IndianaBill would bar housing bias over aid, active duty, and veteran status
If passed, starting July 1, 2026, Indiana landlords, sellers, and housing lenders could not discriminate against people using housing aid or with active duty or veteran status.
What it does
People selling or renting homes could not reject applicants or offer worse terms over housing aid, active duty, or veteran status. The rule allows an exception for certain drug convictions.
Housing ads could not show bias over housing aid, active duty, or veteran status. People also could not falsely claim a home was unavailable for viewing based on those traits or use claims about incoming neighbors with those traits to push a sale or rental for profit.
Housing lenders, brokers, and appraisers could not treat people differently over housing aid, active duty, or veteran status. Listing services and brokers' groups could not bar them for those reasons.
Intentionally using force or threats to intimidate people in housing deals because of housing aid, active duty, or veteran status would be a Class A misdemeanor, a type of crime.
Argument forPeople using rental assistance could have more homes to consider because sellers and landlords could not reject them for using that aid.
Argument againstLandlords might have less choice when selecting tenants because they could not refuse an offer based on a renter's housing aid.
More detail
People selling or renting homes could not refuse offers or set worse terms for the listed reasons. This covers buyers and renters using Section 8 vouchers or similar housing aid, as well as people on active duty and veterans. The sale and rental rule allows an exception for someone convicted under federal or state law of illegally making or distributing controlled drugs. The proposed rule would take effect July 1, 2026.
People could not publish housing ads showing bias over the listed traits, falsely say a home was unavailable for viewing because of those traits, or use claims about incoming neighbors with those traits to push a sale or rental for profit. These rules cover housing aid, active duty status, and veteran status. The profit seeking rule covers claims that people with a listed trait are entering or may enter a neighborhood. The proposed rules would take effect July 1, 2026.
Housing finance businesses and real estate groups could not discriminate for the listed reasons. The rules cover home loans and repairs, property appraisals, listing services, and brokers' groups. Housing aid includes Section 8 vouchers and similar housing help, including rent subsidies from nongovernmental groups. The proposed rules would take effect July 1, 2026.
A person would commit a Class A misdemeanor by intentionally using force or threats to interfere with covered housing activity. This covers people buying, renting, financing, or occupying homes, and people helping others take part fairly. The force or threats must target someone because of a listed trait and housing activity, because they take part fairly or help others do so, or to stop them from doing either. The proposed rule would take effect July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jan 5First reading: referred to Committee on Financial InstitutionsLatest
- Jan 5Authored by Representative PackIntroduced
HousingCivil Rights & VotingVeterans