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Ending Homelessness by 2025: Rights and Support for Unhoused Individuals

This bill aims to end the homelessness crisis in the U.S. by 2025, ensuring fundamental rights for unhoused individuals, including access to housing, healthcare, education, and employment. It proposes significant funding increases for housing and social programs, alongside protections against discrimination and harassment, to improve the quality of life and dignity of vulnerable citizens.
Key points
Ensuring access to housing, healthcare, education, and employment for unhoused individuals without discrimination.
Protecting against harassment and penalties for being in public spaces, and ensuring access to basic amenities like restrooms and water.
Significantly increasing funding for housing programs, shelters, and supportive services, including reallocating funds from the defense budget.
Facilitating access to housing and social assistance for individuals with criminal records and undocumented immigrants.
Implementing more accurate methods for counting unhoused individuals and monitoring the impact of programs on their lives.
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Additional Information
Print number: 117_HRES_568
Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1]
Process start date: 2021-07-28
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OFFICIAL LEGAL TITLE

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.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is the official ID of this bill?

The official print number for this legislation is 117_HRES_568.

Which chamber initiated this legislation?

This legislation was initiated in the House of Representatives.

When did the legislative process begin?

The process officially started on 2021-07-28.

What are the main provisions?

Key points include:

  • Ensuring access to housing, healthcare, education, and employment for unhoused individuals without discrimination.
  • Protecting against harassment and penalties for being in public spaces, and ensuring access to basic amenities like restrooms and water.
  • Significantly increasing funding for housing programs, shelters, and supportive services, including reallocating funds from the defense budget.
  • Facilitating access to housing and social assistance for individuals with criminal records and undocumented immigrants.
  • Implementing more accurate methods for counting unhoused individuals and monitoring the impact of programs on their lives.
What is the specific legal status?

The current status is Expired.

Where can I read the full text of this legislation?

The full official text is available at: View full text

Who is the primary sponsor?

The primary sponsor is Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1].

What is the latest detailed status?

The latest detailed status is: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Is this summary verified?

Yes. This content was analyzed by AI and verified by the Lustra Judge System on 2025-12-27.

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