veterans

Homelessness and poverty affect a large subset of America’s military Veterans. Currently, 62,619 Veterans are homeless on any night, and more than twice as many reside in a homeless shelter or in transitional housing.

Veterans are over-represented in the nation’s homeless population. While around one in ten adults is a Veteran, one out of every six homeless adults is a Veteran. The reasons for this are complex; service-connected disability, traumatic brain injury, substance abuse problems, mental illness, and military sexual trauma, as well as other non-military factors, all increase a Veteran’s risk of homelessness.