WASHINGTON - The number of homeless veterans in America has decreased by more than 11% since January 2020, the biggest drop in more than five years, according to a new Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report. On a single night in January, 33,136 veterans were experiencing homelessness - a decrease of 4,116 veterans from January 2020, according to the 2022 Point-in-Time Count report. The Department of Veterans Affairs said the new findings represent a 55.3% reduction in veteran homelessness since 2010. “One veteran experiencing homelessness will always be one too many,” VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statem0ent. A HUD spokesperson said during a media roundtable that the data shows how many veterans found places to live in 2021. Moreover, the data shows Los Angeles still has the largest number of homeless veterans, despite the decrease. (Stars & Stripes 11/03/22)
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