HUD, VA, USICH Announce 17 Percent Decrease in Veteran Homelessness in Past Year
HUD, VA, USICH Announce 17 Percent Decrease in Veteran Homelessness in Past Year Point-in-Time count estimates 39,471 veterans homeless in January 2016 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) have announced the number of veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States has been cut nearly in half since 2010. The data revealed a 17 percent decrease in veteran homelessness between January 2015 and January 2016 — quadruple the previous year’s annual decline — and a 47 percent decrease since 2010. Through HUD’s annual Point-in-Time (PIT) estimate of America’s homeless population, communities across the country reported that fewer than 40,000 veterans were experiencing homelessness on a given night in January 2016. The January 2016 es