This post is Part 3 of a series. Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 can be found here.

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. In this post, I will discuss some of the arguments I am hearing from people who oppose the building of this facility.

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........

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