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Congress·In Committee·about 2 months ago

Congress Moves to Block State Limits on Foreign Citizens Buying Homes and Land

Also known as: Preemption of Real Property Discrimination Act

Legislative Progress

✓ Filed
Review
House
Senate
President

Impacts

Negative Impacts(2)
Military Active
Hurts
Farmer Rancher
Hurts
Mixed Impacts(5)
Housing Assistance
Neutral
Child Tax Credit
Neutral
Renter
Neutral
Small Business Owner
Neutral
Gig Worker
Neutral
Positive Impacts(4)
Immigrant
Helps
Visa Holder
Helps
Green Card
Helps
Homeowner
Helps

State Impacts

District of ColumbiaDC
Mixed

Any DC rule that blocks or restricts buying real property based on the buyer’s citizenship would be invalid. DC agencies would have to stop enforcement and could face federal enforcement or private lawsuits if they continued. For residents, effects depend on whether DC had such a restriction and on local housing market conditions.

Key Points

  • Congress would block states, Washington, DC, and U.S. territories from banning or limiting home or land purchases based only on a buyer’s citizenship.
  • If a state tries to enforce a citizenship-based real estate ban anyway, the U.S. Attorney General could step in to enforce the federal rule.
  • People harmed by a state’s enforcement could sue that state in federal court.
  • If the person wins, the judge could order the state to stop enforcing the citizenship-based restriction (an injunction).
HousingCivil Rights

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions
Jan 14, 2026House

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 14, 2026

Introduced in House

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

As soon as the bill becomes law (effective date not stated in the text)

States, DC, and U.S. territories stop enforcing any real estate purchase limits that are based only on citizenship

If you were being blocked solely because you are not a U.S. citizen, the barrier should be removed once the law is in effect; county offices and agencies would need to change their procedures

After the law takes effect, if a state/DC/territory continues enforcement

The U.S. Attorney General may bring enforcement actions against states/DC/territories that keep using citizenship-based bans

Government lawyers could go to court to force a stop to enforcement, which can speed up change in places that resist

Any time after the law takes effect if a preempted rule is still being applied

Individuals harmed by enforcement attempts file federal lawsuits seeking court orders to stop the state/DC/territory

A buyer could ask a federal judge for an order that prevents the government from blocking the purchase based on citizenship

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Preemption of Real Property Discrimination Act

Bill NumberHR 7053
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(3)
D: 3

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