VA Permanently Housed 48,968 Homeless Veterans in Fiscal Year 2026, the Second-Highest Total on Record
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced in Washington on November 12 that it permanently housed 48,968 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2026, an average of more than 4,000 Veterans per month. That is the second-highest total since VA began tracking the number of unique Veterans permanently housed each year; the record high was 51,936 in fiscal year 2025.
VA published the full series under the current methodology, which the previous administration began using in 2022 and applied retroactively to fiscal 2019: 48,133 in fiscal 2019, 44,048 in fiscal 2020, 38,401 in fiscal 2021, 39,868 in fiscal 2022, 46,051 in fiscal 2023 and 47,925 in fiscal 2024.
"Under President Trump, VA is working harder than ever to get homeless Veterans off the streets and back on the path to self-sufficiency," said VA Secretary Doug Collins.
VA listed steps it has taken to reduce Veteran homelessness since January 2025: awarding more than $2 billion in grants to organizations dedicated to reducing Veteran homelessness; establishing a $29 million fund in August 2026 to provide food, shelter, clothing and transportation assistance; and launching a Partial Claim Program in June 2026 to help Veterans in financial difficulty avoid foreclosure. In fiscal 2026 alone, VA said it worked with mortgage servicers to help more than 164,000 Veterans avoid foreclosure.
VA also said it continues to implement President Trump's May 2025 executive order establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence for homeless Veterans on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center campus, which aims to provide housing and support for up to 6,000 homeless Veterans from across the nation by 2028. VA has added more than 450 housing units to the campus since 2025.
(Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Photo: 图：美国退伍军人事务部总部大楼，位于华盛顿。Wikimedia Commons 文件「Veterans Administration Building.jpg」，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Photo: The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington. Wikimedia Commons file 'Veterans Administration Building.jpg', CC BY-SA 4.0.
