{"id":172182,"date":"2025-07-31T08:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=172182"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:21:34","slug":"critics-say-that-president-trumps-order-on-homelessness-negatively-impacts-homeless-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=172182","title":{"rendered":"Critics say that President Trump’s order on homelessness negatively impacts homeless veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The White House issued an order aimed at removing homeless individuals from the streets and into institutions where they could get help. However, critics claim that President Donald Trump’s order would force homeless veterans into institutions without evaluating their available options. They argue that this move could prohibit these veterans from seeking help. Trump’s order would allow authorities to commit homeless veterans to drug treatment centers and other health institutions aimed at addressing these individuals’ needs.<\/p>\n

From Military Times:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump’s executive order — “Ending crime and disorder on America’s streets” — would allow local officials to remove homeless individuals from public areas and permit those authorities to commit those Americans to drug treatment centers or other public health institutions.<\/p>\n

“Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order,” the president’s order states. “Surrendering our cities and citizens to disorder and fear is neither compassionate to the homeless nor other citizens.”<\/p>\n

The document also outlines ending support for “housing first” policies, which administration officials argue “deprioritize accountability and fail to promote treatment, recovery, and self-sufficiency.”<\/p>\n

Homeless advocates have said that research shows the opposite. They insist that providing stable housing to individuals facing a host of mental health and financial problems gives them more security to clean up other aspects of their lives without worrying about where they will sleep at night.<\/p>\n

“This deprives people of their basic rights and makes it harder to solve homelessness,” officials from the National Homelessness Law Center said in a statement shortly after the White House release. “This executive order is rooted in outdated, racist myths about homelessness and will undoubtedly make homelessness worse.”<\/p>\n

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual point-in-time count conducted in early 2024 found roughly 33,000 veterans living on the street without stable housing, a reduction of about 2,700 individuals from the 2023 count.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shane III, L. (2025, July 8). Advocates worry new White House order on homelessness could hurt vets. Military Times<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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