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65 September 2025 J O U R N A L themortgagepoint.com September 2025 » addiction receive treatment to promote recovery and self-sufficiency, the EO brings accountability back to homeless- ness programs. The HUD report claims that this action marks a departure from "housing first" policies that disregarded the connec- tion between homelessness, illegal drugs, and mental illness. This new order will redirect federal funds toward programs that address substance abuse as part of tackling homelessness and ensuring public safety. "We can protect the safety and secu- rity of our streets while also supporting access to resources that will help home- less Americans break cycles of addiction and dependency," Secretary Turner said. "Having a heart for our homeless broth- ers and sisters does not mean indefinitely subsidizing housing without accountabil- ity and proper requirements for treat- ment, recovery, and pathways for self-suf- ficiency. Having a heart for our homeless brothers and sisters means helping them get back on their feet through a holistic approach so that the tough times will be temporary, and our streets and communi- ties will be safer." The Executive Order includes actions such as: • The Order directs the Attorney Gen- eral to reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees that limit State and local governments' ability to com- mit individuals on the streets who are a risk to themselves or others. • The Order requires the Attorney General to work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Transportation to prioritize grants for states and municipalities that enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping and loitering, and ur- ban squatting, and track the location of sex offenders. • The Order redirects funding to ensure that individuals camping on streets and causing public disorder, and who are suffering from serious mental illness or addiction, are moved into treatment centers, assisted outpatient treatment, or other facilities. • The Order ensures that discretionary grants for substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery do not fund drug injection sites or illicit drug use. • The Order stops sex offenders who receive homelessness assistance from being housed with children, and allows programs to exclusively house women and children. • The number of individuals living on the streets in the United States on a single night during the last year of the Biden administration—274,224 —was the highest ever recorded. • The overwhelming majority of these individuals are addicted to drugs, have a mental health disorder, or both. • Federal and state governments have spent tens of billions of dollars on failed programs that address homelessness but not its root causes, leaving other citizens vulnerable to public safety threats. • Shifting these individuals into long- term institutional settings for humane treatment is the most proven way to restore public order. Conversely, this remark was issued by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, in response to President Trump's Executive Order that facilitates local governments' efforts to remove homeless individuals from the streets: "Let me be very clear: forcibly remov- ing people from the streets and institu- tionalizing them is not just cruel and inhumane, but also blatantly ineffective," she said. "Trump's order also undermines "Let me be very clear: forcibly removing people from the streets and institutionalizing them is not just cruel and inhumane, but also blatantly ineffective." —Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA)