Last month, the Obama administration announced that the number of homeless veterans in the United States has dropped 33 percent from 2010 figures. According to the Huffington Post, the White House has committed to ending homelessness among veterans by 2015.<\/p>\n
The key principle behind the push is \u201cHousing First\u201d — the notion that veterans need stable housing in order to make progress on other issues. In order to move forward, a number of federal agencies have collaborated to identify, target and serve the most vulnerable veterans.<\/p>\n
Now, local governments are joining the effort. Earlier this summer, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, together with Michelle Obama, issued the Mayor\u2019s Challenge. The program asks mayors to join the White House by pledging to end veteran homelessness in their own cities by 2015. <\/p>\n
In Michigan, mayors from Ann Arbor, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Highland Park, Lansing and Southfield have joined.<\/p>\n
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