A White House plan would make it easier for local officials to force homeless veterans off the streets and into medical or criminal institutions.

The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans is objecting to an executive order by President Donald Trump that directs state and local officials to forcibly move people living on the streets into long-term “institutional settings.

President Trump's executive order on how cities and states deal with homelessness encourages removing encampments and getting people into treatment -- through involuntary civil commitment if needed.

WASHINGTON — A new homeless encampment has emerged directly across from the White House this week, one day after the President announced his new plan to combat homelesness, and one year after a previous camp in the same location was dismantled by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and then-President Joe Biden in 2024.

The Trump administration’s new approach to homelessness will focus on “protecting public safety” as the number of individuals experiencing homelessness reaches record highs, with nearly 771,500 people experiencing homelessness on one night in 2024, include more than 274,200 who were unsheltered.