# 119-hr-4457: Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025 119-hr-4457, Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4457 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-4457 - Congress: 119 - Title: Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-07-16 - Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA) - Cosponsors: 30 - Policy area: Housing and Community Development - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **End penalization of homelessness and expand Housing First supports.** This bill would create new grants, a CDBG Plus block grant, permanent supportive housing priorities, voting access and library pilots, and new taxes on luxury property and large landlords to fund those programs. - Would expand help for people experiencing homelessness and very low-income households by creating Housing First and permanent supportive housing priorities, funding diversion and mobile crisis teams, and authorizing targeted grants like $100 million per year for DOJ alternatives to penalization and $1 billion per year for FEMA Emergency Food & Shelter for 10 years. - Would change how local governments and service providers work with homeless people by requiring lived-experience participation, universal non-discrimination protections, staff training for entities receiving over $1 million, new citizen participation rules for CDBG Plus, and faster federal property conveyances for homeless-serving projects. - Would raise dedicated revenue and target program funding by adding three new taxes: a 5% tax on real-estate sales of $10 million or more, a 10% transfer tax on anonymous-entity sales, and a 1% rent tax on very large landlords; ESG and Continuum of Care grants would be topped up to $10 billion annually through credits and appropriations. *Would pair new dedicated taxes with expanded, recurring housing program funding and direct those revenues to HUD and related programs.* ## Cosponsors (30) - Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Big boost for homeless housing programs: benefit, high. If enacted, HUD would launch a new CDBG Plus program to build and fix deeply affordable housing and needed services. Funds could build units for very low-income renters, convert hotels to housing, improve ADA access, and add basic-needs infrastructure. Until HUD writes new rules, money would be spl… - Grants to stop penalizing homelessness: benefit, high. If enacted, the Attorney General could give $100 million each year for ten years to build alternatives to punishing homelessness. States, cities, public defenders, and nonprofits could apply. The money would support diversion and other approaches that connect people to services instead of arrest or… - More emergency food and shelter help: benefit, high. If enacted, the Emergency Food and Shelter program would cover more needs, like hygiene supplies, shelter repairs, tiny homes, and medical respite. Boards and providers would need nondiscrimination rules that protect gender identity and appearance. The program would get $1 billion each year for ten… - More voices in federal homelessness council: benefit, medium. If enacted, an advisory board of at least 20 people would be created, with at least 10 members who are currently or were recently homeless. The board would meet twice a year, and members would get a stipend and travel costs. The Council would need 75% approval of Council and advisory board members… - Grants tied to fair, non-punitive rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, any group getting this Act’s funds would need a written nondiscrimination policy, including protections for gender identity and expression. Nonprofits would need regular community input. Recipients with over $1,000,000 a year would train staff in harm reduction, de‑escalation, trauma‑in… - More help in schools and libraries: benefit, medium. If enacted, the government would fund $10 million each year for ten years for library pilot programs serving homeless people. State, county, or city library agencies could subgrant to public, school, and public law school libraries, and must report progress each year. The bill would also authorize… - Help homeless people vote: grants and study: benefit, low. If enacted, the Election Assistance Commission would give $5 million a year for ten years to help homeless and housing‑unstable people vote. Nonprofits must have nondiscrimination policies, and groups with strong track records would get priority. The Commission would also study state‑by‑state barri… - New taxes on big property deals: cost, high. If enacted, sales of real property with $10,000,000 or more in total sale price would face a 5% tax, usually split between buyer and seller. Transfers to tax‑exempt groups or governments would be excepted. A separate 10% tax would apply if a buyer or seller is an anonymous entity that does not make… - 1% rent tax for mega landlords: cost, low. If enacted, a 1% tax would apply to rent paid when the landlord is a very large owner (over 1,000 units in one metro, over 2,000 units overall, or 500 units across at least 3 states). Units covered by rent control, just‑cause, or source‑of‑income laws would be exempt. This would apply after Decembe… ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hres-1058: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender… - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act - 119-hr-15: Equality Act ## Sources - [119-hr-4457 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4457) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hres-1058: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implem…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1058) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20) - [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390) - [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4457 (as of 2026-04-21).