# A majority say homeless people with mental illness should be forced into treatment

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## Reading

Forcing treatment on homeless people who have a mental illness draws majority support: nearly six-in-ten Americans (59%) agree they should be required to get mental-health care even against their will, according to a Verasight survey conducted Nov. 14-20, 2025.

That includes 16% who strongly agree; the other 41% disagree, including 8% who strongly disagree.

## Topline

People who are homeless and diagnosed with a mental illness should be forced to get mental health treatment, even if they don't want to.

A majority say homeless people with mental illness should be forced into treatment.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Agree: 42.9%
- Disagree: 32.7%
- Strongly agree: 16.1%
- Strongly disagree: 8.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-11-14 → 2025-11-20
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: Module 2
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#mandatory-mental-health-treatment-for-homeless-individuals-with-mental-illness](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#mandatory-mental-health-treatment-for-homeless-individuals-with-mental-illness)

## Citation

Verasight APHA Omnibus Survey #2025-148, fielded November 14-20, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#mandatory-mental-health-treatment-for-homeless-individuals-with-mental-illness](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#mandatory-mental-health-treatment-for-homeless-individuals-with-mental-illness)