Rashida Tlaib introduces bill to expand homeless rights and shift defence funds

5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 4

The nonbinding measure seeks at least $168bn from defence spending, aims to end homelessness by 2029 and follows a 2024 count of more than 771,000 homeless people.
It would protect camping, panhandling and access to public spaces, healthcare, internet and housing, while limiting harassment or banishment by police, businesses, property owners and housed residents.
The proposal challenges a 2024 Supreme Court ruling that helped cities ban public camping; more than 100 local governments later adopted such prohibitions, and the plan revives a similar 2021 Cori Bush measure.

How can cities protect rights for the unhoused without compromising public safety and sanitation?

As federal policy shifts from 'Housing First,' can a rights-based approach to homelessness succeed?

With a war in Iran, is reallocating billions from defense to housing programs feasible?