No Homeless Detention Centers Act

This bill sets rules for any entity that receives federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Such entities could not use arrest, fines, or other punishment to force a person doing life-sustaining activities, such as sleeping or resting, on public property to live in a homeless shelter or housing facility. They also could not require shelter residents to work in order to stay there, and could not punish homeless people for life-sustaining activities on public property. The bill also bars these entities from helping law enforcement or contractors punish homeless people for those activities.

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Sponsors

• Maxwell Frost Democrat sponsor
• 22 cosponsors