# 117-hres-568: 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.

117-hres-568, 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., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hres-568
- Congress: 117
- 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.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
- Introduced: 2021-07-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Cosponsors: 31
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

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.

## Cosponsors (31)

- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] (D-NY), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2021-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2021-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2021-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2021-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2021-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2021-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2021-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hres-568 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/568)

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