President Trump is fighting homelessness. Some worry his approach hurts veterans.
6/17/20269 min
According to the latest government data, nearly 750,000 people are homeless in the United States – including more than 30,000 military veterans.
President Trump issued an executive order that aggressively targets homeless people - and advocates fear that includes veterans.
NPR's Quil Lawrence spent time with street-outreach workers in Long Beach, California to learn more about their concerns.
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First 90 secondsScott Detrow· Host0:00
It's Consider This, where every day we go deep on one big news story. Today, how the Trump administration is addressing homelessness among veterans. Nearly 750,000 people are homeless in the United States, including more than 30,000 military veterans. That's according to the most recent government data. President Trump wants to see those numbers come down, and signed an executive order to make that happen.
Speaker 20:23
The Trump administration is changing federal policy when it comes to handling people who are homeless and living on the streets or in encampments. The new policy reverses putting people in housing first- Trump's approach favors placing homeless veterans under involuntary or institutional care, like a guardianship, against their will.
Scott Detrow· Host0:42
But advocates for homeless vets worry what that could mean for the people they serve Rather than make it something traumatic where we're forcing you into it, let outreach workers like us build the relationship. Consider this. The Trump administration issued an aggressive executive order targeting homeless people. Advocates fear what that will mean for homeless veterans. From NPR, I'm Scott Detrow.
Speaker 41:09
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