement and publish it online. Federal housing programs, owners of federally backed multifamily properties, and mortgage creditors must provide that statement to tenants, voucher holders, applicants, and borrowers at specified times, while clarifying that registering to vote is optional and allowing agencies to write implementing rules.