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Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights

Introduced: July 28, 2023 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Aug 21, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Aug 4, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Jul 28, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the 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.

Jul 28, 2023

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights

This resolution urges the United States to protect the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, to establish regulations and enforcement tools to protect unhoused individuals from violations of civil and human rights, and to establish blanket legal protections for third parties providing goods or services to unhoused individuals.

The resolution also urges the United States to establish a process to award appropriate damages, attorney's fees, and costs to a prevailing plaintiff in an action alleging a violation of the human and civil rights of unhoused individuals. Relatedly, the resolution urges the United States to allow the court in such an action to consider housing status and apply leniency in compiling records, receipts, and documentation from those plaintiffs.

The resolution also expresses the intention of the House of Representatives to address the unhoused crisis in the United States by providing funding and imposing requirements on the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services.

What's happening now August 21, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

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