; Whereas fair housing testing has revealed that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity exists and that fair housing protections must be extended to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community; Whereas same-sex couples are 73 percent more likely to be denied a home mortgage compared to heterosexual couples, and when same-sex couples are approved for a mortgage, they pay an average of $86,000,000 more in combined annual interest and fees; Whereas fair housing testing has revealed that discrimination exists against people who use publicly available housing assistance, including support from the Housing Choice Voucher and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing programs and other legal sources of income, and that fair housing protections against source-of-income discrimination must be provided to all people; Whereas there continues to be widespread discrimination in the housing industry against Black, Latinx, and Asian-American home buyers by real estate agents; Whereas owner-occupied homes located in majority-Black communities are undervalued by a cumulative $156,000,000,000 when compared to owner-occupied homes in similarly situated communities that have very few or no Black residents; Whereas over 60 percent of people experiencing homelessness in America are Black or Latinx; Whereas an individual’s housing conditions impact his or her health, educational attainment level, employment opportunities, and personal wealth; Whereas borrowers of color lack equal access to quality and affordable credit compared to similarly situated White borrowers; Whereas research shows that Black and Latinx borrowers pay $765,000,000 more in combined mortgage interest each year compared to similarly situated White borrowers due to discriminatory factors in mortgage lending by the government-sponsored housing finance enterprises