The Department of Veterans Affairs says that it permanently housed 46,552 homeless veterans in 2023 — surpassing the calendar year goal to house 38,000 veterans by 22.5%.
This is the second year in a row that VA has housed more than 40,000 homeless veterans. In 2022, it housed more than 40,000 formerly homeless veterans, prevented more than 17,700 veterans and their families from falling into homelessness and helped nearly 191,700 additional veteran families who were experiencing financial difficulties to retain their homes or avoid foreclosure, VA said in a statement.
“No veteran should ever experience the tragedy and indignity of homelessness,” said VA Secretary Denis McDonough. “More than 46,000 formerly homeless veterans are going to sleep tonight in good, safe, stable homes — and there’s nothing more important than that. While this is an important step forward, we’re not stopping here — we’re going to keep pushing until every veteran has a safe, stable place to call home in this country they fought to defend.”