On May 26, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed House Bill 0573, entitled “Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect,” which authorized the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt regulations related to “affirmatively furthering fair housing.”
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed SB 340 into state law which establishes a process regarding the public marketing of certain real estate listings and creates an “opt-out” form for homesellers who wish to list their property privately, with New York in the process of doing the same. RESPA News reached out to Marx Sterbcow, managing attorney at Sterbcow Law Group, who shared what this may indicate for the industry.
The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing emphasized in a recent release the key fair housing disclosure changes resulting from House Bill 315, which went into effect on April 3.
The Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act 89-10. The National Association of Realtors released a statement of support for the legislation while the Mortgage Bankers Association expressed its concerns regarding the restrictions on institutional investment in single-family housing.
The Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, supported by the National Association of Realtors, went into effect on March 5, prohibiting the use of “trigger leads” to solicit prospective homebuyers the moment they apply for a mortgage or authorized a credit pull.
The Washington Senate unanimously passed SB 6091, which prohibits real estate brokers from marketing residential properties to an exclusive group of prospective buyers or real estate brokers. The House then passed the bill on March 3 with only one representative voting against it.
U.S. House Housing & Insurance Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and Chairman Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) introduced “the HOME Reform Act of 2025,” legislation that overhauls the HOME Investment Partnerships Program in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and aims to streamline regulations.
Following the Senate’s passage of the ROAD to Housing Act as part the National Defense Authorization Act, the National Association of Realtors applauded the move for addressing housing supply and affordability.
Many industry trade organizations celebrated the enactment of the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, on Sept. 5, which will ban “trigger leads.” The National Association of Realtors, supporters of the bill from the beginning, released a statement celebrating this victory.
The Senate unanimously passed The Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808) on Aug. 2, which would ban the use of mortgage trigger leads. The bill will move on to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
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