VA houses nearly 49,000 homeless Veterans in FY 2026

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs permanently housed 48,968 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2026 - an average of more than 4,000 Veterans housed per month.

That's the second-highest number since VA began tracking the number of unique Veterans permanently housed each year - the record high was in FY 2025, when VA housed 51,936 Veterans.

The Biden Administration started tracking unique Veterans permanently housed in 2022, and when this methodology is applied retroactively to FY 2019, the data is as follows:

"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. "By finding permanent homes for nearly 4,000 Veterans each month, we are changing tens of thousands of lives for the better."

The Trump Administration's VA has taken several steps to reduce Veteran homelessness since January 2025:

• VA has awarded more than $2 billion in grants to organizations dedicated to reducing Veteran homelessness.
• In August 2026, VA established a $29 million fund to provide assistance to homeless Veterans, including food, shelter, clothing and transportation services.
• In June 2026, VA launched a new Partial Claim Program to help Veterans with financial struggles avoid foreclosure, one of several ways VA helps Veterans keep their homes. In FY 2026 alone, VA worked with mortgage servicers to help more than 164,000 Veterans avoid foreclosure.
• VA continues to implement President Trump's May 2025 executive order to establish a National Center for Warrior Independence for homeless Veterans on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center campus. The NCWI aims to provide housing and support for up to 6,000 homeless Veterans from across the nation by 2028, and VA has already added more than 450 housing units to the campus since 2025.

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

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