reintroduced bipartisan legislation to unlock federal dollars for safe parking programs
Unlock federal funding for safe parking programs nationwide to support people experiencing homelessness who live in their vehicles.
Occurrences
Evidence
Rep. Carbajal said he and three bipartisan co-sponsors reintroduced the Naomi Schwartz and Susan Rose Safe Parking Act of 2025. The release says the bill would make safe parking programs eligible for federal housing grants to support operation and expansion nationwide.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 7133, sponsored by Rep. Salud O. Carbajal, as introduced on Jan. 30, 2024 and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. The bill status is still listed as Introduced.
Assessments
Carbajal made a serious legislative effort toward this promise, but the promised outcome was not delivered. He sponsored H.R. 7133, the Naomi Schwartz and Susan Rose Safe Parking Act of 2024, which Congress.gov shows was introduced on January 30, 2024 and remained at the introduced/referred stage without becoming law. He also reintroduced the proposal in a later term on August 27, 2025, but the available evidence still shows only a renewed attempt to make safe parking programs eligible for federal housing grants, not an enacted change that actually unlocked nationwide federal funding. Under the scoring rule for a serious but unsuccessful attempt, this is never with effort credit.