Delaware General Assembly

Senate Judicial & Community Affairs 3/28/17

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

3/28/17

Townsend

Reps. Bolden, Lynn, Potter

Sen. Henry, Marshall, McDowell, Poore, Walsh
Reps. Baumbach, J. Johnson, Keeley, Kowalko, Mitchell

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOMELESS PERSONS.

An individual's housing status should not be a basis for discrimination. This bill establishes a "Homeless Individual's Bill of Rights" that provides rights to protections for individuals experiencing homelessness, including protections from discrimination while in public and while seeking access to housing, employment, and temporary shelter. This bill vests important investigatory and enforcement authority with the State's Division of Human Relations and the State Human Relations Commission, similar to their roles with Delaware's Equal Accommodations Law and Delaware's Fair Housing Act.

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