Vets Make Up Large Share of Homeless Population
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WASHINGTON — Every night, hundreds of thousands of veterans are without a home.
Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report released yesterday by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a public education nonprofit group. And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-aged and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are trickling into shelters and soup kitchens seeking services, treatment or help with finding a job.
The Veterans Affairs Department has identified 1,500 homeless veterans from the current wars.
