Between 2011 and 2012, the Michigan homeless population dropped modestly from 94,033 to 93,619. But during the same year-to-year period, the trend among homeless veterans moved in the opposite direction, increasing from 4,073 to 4,243 individuals. And there is reason to believe that veterans’ greater tendency to fall into social isolation has helped deteriorate figures among veterans.<\/p>\n
Whatever the cause of homelessness among veterans, the statistics are clear: while veterans constitute only 7 percent of the general population nationally, they account for 13 percent of the adult homeless population. In short, veterans are twice as likely as the civilian population to become homeless.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, two traits common among veterans \u2014 a sense of pride that discourages seeking help and a lack of awareness of job and housing programs \u2014 often combine to make former members of the military more likely to struggle onward without a home. And, as is the case for (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Between 2011 and 2012, the Michigan homeless population dropped modestly from 94,033 to 93,619. But during the same year-to-year period, the trend among homeless veterans moved in the opposite direction, increasing from 4,073 to 4,243 individuals. And there is reason…<\/span><\/p>\n