; 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, 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 public housing assistance, including support from the Housing Choice Voucher and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing programs and other sources of income, and that fair housing protections against source-of-income discrimination must be provided to all people; Whereas the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program and Housing Trust Fund already prohibit the refusal of housing funded through such programs to Housing Choice Voucher holders or individuals receiving rental assistance through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program; 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 neighborhoods are undervalued by approximately $162,000,000,000 when compared to owner-occupied homes in similarly situated communities that have very few or no Black residents; Whereas the average home in a White neighborhood is valued 2 times higher than comparable homes in Black and Latinx neighborhoods, even after controlling for neighborhood characteristics; Whereas 92.4 percent of appraisers identify as White and 54.5 percent identify as male, compared to the total United States population that identifies as 59.3 percent White and 49.5 percent male