Sec. 8. Publicly available database for fair housing complaints

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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall develop, and update on an annual basis, a database that is publicly available on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which includes, subject to applicable confidentiality constraints, for the previous year, the following: The total number of complaints alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act that were received by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, disaggregated with respect to both number and percentage, by each class of persons protected under such Act. The number and percentage of the total number of complaints referred to in paragraph

(1)that were made by tenants of, and applicants for programs for, covered housing, disaggregated by the program for assistance for the covered housing. For each State, the number and percentage of the total number of complaints referred to in paragraph

(1)that were made by residents of such State. The number and percentage of the total number of complaints referred to in paragraph

(1)that alleged that the complainant was retaliated against after reporting the alleged violation and, of such number, the number and percentage that alleged that the complainant was retaliatorily evicted. The status of the complaints referred to in paragraph (1), including a detailed description of the resolutions and remedies provided and, for complaints that were administratively closed, of the reasons for such closures. The number and percentage of the total number of complaints referred to in paragraph

(1)that were handled by State or local agencies assisted under the Fair Housing Assistance Program authorized under sections 810 and 817 of the Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3610 , 3616). The number and percentage of the total number of complaints regarding discrimination in the sale or rental of housing that were referred to the Department of Justice by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the number and percentage of such total number of complaints handled by the Department of Justice that were not referred by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. For purposes of this Act, the term covered housing means— housing assisted under the program for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q ), including the direct loans program under such section 202 as in effect before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( Public Law 101–625 ; November 28, 1990); housing assisted under the program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8013 ); housing assisted under the program for housing opportunities for people with AIDS/HIV under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. ( 42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); housing assisted under any of the programs under subtitles B through F of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.); housing assisted under the HOME Investments Partnerships program under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.); housing assisted under the rent supplement program under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701s ); housing financed by a loan or mortgage that is insured under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(3) ) that bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of paragraph

(5)of such section 221(d); housing insured, assisted, or held by the Secretary or a State or State agency under the multifamily rental assistance program under section 236 of the National Housing Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1715z–1 ); public housing assisted under title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); a dwelling unit assisted under the Housing Choice Voucher program for rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ); housing assisted with project-based rental assistance provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ); housing assisted with funds from the Housing Trust Fund as established under section 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4568 ); housing assisted under any of the rural housing assistance programs under section 514, 515, 516, 533, 538, or 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1484 , 1485, 1486, 1490m, 1490p–2, 1490r); any housing project for which equity is provided through any low-income housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 42 ); housing assisted under the Comprehensive Service Programs for Homeless Veterans program under subchapter II of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code ( 38 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); housing and facilities assisted under the grant program for homeless veterans with special needs under section 2061 of title 38, United States Code; permanent housing for which assistance is provided under the program for financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing under section 2044 of title 38, United States Code; and housing assisted under such other Federal housing programs, and federally subsidized dwelling units providing affordable housing to low-income persons by means of restricted rents or rental assistance, as may be identified for purposes of this section by the appropriate agency.

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