,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cihh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjbe,mr4 
,olszewski 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,craig1   
,ms4 ,mc,bride1 ,mr4 ,thanedar1 ,ms4    
,norton1 ,mrs4 ,mc,iver1 ,mr4 ,fields1  
,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4
 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,pettersen1 and ,ms4     
,elfreth7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,financial ,services1 and in addition  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,housing and ,urban ,development and the
 ,director of the ,bureau of the ,census
 to conduct a study and submit a report 
about how ,federal agencies identify and
 record cases of housing loss in the    
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,study on housing loss  7a7 ,in   

,general ,the ,secretary of ,housing and
 ,urban ,development and the ,director  
of the ,bureau of the ,census shall     
jointly conduct a study about how       
,federal agencies identify and record   
cases of housing loss4  7b7             
,consultation required ,when conducting 
the study required under subsection 7a7 
the ,secretary of ,housing and ,urban   
,development and the ,director of the   
,bureau of the ,census shall consult    
with--  7#a7 the ,director of the       
,bureau of ,consumer ,financial         
,protection2  7#b7 the ,director of the 
,federal ,housing ,finance ,agency2 and 
7#c7 the ,under ,secretary for ,economic
 ,affairs within the ,department of     
,commerce4  7c7 ,report required ,the   
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development and the ,director of the   
,bureau of the ,census shall1 not later 
than #f months after the date of the    
enactment of this section1 submit a     
report to the ,committee on ,oversight  
and ,government ,reform of the ,house of

 ,representatives1 the ,committee on    
,financial ,services of the ,house of   
,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
of the ,senate--  7#a7 identifies and   
defines all of the types of housing loss
 experienced by persons residing in the 
,united ,states on or after ,january #a1
 #bjbb2  7#b7 determines which types of 
housing loss identified under paragraph 
7#a7 are most common2  7#c7 identifies  
data sets administered by ,federal      
agencies that contain data that is used 
by ,federal agencies to identify and    
record the number and types of cases of 
housing loss experienced by persons     
residing in the ,united ,states each    
year2  7#d7 describes1 with respect to  
each data set identified in paragraph   
7#c7--  7,a7 the frequency at which the 
data in the data set is updated2  7,b7  
the policies that exist relating to the 
sharing of the data in the data set with
 ,federal agencies and publically2  7,c7
 the specificity of the data of in the  

data set1 including whether it relates  
to individuals or households2  7,d7 the 
regions of the ,united ,states from     
which the data in the data set are      
collected2 and  7,e7 an assessment of   
the accuracy and reliability of the     
sources of the data in the data set2    
7#e7 recommends ways in which ,federal  
agencies can improve the identification 
and recording of cases of housing loss  
in the ,united ,states1 including by    
collecting additional data1 creating    
additional data sets1 and consolidating 
data sets1 if appropriate2 and  7#f7    
identifies any resources or legislative 
authorities that would be required to   
carry out the recommendations made under
 paragraph 7#e74  7d7 ,definition of    
,housing ,loss ,in this ,act1 the term  
housing loss means any manner in which a
 person is displaced from their dwelling
 unit against their will including      
through--  7#a7 an eviction following a 
judgement entered by a court of         
competent jurisdiction2  7#b7 an        

informal eviction in which a person     
moves out of a dwelling unit under      
pressure from the landlord but without a
 judgement entered by a court of        
competent jurisdiction2  7#c7 a         
foreclosure resulting from missed       
mortgage payments2  7#d7 a foreclosure  
resulting from missed tax payments2 and 
7#e7 displacement resulting from a      
natural disaster4