U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10231: No Homeless Detention Centers Act
Status: In committee, September 2, 2026
To prohibit entities that receive Federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development from compelling homeless persons to reside in facilities designated for housing homeless persons, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To prohibit entities that receive Federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development from compelling homeless persons to reside in facilities designated for housing homeless persons, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 2, 2026:
A BILL To prohibit entities that receive Federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development from compelling homeless persons to reside in facilities designated for housing homeless persons, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Homeless Detention Centers Act . SECTION 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Homelessness is growing across the United States due to a lack of affordable housing and health care options, economic hardship, systemic racism, chronically low wages, underemployment and unemployment, gentrification, housing discrimination, mass incarceration, discrimination based on immigration status, criminalization of poverty, domestic violence, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, and queer individuals, trauma, disabilities, personal and medical debt, a lack of affordable childcare, natural disasters, barriers to the social safety net system, and unexpected loss of household income. (2) A primary response to the growth of homelessness at the local level has been to ban sleeping, lying, sitting, standing, loitering, sheltering oneself in public places, vagrancy, and soliciting donations. More than 300 municipalities, counties, and States have passed new laws criminalizing camping since the decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, 603 U.S. 520 (2024), overturned prior protections under the Eighth Amendment for people experiencing homelessness. Despite the growth of laws criminalizing camping over the past 4 decades, …
Sponsors
- Maxwell Frost (D, HD-FL-10) · primary sponsor
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Rashida Tlaib (D, HD-MI-12)
- Delia Ramirez (D, HD-003)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D)
- Troy Carter (D, HD-LA-2)
- Summer Lee (D, HD-PA-12)
- Yvette Clarke (D, HD-009)
- Yassamin Ansari (D, HD-003)
- Lateefah Simon (D)
- Frederica Wilson (D, HD-FL-24)
- Greg Casar (D, 35)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Common questions
- What is HB10231?
- HB10231 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): No Homeless Detention Centers Act.
- What does HB10231 do?
- In its own words: To prohibit entities that receive Federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development from compelling homeless persons to reside in facilities designated for housing homeless persons, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10231?
- In committee as of September 2, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (September 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10231?
- Maxwell Frost (D, HD-FL-10), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10231?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10231
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