Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at reforming the nation's approach to homelessness, making it easier for cities and states to relocate homeless individuals from the streets into treatment programs.

According to Anadolu Agency, the order, which was issued on Thursday, aims to tackle issues described by the administration as 'endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations and violent attacks.' Trump has tasked Attorney General Pam Bondi with reversing judicial precedents and ending consent decrees that currently limit state and local governments from committing individuals deemed a risk to themselves or others.

The White House has indicated that the majority of individuals living on the streets are suffering from drug addiction, mental illness, or both. The executive order directs agencies to ensure that people who are 'camping on streets and causing public disorder' are transferred into treatment centers or other suitable facilities.

The order emphasizes that relocating these individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment is the most effective way to restore public order. Additionally, Bondi is instructed to collaborate with the secretaries of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation to prioritize federal grants for jurisdictions that enforce laws against urban camping, open drug use, loitering, and squatting, as well as those that monitor sex offender locations.