By the Numbers: 12 April 2021

By the Numbers: 12 April 2021

37,252

The number of Veterans experiencing homelessness "(o)n a single night in January 2020," according to the 2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Part 1 to Congress, released March 18 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The report found that between 2019 and 2020, homelessness increased significantly among unsheltered populations and people experiencing chronic homelessness. Veteran homelessness did not decrease compared with 2019, and homelessness among family households did not decrease for the first time since 2010. The report also found that people of color are significantly over-represented among people experiencing homelessness.