Trump’s comments about the lack of housing in DC Spark concerns among the defenders of homeless

President Donald Trump promised this week to Rid Washington, DC, of camps of homeless people, issuing a warning that “homeless people have to move immediately.” Although it is not clear how those plans will see, including where people will go, causing concerns among defense groups.

While observing an advertisement about DC, Trump He told those who experienced the lack of housing In a publication on social networks on Sunday, “we will give you places to stay, but far from the capital.”

In his comments the next day, Trump said the federal government “will eliminate the camps of homeless people from all our parks” in DC as part of an effort to “rescue the capital of our nation from crime, blood spill, bedroom and mass and worse.”

“There are many places to which they can go, and we will help them as much as they can help. But they will not be allowed to turn our capital into a wasteland so that the world sees,” Trump said during a press conference on Monday while announcing plans for the federal government to take care of the DC Police Department and deployment of the National Guard troops in DC in DC in DC.

The dismantling of camps for homeless is not a new practice in DC, or for the Trump administration or the local government, Dana White, Defense Director of Miriam’s Kitchen, a non -profit organization focused on ending the lack of chronic housing on DC, told ABC News.

“What is particularly surprising is the vague language of eliminating them from the district completely, without any detail about where they would go, who would transport them, how it is financed, what it means to their human and civil rights,” White said about Trump’s recent comments.

Donald Whitehead Jr., Executive Director of the National Coalition for homeless people based in DC, said that although Trump mentioned the lack of housing during Monday’s press conference several times, “there was no concrete information on how to address the problem”, such as the resources that would be developed to address the problem in a non -punitive matter, or where people move.

“Our question is, is this the same solution that we have seen with the immigration population? Will people move to remote destinations?” said.

“Actually, for a homeless people, it was really a press conference without information,” Whitehead said. “He points out that it is more a trick than a real conference on solutions to the lack of housing.”

Both executive orders Issued on Monday, which were the focus of the Trump press information session, did not specifically mention the lack of housing.

The mayor of DC, Muriel Bowser, told reporters on Monday that his office has not received more details from the White House, but will continue with Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“We really have not received more details about the plan, about the words he said,” he said during a press conference on Monday afternoon when asked about Trump’s comments about the lack of housing. “There was no reference in the executive order that fell.”

“I think he had a previous executive order that also identified the Attorney General Bondi as a point of contact with regard to the lack of housing and such, so we continue with her,” Bowser continued.

On any night of DC, there are 798 people without spirit in the street, according to the Community Associationa non -profit organization that works to prevent the lack of housing in DC

In March, Trump issued a Executive order For the elimination of homeless camps in federal lands within DC since then, the United States police have eliminated more than 70 camps for homeless, the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Monday.

Last month, Trump also signed a Executive order Seeking to facilitate that cities and states eliminate homeless people from the streets and treatment centers to reverse judicial precedents and final consent decrees. It also seeks to redirect federal funds towards programs that address substance abuse and are aimed at “first housing” policies, which prioritize permanent housing as the first step to address the lack of housing.

The orders have been received with the rejection of the defenders of the homeless, who argue that permanent and affordable housing with support services is a proven solution for homeless people chronically, and that dismantling homeless camps is a counterproductive strategy to resolve the lack of housing.

“When we clean up camps, we disconnect from the people from the services they need to survive and start the process of being housed, we often disconnect them from their belongings and the communities that formed in camps,” White said.

Without affordable homes, most likely people appear in a new camp, they said and Whitehead.

“Basically they move from one place to another because there are not enough refuge beds to meet the needs of the population in DC,” Whitehead said. “They have no place to go. There is not enough refuge. There is certainly not enough housing.”

According to the most recent of DC census Of the people who experienced the lack of housing, released in May, there was a general decrease of 9% in the lack of housing in 2025 compared to the previous year, including a decrease of 18.1% between families and a 4.5% decrease among single people.

White said Miriam’s Kitchen is working to ensure that single adults who experience the lack of chronic housing are prioritized in funds and policies.

“It is certainly a more tense environment, because people who are discouraged and housing defenders do not really know what to expect from this administration,” he said. “We are going to try to continue providing our services as usual and prepare to respond quickly as necessary.”