The White House said people living in Washington, D.C., homeless encampments who decline offers to move to shelters or accept addiction and mental-health treatment will face fines or jail under rarely enforced local statutes, including D.C. Code 22-1307 and D.C. Municipal Regulation 24-100. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt described the measure as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to “clean up” the capital. The announcement follows Trump’s order placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control for at least 30 days and deploying National Guard troops. According to the White House, 850 officers and agents were “surged” across the city on the first night, leading to 23 arrests and the seizure of six illegal handguns. Advocacy groups such as the National Homelessness Law Center and the National Low-Income Housing Coalition condemned the plan, saying it criminalizes poverty and overlooks the underlying shortage of affordable housing. The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness estimates nearly 800 people sleep on D.C. streets on a typical night, with more than 3,200 others in emergency shelters. Leavitt added that the administration is exploring options to relocate some unhoused residents outside the city and may seek to extend federal control of the police beyond the initial 30-day period, which would require congressional approval.