What to Know About Trump’s Executive Order on Homelessness

The order marks a major federal intervention into a homelessness crisis shaped by decades of deinstitutionalization and underfunded support systems.

Homeless invdividuals in Santa Monica., Caliif., on Nov. 27, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Time

The Trump administration has made a move to address homelessness with an executive order to bring back facilities to house those with mental illness or drug addiction.

President Donald Trump issued a July 24 executive order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.”