Ending Crime And Disorder On America’s Streets

The order shifts federal support away from “housing first” and certain harm-reduction approaches toward institutional or outpatient treatment, public-safety enforcement, and stricter conditions on homelessness funding.

What the order does ​

• Directs federal officials to support broader civil-commitment and treatment standards for people with serious mental illness who pose risks or cannot care for themselves.
• Tells four departments to consider prioritizing discretionary grants for jurisdictions that enforce bans on illicit drug use, camping, loitering, and squatting and use treatment or commitment options.
• Directs the Justice Department to support encampment removals, evaluate certain federal arrestees for civil commitment, expand forensic-bed access, and strengthen release-planning requirements.
• Redirects behavioral-health grants toward evidence-based treatment and away from harm-reduction or safe-consumption programs deemed ineffective.
• Orders stricter performance standards, wider competition, and treatment-related participation requirements for federal housing and homelessness grants.
• Directs reviews, possible prosecutions, and potential funding freezes for federally funded recipients that facilitate illicit drug use or operate safe-consumption sites.
• Allows certain federally funded programs to house only women and children and seeks to prevent sex offenders from being housed with unrelated children.
• Expands collection and lawful sharing of health information by homelessness-assistance recipients for care and law-enforcement purposes.

Who it affects ​

• People experiencing homelessness, particularly those with serious mental illness or substance use disorders.
• State and local governments seeking federal justice, health, housing, or transportation grants.
• Homelessness-service providers, behavioral-health clinics, housing programs, prisons, and residential reentry centers receiving federal support.
• Residents and businesses near street encampments or areas affected by open drug use, camping, loitering, or squatting.