Five Key Facts About People Experiencing Homelessness

(By Authors: Akash Pillai, Heather Saunders, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 8, 2025)

President Trump recently signed an executive order on homelessness, mental health, and substance use that leverages federal funding priorities and other administrative tools to encourage states to ban public drug use, remove unhoused people from public spaces, and broaden civil commitment laws to permit involuntary psychiatric civil commitments in more circumstances. The Trump administration also invoked the Home Rule Act to place D.C.’s police force under federal control and deployed the National Guard to clear homeless encampments in the city and address crime. These actions follow nationwide passage of court-backed state laws making it easier for law enforcement to ticket, fine, or arrest people sleeping on public property. Continue reading here…

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