FAIR HOUSING
HB 13 Real Property - Residential Contracts of Sale - Buyer Privacy Rights DID NOT PASS POSITION: Oppose This bill would prohibit the name of an individual buyer from being included in a contract of sale until after the seller of the property had accepted the contract. HB 242 Discrimination in Housing - Consumer Credit History WITHDRAWN POSITION: Oppose Adds consumer credit history as a protected class for housing and related services, preventing screening or qualifications based upon their credit history, creditworthiness or credit capacity. POSITION: Support If passed, this bill would conform Maryland to the federal standard of one-party consent for audio and video recording if the purpose of that recording is to enforce fair housing laws. HB 896/SB 677 Income-Based Housing Subsidies DID NOT PASS POSITION: Oppose If using housing assistance to pay rent, a landlord could not have refused to rent based on the prospective tenant’s income, credit score, lack of credit score, or adverse credit history. HB 1239 Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect DID NOT PASS POSITION: Support This bill would have inserted federal standards on disparate impact evaluations and local requirements to affirmatively further Fair Housing into state law. HB 392/SB 107 Fair Housing Testing DID NOT PASS SB 484/HB 487 Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense DID NOT PASS POSITION: Oppose This provided unhoused individuals certain rights relating to engaging in “life-sustaining activities,” but would have intruded upon private property rights in some instances. SB 514/HB 1077 Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act DID NOT PASS POSITION: Oppose If passed, a landlord would have been restricted from using a prospective tenant’s criminal history records in making a conditional offer to rent, and could only consider certain criminal history thereafter.
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