clarke (ny-09), ayanna pressley (ma-07), and rashida tlaib (mi-13) released the following statement announcing the reintroduction of their bill, the no biometric barriers to housing act of 2021: bill text the "no biometric barriers housing act of 2021" will prohibit the usage of facial and biometric recognition in most federally funded public housing and will require the department of housing and urban development (hud) to submit a report to congress about how this emerging technology interplays within the public housing sector and its tenants. 