1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2018 . 2. Definitions Section 579 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 ( 42 U.S.C. 13664 ) is amended— (1) by striking (a) Definitions .— ; (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph: (1) Conviction (A) In general The term conviction means judgment of guilt or nolo contendere or any disposition arising therefrom. (B) Exclusions Such term does not include— (i) an arrest or any disposition therefrom that did not result in a conviction; (ii) any criminal disposition for an offense committed prior to the defendant’s 18th birthday; (iii) a conviction that has been expunged, sealed, or subject to similar judicial relief; (iv) a disposition received through successful completion of diversion, deferred adjudication, deferred entry of judgment, drug court, or similar judicial program under State law; or (v) any other criminal disposition not deemed a conviction under State or Federal law. ; and (3) in paragraph (3), by adding after the period at the end the following: For purposes of sections 576 and 577, such term does not include an owner of federally assisted housing specified in paragraph (3)(B). . 3. Screening of applicants for federally assisted housing (a) Definition of covered criminal conduct Section 579 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 ( 42 U.S.C. 13664 ), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: (2) Covered criminal conduct (A) Admission to federally assisted housing (i) In general The term covered criminal conduct means, with respect to admission to federally assisted housing, criminal conduct— (I) for which the applicant or a member of the applicant’s household has been convicted of a felony under State or Federal criminal law