Why Is Everyone Talking About This New Homeless Law?

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On July 24–25, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” empowering state and local officials to use involuntary civil commitment to remove homeless individuals from public areas—especially those with mental illness or addiction—and lock them into long‑term psychiatric or treatment facilities. The policy also shifts federal funding toward cities that enforce bans on urban camping, drug use, loitering, and squatting—while moving away from Housing First and harm reduction strategies supported by decades of research. Critics, including the ACLU, Democratic leaders, and national homelessness organizations, warn this approach criminalizes poverty, strips away civil rights, and ignores core drivers of homelessness like the lack of affordable housing

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