(USA Today) Recent war vets face risk of homelessness

Posted by Kendall Harmon

More than 10,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are homeless or in programs aimed at keeping them off the streets, a number that has doubled three times since 2006, according to figures released by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The rise comes at a time when the total number of homeless veterans has declined from a peak of about 400,000 in 2004 to 135,000 today.

"We're seeing more and more (Iraq and Afghanistan veterans)," says Richard Thomas, a Volunteers of America case manager at a shelter in Los Angeles. "It's just a bad time for them to return now and get out of the military."

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Posted July 27, 2011 at 5:48 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. BlueOntario wrote:

Anyone? Anyone?
Hoovervilles and Bonus Armies.

July 27, 8:17 pm | [comment link]
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