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  • Preventing homelessness of Veterans impacted by job loss

    Preventing homelessness of Veterans impacted by job loss

    Keeping Veterans stably housed is one of our top priorities at VA. We have numerous programs to help prevent Veteran homelessness.

  • Veteran homelessness reaches record low, decreasing by 7.5% since 2023

    Veteran homelessness reaches record low, decreasing by 7.5% since 2023

    Data comes weeks after VA announced that it housed nearly 48,000 homeless Veterans in FY24.

  • Homelessness among female Veterans in 2024

    Homelessness among female Veterans in 2024

    Fewer female Veterans were homeless in 2024 than in 2023, but VA is committed to reducing that number to zero.

  • How Veteran homelessness is dropping amid a record surge

    How Veteran homelessness is dropping amid a record surge

    This podcast episode looks at how Veteran homelessness rates dropped to a record low in 2024 despite a national homelessness epidemic.

  • VA houses nearly 48,000 homeless Veterans

    VA houses nearly 48,000 homeless Veterans

    VA permanently housed 47,925 homeless Veterans in fiscal year 2024, exceeding its goals for the third year in a row.

  • Compassion in action: VA social workers

    Compassion in action: VA social workers

    There are over 4,300 social workers in VA’s homeless programs, of which over 700 are Veterans themselves.

  • PIT Count gives insight into Veteran homelessness

    PIT Count gives insight into Veteran homelessness

    William Snow, senior program specialist at HUD, explains how the Point-in-Time Count provides valuable data on Veteran homelessness.

  • Reducing suicide risk among justice-involved homeless Veterans 

    Reducing suicide risk among justice-involved homeless Veterans 

    The Ending Veteran Homelessness podcast focuses on how VA is helping reduce suicide risk for homeless Veterans.

  • A beginner’s guide to Veteran homelessness

    A beginner’s guide to Veteran homelessness

    A three-part mini-series podcast introduces Veteran homelessness, where we stand and how we’re working to fix it.

  • How we’re winning the fight to end Veteran homelessness

    How we’re winning the fight to end Veteran homelessness

    Monica Diaz, executive director of the Homeless Programs Office, discusses the progress made in housing Veterans in 2024.

  • VA’s homelessness budget: Where the dollars go

    VA’s homelessness budget: Where the dollars go

    Find out how VA spends the $3.2 billion homelessness budget and how it’s impacting Veterans.

  • Wilmington VA has housed 161 homeless Veterans

    Wilmington VA has housed 161 homeless Veterans

    Preventing and eliminating Veteran homelessness is a top priority for VA. Wilmington VA is doing its part to help.

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Last updated March 19, 2025

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