The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to “reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees” that limit jurisdictions’ abilities to relocate homeless people.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Mayor Alyia Gaskins of Alexandria, Va., about President Trump's executive order that makes it easier for cities to remove homeless people from the streets.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at requiring cities to take a more muscular approach to homelessness, mental illness and drug use.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would make it easier for local law enforcement to remove homeless individuals from the streets.

The Trump administration signed off on a new executive order that would make it easier for cities to relocate people who are homeless.

Designed to tackle America's homelessness problem, the order calls for an end to federal support for policies that help people living on the streets find stable housing as a first step to a more stable life.