This second Veteran Homelessness: A Supplemental Report to the 2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (2010 AHAR Veteran report) presents the scope and nature of homelessness among veterans in the United States. The 2010 AHAR Veteran report is a companion to the AHAR report and uses both Point-in-Time data and annual longitudinal administrative data from Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) that are reported by local Continuums of Care (CoC) nationwide.  Included in this report are the national estimates of homeless veterans and their demographic characteristics, locations, and patterns of shelter use. Also discussed is whether veterans are at greater risk of homelessness than the non-veteran population. Finally, and for the first time, this report provides an examination of year-to-year changes in the homeless veteran population. 

 

Also new to this report is an examination of veterans living in Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) programs. PSH programs provide housing and supportive services to tenants who typically have disabilities. These programs help people achieve greater levels of housing stability and self-sufficiency and have been instrumental in reducing chronic homelessness. This report provides the first estimate of the number of veterans using PSH programs across the country, their demographic characteristics, and their service use patterns. 

 

A PDF of the report is available at: http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2010AHARVeteransReport.pdf