A bill to authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing discrimination, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · December 16, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
The Mapping Housing Discrimination Act authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award competitive grants to colleges and universities for projects that analyze, digitize, and map historical records of housing discrimination dating back to 1850. These records include racial covenants in property deeds, restrictive language in real estate agreements, and discriminatory local laws. The grants will support educational institutions working with local governments to digitize these records and compile them into a national, publicly accessible database at no cost to users. The bill emphasizes partnerships with minority-serving institutions and requires the HUD Office of Policy Development and Research to establish uniform data standards within one year and submit progress reports to Congress every three years. The legislation authorizes $5 million annually for grants and $750,000 annually for administrative costs through fiscal year 2033.
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