EXCLUSIVE: VA Houses Largest Number of Homeless Veterans Since 2019

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Veterans Affairs has permanently housed the largest number of homeless veterans since 2019.

The VA housed 51,936 veterans experiencing homelessness in fiscal year 2025, the agency announced in a news release first provided to The Daily Signal. This represents the largest number since fiscal year 2019 and 4,011 more veterans than the department housed in the last fiscal year of President Joe Biden’s tenure.

“This is life-changing and in many cases life-saving work,” VA Secretary Doug Collins said. “We are proud of the progress VA is making to get veterans off the streets and are redoubling our efforts to continue this momentum moving forward.”

This represents the department’s best performance since it began tracking the number of individual veterans permanently housed, rather than the number of permanent housing placements, ensuring a more accurate count. The Biden administration began using a less clear methodology in 2022.

The VA launched its Getting Veterans Off the Street initiative in May, ordering every VA health care system across the country to host dedicated outreach surge events to locate unsheltered veterans and offer them immediate access to housing programs, health care, behavioral health services, and VA benefits.

The initiative helped move 25,065 veterans to interim or permanent housing, the agency reported.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in May establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence for Homeless Veterans at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. The center will provide housing and support for up to 6,000 homeless veterans from across the nation by 2028.

In addition to providing medical care, the VA helps veterans find permanent housing, often with subsidies to make the housing more affordable. In some cases, the VA helps veterans end their homelessness by reuniting them with family and friends. Veterans experiencing homelessness or facing the risk of homelessness can contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 877-4AID-VET (877-424-3838) or they can visit va.gov/homeless.

Trump launched VA reforms in his first administration, responding to an Obama-era scandal of long wait times for health care at VA clinics. The second Trump administration is also on track to recoup $10.8 million in bonus payments to top-level executives the VA improperly made under the Biden administration.

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