Trump signs executive order forcing homeless off America's streets | 24 July 2025 | President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling on states and cities to end "endemic vagrancy" - and rehouse homeless people, including drug addicts and those suffering from mental problems, in "treatment centers." The order redirects federal funding to prioritize "shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment." On average, more than 274,000 people were sleeping on the streets each night last year under President [sic] Joe Biden, the order says. "The overwhelming majority of these individuals are addicted to drugs, have a mental health disorder, or both," the document says.