The EO claims, without support, “[n]early two-thirds [or 66%] of homeless individuals report having regularly used hard drugs like methamphetamines, cocaine, or opioids in their lifetimes.” However, according to 2022 HUD data, only 16% of people who are unhoused (unsheltered, in emergency shelter, or transitional housing, or 95,001 of 582,484 people) report chronic substance abuse.
