Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prevent consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
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Became Public Law No: 119-36.
Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
This act limits the circumstances in which credit reporting agencies may provide consumer credit reports to third parties in connection with residential mortgage transactions.
Specifically, the act prohibits a credit reporting agency from providing a consumer's credit report to a third party in connection with a residential mortgage transaction unless the transaction consists of a firm offer of credit or insurance and (1) the third party provides documentation certifying that it has the consumer's consent; or (2) the third party has originated a mortgage on behalf of the consumer, is a current mortgage loan servicer to the consumer, or has a current specified banking relationship with the consumer.
These provisions take effect 180 days after enactment.
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the value of trigger leads (a marketing tactic facilitated by credit reporting agencies that may result in unsolicited credit offers to a consumer after a consumer applies for a separate type of credit) received by text message.
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- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
- MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
- MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
- MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC
- CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Treasury, Dept of
- Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
- White House Office
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2808: Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2808/
"H.R. 2808: Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2808/.
H.R. 2808, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2808/.
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