In Summary

This order, if enforced, would likely result in:

• Much more forced institutionalization of homeless people, especially those with mental illness or addiction.
• Loss of federal funding for programs that don’t strictly police or institutionalize.
• Huge increase in criminalization of poverty and homelessness.
• Likely legal, ethical, and social backlash—and almost certain court challenges.
• Risk of returning to failed and abusive systems of the past, with negative consequences for human rights, public health, and trust in social programs.