A Council Bluffs homeless services organization is partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide transitional housing for veterans, offering 10 apartments to neighbors who have served.
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New Visions, VA open transitional housing for Council Bluffs veterans
New Visions Homeless Services is preparing to move veterans into the new units as soon as next week.
Veterans make up about 5% of the homeless population overall and 20% of the population of unsheltered men; data from the VA shows suicide among homeless veterans is 146% higher than other veterans…