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Trump Signs Order to Remove Homeless from Streets

Trump Signs Order to Remove Homeless from Streets

Above: Homeless people living on a sidewalk in San Francisco. Image copyright: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Spin

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The order represents a punitive approach that criminalizes poverty and ignores decades of evidence-based housing solutions. Forcing people into institutions won't solve the fundamental issue of housing affordability that drives homelessness, particularly among older adults. This policy threatens to return to a darker era of unjust institutionalization while cutting funding for proven programs.


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