Matthew Doherty, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, said he had left his post at the Trump administration's request

Matthew Doherty, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), has left his position at the request of the Trump administration.

Doherty wrote an email to co-workers that the administration 'no longer wishes to have me.'

Doherty had been appointed to the role in 2015 under President Obama.

His ousting comes at an unexpected time as President Trump has just recently pledged to attempt to solve the country's homelessness problem, especially in California, according to The Washington Post.

'It has been an incredible honor to serve at USICH, and I do feel like I am leaving on my own terms,' Doherty said in an email seen by The Post. 'I believe that I have been able to keep my integrity intact; but, they have now told me to pack my things up and go.'

It is not clear who will now lead the organization, although Doherty is still listed on its website as its executive director.

President Donald Trump (pictured) has publicly condemned San Francisco's growing housing and homeless crisis after visiting the state in mid-September

Pictured: Homeless residents on Skid Row in Los Angeles in tents that have become common place during the state's housing crisis

The President has noted how urgent California's homelessness problem had become stating the problem affects the quality of life of its biggest cities.

People walk in Skid Row while new school supplies were donated to thousands in September

The USICH, created in 1987, works to coordinate the federal government's response to homelessness across 19 agencies, including the Housing and Urban Development, Education, and Labor and Commerce departments.

An official told The Post the USICH had not been included in any conversations regarding what to do about the country's homelessness problem.

Trump has promised to fix the homelessness problem but has yet to introduce a concrete solution.

The President noted how urgent California's homelessness problem had become stating the problem affects the quality of life of its biggest cities.

'The people of San Francisco are fed up, and the people of Los Angeles are fed up,' Trump told reporters in September. 'We're looking at it, and we'll be doing something about it.'

Tent housing homeless people line a street in downtown Los Angeles pictured in May 2019

California has the highest poverty rate in the country and has around 130,000 people identified as homeless. Pictured, San Francisco's Mission district

Pictured: a tent encampment in Los Angeles that spans the better part of a residential block

The administration had been focusing on a homeless encampment in Los Angeles called Skid Row.

Trump has asked aides to come up with a solution calling the issue as a 'disgrace.'

'We may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up,' he said in July. 'It's inappropriate.'

Administration officials have even floated the idea of setting up tent cities made from tents for the homeless or creating other temporary facilities using existent government facilities.