VA houses largest number of homeless Veterans in seven years North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System helped house 1,023 Veterans locally

That number is 4,011 more Veterans than VA housed last year. 

The nationwide numbers include 1,023 permanently housed by the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System.

This is VA’s best national performance since it began tracking the number of individual Veterans permanently housed instead of the total number of permanent housing placements, ensuring a more accurate count of the number of Veterans helped.

VA began using this new methodology in 2022, and when applied retroactively to 2019, the numbers look like this:

FY                                                Permanent Housing Placements           Unique Veterans Housed 
FY 2025                                      53,839                                                                  51,936
FY 2024                                      51,124                                                                  47,925
FY 2023                                      48,059                                                                  46,051
FY 2022                                      41,208                                                                  39,868 
FY 2021                                      39,637                                                                  38,401
FY 2020                                      45,397                                                                  44,048
FY 2019                                      49,462                                                                  48,133

In May 2025, VA took bold action to reduce Veteran homelessness by launching its Getting Veterans Off the Street initiative, in which every VA health care system across the country hosted dedicated outreach surge events to locate unsheltered Veterans and offer them immediate access to housing programs, health care, behavioral health services, and VA benefits. Getting Veterans Off the Street helped move 25,065 unsheltered Veterans to interim (emergency and transition) or permanent housing.

“This is life-changing and in many cases life-saving work,” said Wende Dottor. “We are proud of the progress North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System is making to get Veterans off the streets and are redoubling our efforts to continue this momentum moving forward.” 

These efforts complement President Trump’s May executive order to establish a National Center for Warrior Independence for Homeless Veterans on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center campus. The National Center for Warrior Independence for Homeless Veterans aims to provide housing and support for up to 6,000 homeless Veterans from across the nation by 2028.

Every day, VA staff and community partners across the country help Veterans find permanent housing – such as apartments or houses to rent or own – often with subsidies to help make the housing more affordable. In some cases, VA teams and partners help Veterans end their homelessness by reuniting them with family and friends.

Visit VA.gov/homeless to learn about housing initiatives and other programs supporting homeless Veterans.

For more information, contact Mary K. Butler at VHANFLPublicAffairs@va.gov

If you are a Veteran who is experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, call the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 877-4AID-VET ) or visit VA.gov/homeless

Katie Butler, Public Affairs Specialist

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