Trump Signs Order to Redirect Federal Funds From Homelessness Toward Rehabilitation

The DOJ is also ordered to end consent decrees that limit state and local governments’ ability to commit the homeless ‘who are a risk to themselves or others.’

A homeless encampment in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles on April 11, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 24 that takes federal resources for addressing homelessness and redirects them toward rehabilitation and programs that tackle substance abuse.

The order, dubbed “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” by the White House, aims to shift the homeless into “long-term institutional settings for humane treatment.”