Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights

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Introduced 2026-04-30Topic: housing · civil rights · social services

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This House resolution states that the United States should end homelessness by 2029 and protect a list of rights for unhoused people. These include rights to housing, health care, use of public spaces, sleeping in public places or vehicles without penalty, voting, privacy, and freedom from harassment by police and others. It states that the House should strive to fund housing and homeless programs, including moving at least $168 billion from the defense budget and providing housing choice vouchers to all eligible households. It also calls for requiring federal agencies to take steps such as making shelters available 24 hours a day, changing how unhoused people are counted, and removing hostile architecture. As a resolution, it expresses the House's position and does not itself create law.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-04-30	House	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.	refer
2026-04-30	House	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.	refer
2026-04-30	House	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.	refer
2026-04-30	House	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.	refer
2026-04-30	House	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.	refer
2026-04-30	House	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.	refer
2026-04-30		Submitted in House	introduce
2026-04-30	House	Submitted in House	refer
2026-04-30		Submitted in House	introduce

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