US EditionTrump’s homelessness order unites Lamont, housing advocates
CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATES, AUG 4 – Connecticut officials and advocates reject Trump's order criminalizing homelessness and warn it threatens $60 million in housing funding and decades of progress on supportive housing.
- President Donald Trump issued an executive order perceived as prioritizing enforcement actions against unhoused people, prompting criticism from Governor Ned Lamont and housing advocates.
- Governor Ned Lamont vetoed House Bill 5002, which aimed to address affordable housing, aligning with suburban opponents and Republican legislators.
- Lamont stated that homelessness is not a crime, emphasizing that Connecticut will not comply with Trump's order and that homelessness needs solutions, not criminalization.
- Housing advocates argue that support services and housing-first approaches are critical to addressing homelessness, challenging Trump's directive and asserting that effective solutions require addressing affordable housing shortages.
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Trump’s flawed executive order won’t fix homelessness
President Trump’s recent executive order on homelessness is an inhumane response to one of our nation’s most urgent social challenges. Titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” the executive order falsely claims that the “overwhelming majority” of unhoused Americans are drug addicted, mentally ill and dangerous criminals. Based on this flawed and damaging premise, it prescribes imprisonment, institutionalization and forced mental …
We can’t arrest our way out of homelessness
(Photo: Ronda Churchill/Nevada Current) Punishing people for being poor doesn’t make them less poor. And jailing someone who’s homeless doesn’t make them housed. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s new executive order does: it makes criminals out of people trying to survive our nation’s housing crisis. Only affordable housing and accessible healthcare will get people off the streets so they can live a stable life. Instead, Trump’s order c…
Trump's executive order seeks to remove homeless from streets
(OSV News) — The question was shouted at President Donald Trump as the commander in chief, headed for Scotland, was ready to depart the South Lawn on July 25. “Mr. President, when I walked to the White House today, I saw homeless people sleeping right outside the gates of the White House,” EWTN correspondent Owen Jensen informed Trump. “Are you concerned about that, sir?” “I think it’s terrible — and we’ll have them removed immediately,” Trump r…
Trump’s executive order on homelessness follows Tennessee’s moves to criminalize the unhoused
David "DC" Carey, with his dog, Honey Dew, prepare to move from a Nashville homless encampment after law enforcement cleared the area in May 2025. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)Tennessee is at the forefront of making homelessness invisible, and I fear that the Trump administration’s recent executive order on street homelessness will bolster the state’s approach to moving unhoused Tennesseans out of sight whenever possible. Homelessnes…
CT will not comply with Trump's order to criminalize homelessness
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D). (Molly Ingram / WSHU)Connecticut will not comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls on states to criminalize homelessness and institutionalize unhoused people with mental health disabilities and substance abuse disorders.“President Trump, homelessness is not a crime. Not here in Connecticut and not in America," Governor Ned Lamont said at a news briefing with housing advocates at the Sta…
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