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Representative Sucherman and Representative Barnes

 * Bill Topic: Ending Racial Discrimination in Housing**

1. //Be it enacted by the Members of the McG Model Congress// 2. //of the United States of America in Congress assembled//, 3. **Section 1. Title** 4. The “We Are All Equal” Property Act 5. **Section 2. Purposes** 6. This bill is intended to make it possible for any person to live wherever they chose 7. to live. 8. To ensure racial equality in the sale and/or rental of property. 9. To allow any person the right to buy or rent property in any neighborhood, without 10. being subjected to racial discrimination. 11. To guarantee that when selling or renting property, the owner/landlord are not 12. allowed to discriminate based upon race. 13. To guarantee that when selling or renting property, the owner/landlord are not 14. allowed to alter the price based upon race. 15. To guarantee that real estate professionals do not prevent a person from 16. considering property in any neighborhood based upon race. 17. To guarantee that no other person living in any neighborhood can prevent another 18. person from renting/buying/living in any property in their neighborhood based 19. upon race. 20. It isn’t to end discrimination; it is to strengthen the country to make sure 21. everyone has equal access 22. **Section 3. Eligibility** 23. Children and Adults 24. Businesses 25. **Section 4: Terms and Benefits** 26. To make it against the law to discriminate based upon race when selling or renting 27. any property. 28. To make it against the law to alter the price based upon the purchasers’ race, 29. when selling or renting any property. 30. To make it against the law for any real estate professional to prevent a person 31. from considering property in any neighborhood based upon their race. 32. To make it against the law for any person already living in a neighborhood to 33. prevent a person from buying/renting/living in their neighborhood based upon 34. race. 35. To create a program to make it easier to get loans for developing for affordable 36. housing. 37. **Section 6: Administration** 38. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)


 * Resources**;

Department of Housing and Urban Development: Affordable Housing Initiative: http://www.hud.gov/initiatives/affordablecom.cfm

Department of Housing and Urban Development: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/index.cfm