Rashida Tlaib's New Homeless Bill of Magical Thinking: Live Anywhere, Solve Nothing

By Ward Clark | 3:45 PM on May 04, 2026

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We're all familiar with the House of Representatives' embarrassing Squad, those far-left shouters who make Bernie Sanders look calm and reasonable by comparison. There's no nucase leftist proposition they won't support; the members seem to have not even a nodding acquaintance with reality.

But this latest attempt, by Democrat (duh) Representative Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), is a real sockdologer. Rep. Tlaib has introduced a resolution known as the "Homeless Bill of Rights," and even for a Squad member, this is loony-tunes.

The "Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights" calls for government-led intervention to end homelessness over the next three years and introduces more than a dozen protections for homeless people.
If passed, Tlaib's legislation would include freedom of movement for homeless people in public spaces, affordable housing, "livable" wages, universal healthcare and panhandling.

This isn't just some random comment or aside. Rep. Tlaib has introduced this, hopeing (in vain) to prompt a House vote. Or, at least, to be able to go back to her district and tout this ias another attempt to stick it to The Man. Note that this isn't a bill, but a resolution. Of course, as a bill or as a resolution, this action has about as much chance of passage as Rep. Tlaib does of being elected Overlord of the Known Universe, or as I do of spontaneously teleporting to a small patch of forest in Namibia. But a resolution, mind you, is non-binding, meaning none of this can be enforced. And boy, howdy, is that ever a good thing:

Under the resolution, homeless individuals would have the "right to uninhibited access" to public parks, transportation, facilities, sidewalks, buildings, restrooms and other spaces — meaning they could legally set up camp in such public spaces.
The homeless population would also be given the right to internet access and the necessary technology to achieve that.

This wouldn't end homelessness. Rep. Tlaib doesn't know anything about how incentives work (I could have ended that sentence after "anything" and it would still be accurate) and she can't possibly understand how the incentives here, free everything with no questions ask, would just make life on the street easier and more comfortable - and horrible for the people who have to live around the explosion of massive homeless enclaves.

Here's the real eyebrow-raiser:

Tlaib's proposal would, however, grant the homeless population "freedom from harassment" by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners and "housed residents."
Specifically, homeless individuals would be given protections against "banishment" from private property, which the Michigan Democrat's measure characterizes as a violation of an individual’s "fundamental civil and human rights."

So, Rep. Tlaib would, essentially, abolish private property. Well, folks, the mask is off. This is, of course, par for the course for the nutcase left; they always hunger after property, mostly because they have never done anything to earn any property of their own. But even for the nutcase left, this is one step beyond.

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Then, there's this:

A spokesperson for Tlaib did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment regarding how that provision would work in practice.

You don't say.

This really is one step beyond: One step beyond the Squad's normal lunacy, one step beyond any understanding of even Marxian economics, and one step beyond sanity.

This seems appropriate.