Oregon — The Department of Veterans Affairs says it permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans nationwide in fiscal year 2025, the highest number recorded since VA began tracking individual Veterans housed seven years ago.
The total represents 4,011 more Veterans housed than in 2024 and includes 1,027 Veterans who secured permanent housing through the VA Portland Health Care System, which serves Veterans in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington.
VA officials say the numbers reflect a more accurate picture of progress because, since 2022, the agency has tracked “unique Veterans housed” rather than total housing placements, which could previously count the same person multiple times. When that method is applied retroactively, the 2025 results mark VA’s strongest year since 2019…