Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4457 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4457 To address root causes of homelessness, meet the needs of community members experiencing harms from homelessness, transition communities towards providing housing for all, end penalization of homelessness, and ensure full democratic participation and inclusion of persons experiencing homelessness, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2025 Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Meng, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casar, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lieu, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Simon, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Torres of New York, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To address root causes of homelessness, meet the needs of community members experiencing harms from homelessness, transition communities towards providing housing for all, end penalization of homelessness, and ensure full democratic participation and inclusion of persons experiencing homelessness, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Housi