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In 2019, we set out to enroll veterans who were street homeless in West L.A. in a year-long study. Our study was unique in that we conducted in-depth interviews each month to ask the veterans about their experiences, including whether they obtained housing or not, and about their health and well-being and use of services.
Most of the veterans in our study wanted housing.
We found that about two-thirds of the veterans in our study obtained housing, but mostly it was in transitional or temporary housing settings.
Read the full article about housing veterans by Sarah B. Hunter at RAND Corporation.