NBC NEWS : How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
This NBC News report examines how a Trump administration policy memo, which makes it easier for states to institutionalize homeless individuals with mental health issues, has coincided with the Justice Department backing away from civil rights cases protecting disabled Americans. Advocates and disabled individuals are raising alarms that these combined actions threaten long-standing community-living protections under the Olmstead decision, potentially triggering a nationwide rollback of disability rights and an increase in forced institutionalization.
