WASHINGTON — A new homeless encampment has emerged directly across from the White House this week, one day after the President announced his new plan to combat homelesness, and one year after a previous camp in the same location was dismantled by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and then-President Joe Biden in 2024.

D.C. officials are defending programs that assist the city’s homeless population after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that changes the way he wants states and cities to treat homelessness.

The White House directive calls for prioritizing money for programs that require sobriety and treatment, and for cities that enforce homeless camping bans.