DC Officials Defend Policies to Treat Homeless People as White House Seeks Different Direction

Trump issues executive order expanding bipartisan war on people without homes

The order promotes forced institutionalization while ordering federal funds to be withheld from programs that promote placing people in housing first.

DC officials defend policies to treat homeless people as White House seeks different direction

Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that dramatically changes the way he wants states and cities to treat homelessness, D.C. officials are defending their programs that assist the city’s homeless population. D.C.’s new acting director of the Department of Human Services, Rachel Pierre, pointed to a 9% year-over-year decline in overall homelessness in the city as one of several areas where the District is making …

In-Depth: Tucson reacts to Trump’s executive order on crime, homelessness

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order aimed at addressing crime and homelessness nationwide, prompting mixed reactions from local leaders and advocates in Tucson.

Maine shelters, civil rights groups slam Trump executive order on homelessness

The order signed this week seeks to shift federal funds and policies away from harm reduction and towards civil commitment, which enables authorities to hospitalize and treat people without their consent. Local advocates compared it to 'signing a death warrant.'

Trump targets supervised consumption of drugs and harm reduction in executive order

The president's order offers his clearest stance yet against harm reduction and is a significant escalation of his rhetoric on substance use

Trump signs executive order clamping down on homeless

President Trump has signed an executive order encouraging state and local governments to use "civil commitment" on homeless people with mental health and or substance-abuse disorders.