The number of homeless veterans in the United States has been reduced by 47 percent since 2010. Data indicates an overall decline of 17 percent in veteran homelessness in 2015 alone. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development\u2019s (HUD) annual estimate, there were under 40,000 homeless veterans on a given night in January. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve helped bring tens of thousands of veterans off the streets, but we\u2019re not slowing down,\u201d President Barack Obama said while addressing the Disabled American Veterans convention in Atlanta on August 1. \u201cWe will not stop until every veteran who fought for America has a home in America.\u201d<\/p>\n
The White House attributed the progress in reducing veteran homelessness to the launch of Opening Doors in 2010, the\u00a0government\u2019s first-ever strategic plan\u00a0to prevent and end veteran homelessness. Another fruitful initiative has been the partnership between the HUD and Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). HUD provides rental assistance to homeless (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The number of homeless veterans in the United States has been reduced by 47 percent since 2010. Data indicates an overall decline of 17 percent in veteran homelessness in 2015 alone. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development\u2019s…<\/span><\/p>\n