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Trump Directs Federal Agencies to Remove Homeless Encampments

The order empowers the Justice Department to reverse consent decrees that have limited local efforts to clear street encampments.

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President Donald Trump Trump signs order dubbed the "Ending Vagrancy and Restoring Order," aimed at keeping homeless off streets. (AP/Getty)
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Overview

  • Attorney General Pam Bondi is instructed to undo judicial precedents and end consent decrees that have restricted local and state governments from moving unhoused individuals into treatment centers.
  • The secretaries of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development and Transportation must prioritize federal grants to jurisdictions enforcing bans on illicit drug use, urban camping and loitering while tracking the location of sex offenders.
  • Federal funds will be reallocated to support the transfer of unhoused people into rehabilitation, treatment facilities and other residential programs, though exact budget figures remain undefined.
  • Grants intended for substance use disorder prevention and recovery are barred from funding drug injection sites or any illicit drug use initiatives under the new directive.
  • Convicted sex offenders who receive homeless assistance will be prohibited from housing placements with children and new programs will be established to provide separate housing exclusively for women and children.