Create a federal database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid, and limit the use of housing court-related records in consumer reports.

Ayanna Pressley · Massachusetts · Democratic

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Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Ms. Pressley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services ... To create a database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid, and limit use of housing court-related records in consumer reports, and for other purposes.

Pressley introduced the Housing Emergencies Lifeline Program Act of 2026, a bill to create eviction-information databases, fund eviction prevention and legal aid, and restrict housing-court records in consumer reports.

H.R. 8185 (IH) - Housing Emergencies Lifeline Program Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr8185ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Evidence

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Pressley and Tlaib reintroduced the Housing FIRST Act, which would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit tenant-screening consumer reports from including criminal-background information and to require housing applicants be given specific reasons for denials or adverse actions.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is concrete movement on the consumer-report side of the claim: Pressley is advancing federal limits on tenant-screening reports, though this bill targets criminal records rather than eviction-database records and does not create the requested federal eviction database.

partial later_term A for effort

Pressley, Tlaib Reintroduce Bill to Boost Housing Access for Folks with Criminal Records - Ayanna Pressley
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Pressley said the House passed the Eviction Helpline Act and Helping More Families Save Act; the first would require HUD to establish and promote a national hotline for eviction-related assistance, and the second would expand HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency program.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is concrete movement on eviction prevention and housing assistance, but it still falls short of the full promise because it does not establish a federal eviction-information database or the broader grant structure described in the claim.

partial later_term A for effort

Pressley Bills to Strengthen Eviction Protections, Help Families Reach Financial Stability Pass the House - Ayanna Pressley
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. later_term A for effort

Pressley advanced related housing measures, including bills affecting tenant-screening consumer reports and House-passed eviction-related assistance, but the evidence does not show enactment of the full promise. The specific federal eviction-information database and the broader grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid were not established, so this is only partial credit rather than full delivery.

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