“Veterans homelessness is down 49% since the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs began an inter-agency effort to tackle the issue nine years ago.”
“More specifically, about 77 communities and three states across the country have declared an effective end to veterans homelessness, Hunter Kurtz, assistant secretary for public and Indian housing at HUD, told a handful of members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee at a field hearing in San Diego, California, last week.”
“The departments have granted 97,000 vouchers nationwide through the Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program since 2008, which have helped more than 174,000 veterans move into housing units, Kurtz said.”
“The President last year directed VA and the Defense Department, as well as the Department of Homeland Security, to form their own inter-agency group and examine how they can better support members of the military from active-duty to civilian life…” Read the full article here.
Source: Despite inter-agency best efforts, VA can’t eliminate veterans homelessness without expanding its reach – By Nicole Ogrysko, August 28, 2019. Federal News Network.
