{"id":69409,"date":"2022-06-03T17:50:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T17:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/03\/va-officials-lagging-in-goal-of-housing-38000-distressed-vets-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:04:08","slug":"va-officials-lagging-in-goal-of-housing-38000-distressed-vets-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2022\/06\/03\/va-officials-lagging-in-goal-of-housing-38000-distressed-vets-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"VA officials lagging in goal of housing 38,000 distressed vets this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials are behind in their goal of placing 38,000 veterans in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/02\/08\/fewer-veterans-were-in-homeless-shelters-last-year-was-covid-the-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\">permanent housing<\/a> this year, and coronavirus is to blame once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, in remarks to the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/06\/01\/advocates-for-homeless-vets-push-past-pandemic-restrictions-to-their-next-big-challenge-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Coalition for Homeless Veterans<\/a> conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2022\/06\/02\/lawmakers-worry-va-home-loans-arent-keeping-up-with-hot-housing-market\/\" target=\"_blank\">VA Secretary Denis McDonough<\/a> said the department remains committed to the goal, first announced earlier this year as a way to jump start outreach efforts to veterans experiencing homelessness after the nationwide pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe should be a third of the way through that goal now, but I think we\u2019re at about 29%,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we\u2019re behind. I have been worried about it, because we\u2019ve known since the beginning that we might fall behind because January was such a tough month with the Omicron [variant of Covid-19].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/06\/01\/advocates-for-homeless-vets-push-past-pandemic-restrictions-to-their-next-big-challenge-inflation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-72509053.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Advocates for homeless vets face next big challenge: inflation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Rising housing prices could counter re-energized efforts from housing advocates to help more financially distressed veterans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covid-19 cases spiked throughout America in the first few months of 2022. Veterans Affairs officials saw daily active cases across the medical system jump from about 10,000 in mid-December to nearly 78,000 in mid-January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Housing advocates at the conference this week have noted that two years of pandemic restrictions have significantly impacted their operations, but many are hopeful that major gains can be made to help veterans facing homelessness as those challenges fade away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And McDonough said he is optimistic, too, although he noted that reaching more veterans will require dedication from both his department and community partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGetting 38,000 veterans into permanent housing, we\u2019re not just going to try to do it,\u201d he told a crowd of several hundred advocates. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to set process goals to help us get towards it. With your help, this year, we\u2019re going to do it \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe won\u2019t be able to prevent veteran homelessness in this tenuous economy without you, because this fight against veteran homelessness takes all of us across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McDonough said his remarks on the economy were in reference to inflation and rising housing costs, two more challenges that conference attendees have been discussing in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020 \u2014 the last year a full point-in-time count was conducted by federal officials \u2014 the estimated number of veterans experiencing homelessness was about 37,200, a decrease of about 6% over the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/02\/08\/fewer-veterans-were-in-homeless-shelters-last-year-was-covid-the-reason\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-72509053.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Fewer veterans were in homeless shelters last year. 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