1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing for Formerly Incarcerated Reentry and Stable Tenancy Act or the Housing FIRST Act . 2. Definition of tenant screening purposes (a) Definition of tenant screening purposes Section 603(h) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681a(h) ) is amended— (1) by inserting Employment Purposes and Tenant Screening Purposes.— before The term ; (2) by striking The term and inserting the following: (1) Employment purposes The term ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Tenant screening purposes The term tenant screening purposes when used in connection with a consumer report means a report used for the purpose of evaluating a consumer for rental housing or retention as a renter or tenant. . (b) Conforming amendments The Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 603— (A) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by inserting or tenant screening purposes after employment purposes ; and (B) in subsection (k)— (i) in clause (iii), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (v) a denial of housing or any other decision related to the provision of rental housing that adversely affects any current or prospective tenant or renter. ; (2) in section 604(a)(3)(B), by inserting or tenant screening purposes after employment purposes ; (3) in section 605A(i)(4)(I), by striking employment, tenant, or background screening purposes and inserting employment purposes, tenant screening purposes, or background screening purposes ; (4) in section 606(d)(2)— (A) by inserting or tenant screening purposes after employment purposes ; (B) by striking of the consumer and inserting of the consumer, or by a housing provider or a prospective housing provider (as applicable) ; and (C) by inserting or fair housing after equal employment opportunity