Former President Donald Trump detailed these specific concepts in a series of policy rollouts—collectively known as Agenda47—released via video manifestos during his 2024 presidential campaign.
These ideas directly target the use of the roughly 28% of U.S. land owned by the federal government to address economic, social, and housing crises.
1. “Ten Freedom Cities”
In a March 2023 Agenda47 video, Donald Trump proposed a contest to charter up to ten brand-new, master-planned cities on federal land.
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The Vision: The cities are envisioned to be roughly the size of Washington, D.C., built on a fraction of one percent of the hundreds of millions of acres managed by the federal government (primarily Bureau of Land Management land in the American West).
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The Goal: The policy aims to jumpstart American manufacturing by creating high-tech “hives of industry,” bypassing traditional bureaucratic roadblocks with an “ultra-streamlined federal regulatory framework.”
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Social Engineering: The plan explicitly ties these cities to family formation, proposing “baby bonuses” to spark a new baby boom, and dictating a “great modernization and beautification campaign” to replace modern architecture with neo-classical, traditional designs.
2. “First-Time Home Buyers” & Federal Lands
As housing costs became a dominant political issue, Trump integrated federal land management directly into his broader housing platform.
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The Policy: The campaign platform pledged to “promote homeownership through tax incentives that support first-time homebuyers.” To supplement this, the plan included making large tracts of federal land available for massive residential development.
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Implementation: The strategy relies on selling off sections of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land to private developers. Under the “Home Sweet Home” initiative developed by conservative think tanks aligning with the platform, the goal is to unlock hundreds of square miles of federal land near existing metropolitan areas to build up to 1.5 million new, single-family homes, specifically targeting young and working-class buyers.
3. “For Homeless Tent Cities”
In the spring of 2023, Trump released a stark policy video targeting urban homelessness, proposing a complete overhaul of the decades-long federal “Housing First” framework.
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The “Tent Cities” Proposal: Trump outlined a plan to ban urban camping nationwide. In lieu of city streets, the plan dictates opening up “large parcels of inexpensive land” (specifically focusing on federal and government properties on the outer reaches of cities) to create large, government-sanctioned tent cities.
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The Mechanism: Under this policy, unhoused individuals living on the streets are given a choice: accept relocation to these sanctioned encampments or face arrest.
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Forced Treatment: Once relocated to these large-scale parcels, individuals are evaluated by traveling teams of doctors, psychiatrists, and substance abuse specialists. This “treatment-first” approach mandates sobriety and mental health rehabilitation as a strict condition for receiving assistance.
Policy Footprint
Since taking office, the administration has actively pushed these campaign proposals into federal policy. In July 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14321 (“Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets”), which formally restricted HUD funding for jurisdictions practicing traditional “Housing First” models, instead shifting federal grants toward cities that actively enforce public anti-camping bans and expand involuntary civil commitments.