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Unpublished Paper
Veteran Homelessness: A Supplemental Report to the 2010 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress
(2011)
  • Dennis P Culhane, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jill Khadduri
  • Alvaro Cortes
  • Meghan Henry
  • Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
  • Thomas Byrne, University of Pennsylvania
  • Ellen Munley
  • National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, National Center on Homelessness among Veterans
Abstract

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are pleased to present Veteran Homelessness: A Supplemental Report to the 2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. This second annual supplemental report is intended to provide policymakers, practitioners, and the general public with information about the extent and nature of veteran homelessness. The information provided in this report advances the federal effort to end homelessness among veterans in 5 years—as described in the 2010 Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness and the VA’s plan to end veteran homelessness—through the collection of timely data on veteran homelessness. Representing the ongoing and coordinated commitment between HUD and the VA to end and prevent homelessness among those who have served in our nation’s military, this Veteran Supplemental Report provides both 1-day and 1-year estimates of the number of homeless veterans in the United States. In addition to the snapshot and annual estimates, this report describes the demographic characteristics of homeless veterans, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, and disability status. These characteristics are compared to those of other populations including the non-veteran homeless population, the total veteran population, and the population of veterans living in poverty. These comparisons highlight the higher risks of homelessness faced by veterans, particularly poor veterans. Also discussed in this report are the locations of homeless veterans across the country as well as how they access and use the homeless residential system. Finally, annual comparisons of estimates are made to suggest how homelessness among veterans is changing over time.

Keywords
  • homelessness,
  • veterans
Publication Date
October 7, 2011
Citation Information
Dennis P Culhane, Jill Khadduri, Alvaro Cortes, Meghan Henry, et al.. "Veteran Homelessness: A Supplemental Report to the 2010 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress" (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_culhane/111/