H.R. 10231
Bars federal housing funds for forcing homeless into shelters
Groups that get federal housing money could not force homeless people into shelters, require work to stay there, or punish them for sleeping or resting on public property.
- Applies to groups receiving money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Blocks forcing someone into a shelter by threat of punishment
- Blocks requiring residents of a shelter to work in order to stay
- Blocks punishing homeless people for sleeping, sitting, or resting on public property
In committee