(WASHINGTON, D.C – March 3rd, 2026)

Today, the Trump Administration announced a plan to strip homeless veterans of their rights and autonomy. This unprecedented partnership between the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs does nothing to address homelessness or to help people access the quality care that all people deserve. Instead, the Trump Administration is using homeless veterans as their latest political pawn to dehumanize all homeless people while ignoring the real cause of homelessness: the fact that the rent is too high for a growing number of people. 

Let us be clear: fewer rights do not solve homelessness – the only real solutions are housing and supportive services.  Notably, today's gimmick does nothing to expand the very rental assistance and supportive services that have already reduced veteran homelessness by over 50% over the past 15 years. 

This clear government overreach is just another in a long line of Trump's anti-homeless policies that will make homelessness worse, make housing more expensive, force homeless people into jails and government-run detention camps and take away their rights. But it doesn't have to be this way. It's time for politicians to use their power to ensure that everybody has the housing, support, and care they need to thrive.