"On July 24, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to move those living in homeless encampments around the United States into treatment facilities with both mental health and substance use services (1). This is my third post analyzing the Executive Order and how it is being implemented in Utah. I share news about this new facility, as well as my personal experience, having lived outside for 13 months in 2006-2007 as a homeless person in Los Angeles while suffering from schizophrenia."
"One of the strongest opponents of this new facility for the homeless is Jesse Rabinowitz of the National Homelessness Law Center, a Washington advocacy group. Rabinowitz has said of the plan to evaluate and treat the homeless: "It's what they did in World War II in Japanese detention camps. This reads similar to rounding up Jews or other people the Nazis didn't like."(1) Furthermore, opponents also say, "It's not a hospital model, it's a segregation model.""
An Executive Order signed on July 24, 2025 directs relocation of people living in homeless encampments into treatment facilities offering mental health and substance use services. Opponents warn that a planned Utah facility will operate as a crowded warehouse and a segregation model rather than a hospital model. Jesse Rabinowitz likens the approach to World War II Japanese detention camps and warns against rounding up vulnerable people. Supporters describe the Utah effort as a harbinger of a model for addressing homelessness. One individual recounts living outdoors for 13 months in 2006–2007 in Los Angeles while suffering from schizophrenia. Some argue Utah already has infrastructure and needs only additional funding.
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