Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2025 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including the human rights to housing, universal health care, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, confidentiality, internet access, vote, freedom from harassment by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents, and equal rights to health care, legal representation, and social services without discrimination based on housing status.
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (13 Aug 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
What this bill does
H.Res. 568 would express the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States has an obligation to permanently end the housing crisis by 2025 and protect the civil and human rights of individuals experiencing homelessness. This includes rights related to housing, healthcare, livable wages, education, employment, and freedom from harassment.
The resolution aims to establish regulations and enforcement mechanisms to protect unhoused individuals from rights violations and provide legal protections for those assisting them. It also suggests creating a process for awarding damages in cases of rights violations and allowing courts to consider housing status and offer leniency in legal proceedings for unhoused individuals. The bill also indicates the House's intention to address the crisis through funding and requirements for the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services.
This resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives in July 2021. As a resolution, it expresses the opinion of the House and does not have the force of law. Its current status is "Introduced," meaning it has been presented to the House but has not yet been voted on or moved to further stages of the legislative process.
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Official summary
This resolution urges the United States to protect the 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.
Timeline
13 Aug 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Common questions
- What does H.Res. 568 do?
- H.Res. 568 would express the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States has an obligation to permanently end the housing crisis by 2025 and protect the civil and human rights of individuals experiencing homelessness. This includes rights related to housing, healthcare, livable wages, education, employment, and freedom from harassment. The resolution aims to establish regulations and enforcement mechanisms to protect unhoused individuals from rights violations and provide legal protections for those assisting them. It also suggests creating a process for awarding damages in cases of rights violations and allowing courts to consider housing status and offer leniency in legal proceedings for unhoused individuals. The bill also indicates the House's intention to address the crisis through funding and requirements for the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services. This resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives in July 2021. As a resolution, it expresses the opinion of the House and does not have the force of law. Its current status is "Introduced," meaning it has been presented to the House but has not yet been voted on or moved to further stages of the legislative process.
- Has H.Res. 568 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.Res. 568. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.Res. 568?
- H.Res. 568 was sponsored by Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO), with 31 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.Res. 568?
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. (13 Aug 2021).
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