Trump Signs Executive Order on Homelessness

Trump signs executive order on homelessness

New federal order shifts funding from housing to treatment and enforcement, sparking debate over public safety, civil rights, and how far cities can go to remove homeless encampments.

Mixed reactions follow Trump’s executive order on homelessness - Washington Examiner

(The Center Square) — Colorado experts and policy groups have had mixed reactions to President Donald Trump’s executive order that signals a stark departure from “Housing First” homelessness initiatives. On Thursday, Trump signed the “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” executive order. “Endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made our cities unsafe,” it stated. “The Federal Government a…

The White House is shifting the 'housing first' approach to combating homelessness

President Trump's executive order on how cities and states deal with homelessness encourages removing encampments and getting people into treatment -- through involuntary civil commitment if needed.

Advocates worry new White House order on homelessness could hurt vets

A White House plan would make it easier for local officials to force homeless veterans off the streets and into medical or criminal institutions.

KQED: Newsom’s Office Blasts Trump’s Homelessness Order as a Harmful ‘Imitation’

President Donald Trump’s executive order promising to crack down on street homelessness across the country drew prompt criticism from service providers in California and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, which called it a harmful imitation of the state’s approach. The order, signed Thursday, also calls for increased institutionalization of people with mental illness and promises to defund the state’s — and nation’s — longstanding “housing first” polic…

Executive Order to Combat Street Homelessness Calls for Expanding Involuntary Treatment and Institutionalization – RamaOnHealthcare

Additional authors include Yngvild Olsen and Nikitha ReddyOverviewOn July 24, President Trump issued an executive order (EO), Ending Crime and Disorder on