Housing and Community Development
Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights
- Introduced
- Committee
- House action
- Agreed
- Introduced
- April 30, 2026
- Sponsor
- · D–MI
- Recorded roll calls
- None recorded
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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This resolution would express the House’s view that the United States should end the unhoused crisis by 2029 and protect specified civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including access to housing, health care, public facilities, voting, privacy, and protection from discrimination and harassment. It would call for funding and policy actions involving housing, rental assistance, public facilities, food programs, supportive services, fair housing enforcement, and universal housing vouchers. It would also call on the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, and Justice to develop regulations, collect data, issue reports, and support decriminalization and public-health responses.
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