Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (21 Aug 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
What this bill does
H.Res. 634, the "Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights," is a resolution introduced in the House of Representatives that outlines a set of proposed protections and rights for individuals experiencing homelessness. It urges the United States to end homelessness by 2027 and uphold civil and human rights for unhoused people. This includes rights to housing, healthcare, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, the right to vote, and freedom from harassment.
The resolution also calls for regulations and enforcement tools to protect unhoused individuals from violations of their rights by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents. It suggests establishing legal protections for third parties providing goods or services to unhoused individuals. Additionally, it proposes a process for awarding damages, attorney's fees, and costs to prevailing plaintiffs in civil actions alleging rights violations, and allowing courts to consider housing status and apply leniency in gathering evidence from these plaintiffs.
H.Res. 634 was introduced on July 28, 2023, by Representative Cori Bush and has been referred to multiple committees for consideration. As a resolution, it expresses the sense of the House of Representatives but does not have the force of law. It is the first step in the legislative process, and for its provisions to become law, they would typically need to be enacted as part of separate legislation passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by the President.
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Official summary
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.
Timeline
21 Aug 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Common questions
- What does H.Res. 634 do?
- H.Res. 634, the "Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights," is a resolution introduced in the House of Representatives that outlines a set of proposed protections and rights for individuals experiencing homelessness. It urges the United States to end homelessness by 2027 and uphold civil and human rights for unhoused people. This includes rights to housing, healthcare, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, the right to vote, and freedom from harassment. The resolution also calls for regulations and enforcement tools to protect unhoused individuals from violations of their rights by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents. It suggests establishing legal protections for third parties providing goods or services to unhoused individuals. Additionally, it proposes a process for awarding damages, attorney's fees, and costs to prevailing plaintiffs in civil actions alleging rights violations, and allowing courts to consider housing status and apply leniency in gathering evidence from these plaintiffs. H.Res. 634 was introduced on July 28, 2023, by Representative Cori Bush and has been referred to multiple committees for consideration. As a resolution, it expresses the sense of the House of Representatives but does not have the force of law. It is the first step in the legislative process, and for its provisions to become law, they would typically need to be enacted as part of separate legislation passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by the President.
- Has H.Res. 634 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.Res. 634. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.Res. 634?
- H.Res. 634 was sponsored by Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO), with 24 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.Res. 634?
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture. (21 Aug 2023).
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