States Must Respond to the President’s Homelessness Executive Order
President Trump announced on July 24, 2025, a sweeping Executive Order 14321, Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets, to respond to homelessness, vagrancy, substance abuse, and untreated mental illness. The President’s plan makes clear his priority to restore America’s once-great cities after decades of mismanagement and permissiveness towards crime and disorder.
States should take the following actions to comply with the Executive Order’s (EO) requirements and build on the president’s vision for a safer and cleaner America.
Restoring Civil Commitment
The EO seeks to reduce barriers toward civilly committing severely addicted and mentally ill unsheltered homeless people.
Increasing Public Safety
The EO targets endemic vagrancy, disorderly conduct, and violent attacks to improve public safety and protect American cities.
Prioritizing and Increasing Treatment
The EO encourages states to use the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Program to address the life-challenging threats to homeless people.
Increasing Accountability in Homelessness Programs
The EO ends the prioritization of “Housing First” homelessness programs. The state should fund accountable, results-driven programs.
Failure to implement these directives could jeopardize tens of millions of dollars in federal discretionary grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Justice, and Department of Transportation.
The Cicero Institute has created bespoke policy action plans to ensure every state’s compliance with the president’s Executive Order, containing both executive and legislative policy roadmaps.
Click the states below to see their action plan:
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