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National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Violence and Violent Rhetoric Targeting Homeless People
National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Violence and Violent Rhetoric Targeting Homeless People (WASHINGTON, D.C - September 18th, 2025) Everybody needs a safe place to live. But instead of lowering rents and fixing our broken housing system, politicians are setting the stage for violence by cutting funding for vital programs, passing laws that make it a crime to sleep outside, and continually demonizing and vilifying homeless people. Their actions have devastating [...]
Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes
National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order on homelessness Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime, will make homelessness worse (WASHINGTON, D.C - July 24th, 2025) Everybody needs a safe place to live. Across America, sky-high rents are both the leading cause of homelessness and a primary cause of financial stress for most families. Instead of helping people who are struggling to make [...]
Advocates Slam Trump’s Move to Evict Homeless Oregonians from Forest on May 1
Trump’s move to evict homeless Oregonians from forest is flashpoint for America’s failure to solve homelessness. Advocates warn of mass displacement and potential police violence. On May 1st, nearly 100 homeless Oregonians will be forcibly evicted by the Trump Administration, setting the stage for possibly the largest federal eviction of a homeless community in recent history. Below are 3 things you can do right now to support people living in the forest Donate to [...]
Trump signs Executive Order that will worsen homelessness in DC, violate rights, and waste resources
Trump signs Executive Order that will worsen homelessness in DC, violate rights, and waste resources (WASHINGTON, D.C - March 28th) Amidst a national worsening housing and homelessness crisis, Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order that will make homelessness in DC worse, not better. Trump’s Executive Order directs the Secretary of the Interior to utilize the National Park Service to displace homeless people surviving on federal lands in DC with no [...]
Trump threatens to displace homeless communities in D.C. with no plans to offer housing
Trump threatens to displace homeless communities in D.C. with no plans to offer housing (WASHINGTON, D.C - February 12th) As DC digs out from another snowstorm, Donald Trump has signaled that he will use his increasingly unchecked power to make homelessness worse, not better. Based on reporting from the Washington Post, we expect Trump to issue an Executive Order, perhaps as soon as today, directing federal agencies to displace homeless [...]
HUD Nominee refuses to reject government-run detention camps for homeless people
HUD Nominee refuses to reject government-run detention camps for homeless people (WASHINGTON, D.C - February 5th) The only acceptable answer to whether homeless people should be forced into government-run detention camps is “no.” Yet even this very low bar was too high for Scott Turner, Donald Trump’s pick to lead HUD, in written responses to Senators. Moreover, Turner attacks the data-driven, cost-effective housing plus services approach to solving homelessness. Let [...]
2025 Playbook
2025 Playbook (WASHINGTON, D.C - February 3rd) Since the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision that cities can fine, ticket, and arrest people sleeping outside even when they have nowhere else to go, we have seen over 150 anti-homeless bills passed across the country. And now, Donald Trump and his billionaire allies are working to enact their anti-homeless, anti-Black and anti-poor, anti-immigrant, and anti-LGBTQ agenda. We know that these policies will hurt [...]
National Organizations Working to Solve Homelessness Urge Senators to Vote “No” for Trump’s Pick for HUD Secretary
National Organizations Working to Solve Homelessness Urge Senators to Vote “No” for Trump’s Pick for HUD Secretary (WASHINGTON, D.C - January 15th) Everybody needs a safe place to live. However, rising rents and government inaction keep pushing more people into homelessness. Nearly half of renters pay more than they can afford in rent, and one in four worries about imminently becoming homeless. Amid a worsening housing crisis, we need real [...]
