{"id":2466439,"date":"2025-07-24T20:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-targets-homelessness-in-executive-order-ending-crime-and-disorder-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T20:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:26:14","slug":"trump-targets-homelessness-in-executive-order-ending-crime-and-disorder-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-targets-homelessness-in-executive-order-ending-crime-and-disorder-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump targets homelessness in executive order \u2018ending crime and disorder\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-targets-homelessness-in-executive-order-ending-crime-and-disorder-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2466439&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-led-states-sue-biden-admin-over-expansive-climate-order-targeting-trump-legacy\/\" title=\"Republican-Led ... Sue Biden Admin Over Expansive Climate Order Targeting ... Legacy\">executive order aimed<\/a> at addressing the homelessness crisis by changing how states manage the issue. The directive instructs the Department of Justice to ease restrictions on removing homeless individuals from public spaces and relocating them to treatment centers. It promotes enforcing prohibitions against open drug use, street camping, and loitering, encouraging states and cities that implement thes measures to receive federal funding. Unlike previous approaches focusing on housing-frist models or harm reduction strategies, the executive order prioritizes sobriety and the enforcement of camping bans. This action follows a Supreme Court ruling allowing states more freedom to regulate homelessness without violating constitutional protections. Trump stated that current programs have failed to tackle the root causes of homelessness and emphasized restoring public order by moving homeless individuals into long-term treatment settings. Critics argue that the order takes a punitive stance, risking greater hardship for vulnerable populations. Trump has also targeted homeless encampments in Washington, D.C., and initiated efforts to provide housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump targets homelessness in executive order &lsquo;ending crime and disorder&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2119712\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Donald Trump <\/a>on Thursday signed an executive order seeking to overhaul how states approach the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">homelessness <\/a>crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s directive orders the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Justice\">Department of Justice<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >roll back regulations restricting states<\/a> and businesses from removing homeless people from the streets and moving them to treatment centers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3481753\/trump-signs-executive-order-save-college-athletics\/\">Trump signs executive order aiming to &#8216;save college athletics&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3481679\/trump-tours-fed-construction-powell-awkward-encounter\/\">Trump tours Fed construction with Powell in awkward encounter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3481285\/trump-musk-pulling-government-subsidies-contradicting-leavitt\/\">Trump backtracks on pulling Musk&#8217;s government subsidies, contradicting Leavitt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Arguing that most homeless people are drug users, Trump&rsquo;s directive also incentivizes officials to &ldquo;enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping and loitering, and urban squatting&rdquo; through federal funding. States and cities that seek to move homeless people off the streets and into rehab centers are more likely to receive government grants under the directive, which further ties funding to reforming the government&rsquo;s approach to homelessness by shifting federal funding away from controversial &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/1289\/biden-funds-controversial-harm-reduction-approach-to-drug-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">harm reduction<\/a>&rdquo; programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2579270\/nothing-says-harm-reduction-like-helping-addicts-overdose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">viewed by critics<\/a> as enabling homeless drug users. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, instead of funneling federal funding into programs focused on offering homeless people housing and then treatment, Trump&rsquo;s directive prioritizes support for programs that require sobriety during treatment and for cities that enforce homeless camping bans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s executive order comes after homelessness<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3271289\/homelessness-all-time-record-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> reached an all-time high<\/a> in 2024, the same year the Supreme Court issued a ruling relaxing restrictions on states&rsquo; ability to regulate homelessness. The court&rsquo;s decision last June ruled that banning people from sleeping and camping in public areas did not constitute &ldquo;cruel and unusual punishment&rdquo; prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made our cities unsafe,&rdquo; the president&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ending Crime and Disorder on America&rsquo;s Streets&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/07\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-action-to-end-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">order<\/a> stated, adding that the overwhelming majority of these individuals are addicted to drugs or have mental health problems.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Federal Government and the States have spent tens of billions of dollars on failed programs that address homelessness but not its root causes, leaving other citizens vulnerable to public safety threats,&rdquo; it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">added<\/a>. &ldquo;Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-becomes-23rd-state-to-exit-national-school-boards-association\/\" title=\"Texas Becomes 23rd State To Exit National School Boards Association \u00a0\">restore public order<\/a>.&nbsp;Surrendering our cities and citizens to disorder and fear is neither compassionate to the homeless nor other citizens.&nbsp;My Administration will take a new approach focused on protecting public safety.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump visits the Federal Reserve, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Critics were swift to accuse Trump of taking a &ldquo;punitive&rdquo; approach to the homeless crisis on Thursday, with the National Coalition for the Homeless suggesting his executive order makes cities &ldquo;more dangerous for residents who are poor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone deserves a safe place to live,&rdquo; said NCH executive director Donald Whitehead, Jr., adding that the order ignores &ldquo;decades of evidence-based housing&rdquo; and will only &ldquo;exacerbate the challenges faced by vulnerable individuals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long railed against the homelessness crisis, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339577\/trump-calls-bowser-clean-up-dc-homeless-encampments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">targeting the issue<\/a> in the nation&rsquo;s capital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have notified the Mayor of Washington, D.C., that she must clean up all of the unsightly homeless encampments in the City, specifically including the ones outside of the State Department, and near the White House. If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her!&rdquo; Trump said in March. &ldquo;Washington, D.C. must become CLEAN and SAFE! We want to be proud of our Great Capital again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3407851\/trump-executive-order-los-angeles-homeless-veterans-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER TO TURN LA INTO HOUSING CENTER FOR UP TO 6,000 HOMELESS VETERANS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president has also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3407851\/trump-executive-order-los-angeles-homeless-veterans-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> sought to address the issue<\/a> in Los Angeles as California continues to grapple with some of the worst homeless rates in the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In May, he signed an executive order directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a center for thousands of homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2119712\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2119712\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump signs order to reform homelessness policies, curb crime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2466440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/donald-trump-july-24.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50403,32911,11561,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2466439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crime-2","tag-executive-order","tag-homelessness","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/donald-trump-july-24.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2466443,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466439\/revisions\/2466443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2466439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2466439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}