Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 16, 2025 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 16, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Nov 11, 2026 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2025 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jul 16, 2025 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2025 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 16, 2025Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 122, July 16, 2025, page H3368.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46949 | The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA): Overview and Ongoing Role in Election Administration Policy | Report | Mar 20, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
