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(158,631 posts) Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:13 AM Jul 25

Trump orders crackdown on homeless encampments nationwide [View all]

Source: Reuters

July 24, 2025 8:27 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order urging cities and states to clear homeless encampments and move people into treatment centers - a move that advocates for the homeless said would worsen the problem. The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to overturn state and federal legal precedents and consent decrees that limit local efforts to remove homeless camps.

It remains unclear how Bondi could unilaterally overturn such decisions. The order follows a Supreme Court decision in 2024 that allows cities to ban homeless camping. The National Coalition for the Homeless condemned the order, saying it would undermine legal protections for homeless and mentally ill individuals. The group said the Trump administration has "a concerning record of disregarding civil rights and due process" and warned that it would worsen the homelessness crisis.

Trump said people living in homeless encampments should be directed to facilities for treatment of mental health problems and addiction. He did not mention any plans to expand treatment centers or provide long-term housing.

About 771,480 people were homeless in the U.S. on a single night in 2024, an 18% increase from the prior year, according to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Of those, about 36% were unsheltered, meaning they were living on the streets, in vehicles, or in encampments, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's point-in-time count. The National Homelessness Law Center said the order combined with budget cuts for housing and healthcare, will increase homelessness.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-orders-crackdown-homeless-encampments-nationwide-2025-07-25/

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Trump orders crackdown on homeless encampments nationwide [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 25 OP

Krasnov is going to stroke out gab13by13 Jul 25 #1

What treatment centers? Irish_Dem Jul 25 #2

Exactly my first thought BumRushDaShow Jul 25 #6

Come on, let's be fair here underpants Jul 25 #10

I think some of them are Ayn Rand humpers BumRushDaShow Jul 25 #12

That's the point. hadEnuf Jul 25 #14

Didn't they just award a $1.26B contract for....oh..., underpants Jul 25 #9

It's a grey area they're still trying to iron out... Hugin Jul 25 #20

That made me giggle underpants Jul 25 #23

They are referring to Trump's for profit gulags. Hugin Jul 25 #19

Stack 'em up in cages and make them eat like dogs. Irish_Dem Jul 25 #21

Commoditization of human lives is what fascists do... Hugin Jul 25 #22

he will set up tent camps in remote areas and call them treatment centers DBoon Jul 25 #24

And allowed them to go back to the communities NH Ethylene Jul 25 #27

They use to do something called bus therapy. Irish_Dem Jul 25 #31

Salt Lake City sent homeless people to AZ years ago. Outta sight outta mind, like Jesus wanted? Attilatheblond Jul 25 #35

They have a very long list of people and things to be totally destroyed. Irish_Dem Jul 25 #36

They have a very long list of people and things to be totally destroyed. Irish_Dem Jul 25 #37

Cruelty is the point. Btw where are they going to build the treatment and residential centers and .. Botany Jul 25 #3

They'll just ship the homeless people to El Salvador synni Jul 25 #5

They just awarded a $1.26B contract to create facilities underpants Jul 25 #8

Just a matter of time when some "the undesirables" aka brown people, the mentally ill, LGBT folks, .... Botany Jul 25 #15

Yes the natural arc here is that it has to continue to justify itself. underpants Jul 25 #17

The rich will never pay for big treatment centers for people who don't make them richer. Irish_Dem Jul 25 #32

Treatment for the mentally ill bucolic_frolic Jul 25 #4

Post of the day gab13by13 Jul 25 #7

The homeless problem set to explode as part of tRump's legacy following cuts to Medicaid, FEMA, etc. Timeflyer Jul 25 #11

As the song goes ... "We ain't seen nothing yet!" FakeNoose Jul 25 #29

He's going to send the homeless to his concentration camps. travelingthrulife Jul 25 #13

i am "1000%" for triage and appropriate help for the homeless rampartd Jul 25 #16

From post 6 underpants Jul 25 #18

The big gawd awful bill appropriated $45 billion WestMichRad Jul 25 #25

(coughs) Homeless Veterans underpants Jul 25 #28

exactly rampartd Jul 25 #26

Homeless encampments need to be called "TRUMP-VILLES" FakeNoose Jul 25 #30

What treatment centers? patphil Jul 25 #33

"treatment centers" is the new name for... Safe as Milk Jul 25 #34

Where are these people suppose to go ? Nigrum Cattus Jul 25 #38

He's late to the party. Cities have been aggressively clearing encampments since June 2024's SCOTUS ruling. SunSeeker Jul 25 #39

I've been homeless, with a 4-year-old in tow... slightlv Jul 25 #40