From BND.com:More than 130,000 veterans homeless.
More than 130,000 military veterans are living on America's streets at any given time -- or roughly one third of the nation's homeless population, according to the most recent U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs survey.
Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because of poverty, lack of family support and dismal living conditions, such as in cheap hotels.
Peter Dougherty, director of the VA's homeless veterans program, answered some questions about the problem of homeless veterans.
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My Comment: I suspect that the homeless problem is far worse than what is being publicized and quoted. I am not in the field, but 130,000 strikes me as a low-ball number.
Still .... it is good to see that some attention to this problem is now being prioritized.
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