Over the past several years, our nation’s progress on veteran homelessness has been one of the most important success stories in the effort to end homelessness. But earlier this month, an annual count of homelessness in the U.S. reminded us that the job isn’t done, and we can’t slow down.

According to the 2017 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, recently released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), there was a 1.5 percent increase this year in the number of veterans experiencing homelessness.

Although increases in just 14 states drove the overall rise in veteran homelessness, the good news is that 36 states and the District of Columbia continued to see reductions. And we cannot forget that, to date, three states (Connecticut, Delaware, and Virginia) and 57 communities nationwide have ended veteran homelessness.

Read the full article by Mary Gable about ending homelessness from National Alliance to End Homelessness